IT’S A fact a pitbull will protect you from intruders and tsotsis.
But lately, the same pitbull has been making headlines for wrong reasons following the mauling and killing of young kids.
A 3 year old child was attacked by two pit bulls while he was playing outside with his friends at the weekend in the Free State province, unfortunately he died.
As a result, the community took it upon themselves to approach the owner who has been arrested.
A six-year-old girl was mauled to death by a pit bull earlier this year in Atteridgeville, Pretoria.
In Cape Town, a 13-year-old is recovering in hospital after being attacked by a pit bull more than a week ago.
Now more than 100 000 and still growing, signed petitions are now calling for total ban of pitbulls in communities in the country.
Trade union federation Cosatu said that it supported the petition to ban pit bulls after a three-year-old was mauled to death in the Free State.
Cosatu’s national spokesperson, Sizwe Pamla, said that this breed of canine should not be kept as a pet.
The trade union federation said that South Africa should ban having pit bulls as pets, just as other countries have done.
Pamla said that a number of lives had been lost in recent months after attacks by pit bulls.
He said that government must take immediate action.
“This issue is becoming problematic, especially because domestic workers and other workers are the ones who are most exposed to these dogs.”
Cosatu said that since the Nation Council of SPCAs was supporting the call to ban pit bulls, government should do the same.
EFF and other political parties also support the ban of pitbulls as pets.
Just up my street there two pitbulls and one wonders what will happen should they free themselves and attack community members, I dread that day?
Image (Pitbull ready to pounce. What kind of a pet is this)?
