AR-News: (S. Africa) 400 animals hurt, abandoned after New Year's Eve

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http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/general/0,2172,71519,00.html


January 05, 2004, 07:08 PM

New Year's Eve fireworks sent many dogs running. The Society for the 
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) in Johannesburg says it has about 400 animals 
that were abandoned and hurt. They range from six week old puppies to cats and 
pigs.

Petrus Lombard, a spokesperson for the SPCA, says a lot of dogs have been 
frightened from the fireworks. A cat was one of them. It has been burned so badly 
that the vet has nicknamed her Cinders. It has to be given morphine to ease 
the gnawing pain. 

Abandonment is also a problem. The SPCA says many owners left dogs in their 
back yards over Christmas without food or water.




"The world is a dangerous place,
not because of those who do evil,
but because of those who look on and do nothing.",
Albert Einstein
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