AR-News: (ZW) Fur flies over Zim animal torture report

[Animalconcerns]

The Zimbabwe National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
(NSPCA) has reacted strongly to a feature published by the Mail & Guardian
Online in mid-January about the fate of former pets and farm animals in
Zimbabwe.

The article, titled "Zimbabwe's animal victims find refuge in SA",
described how one Labrador puppy, called Batty, had his eyes gouged out,
reportedly by ruling-party militants. The dog wandered around the bush for
days before he was rescued by animal rights activists and airlifted to
South Africa.

There he was treated at the Wetnose Animal Rescue Centre in Pretoria, the
article said.

"At least 5 000 white-owned farms have been seized in Zimbabwe since the
redistribution programme started. Dogs, cats, hamsters, rabbits, geese,
swans, horses and cattle have been slaughtered in the ensuing chaos," it
added.

full story:
http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=30899

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