Thandi Modise back in court on animal cruelty charges
Thandi Modise has pleaded not guilty to six charges of animal cruelty. She is accused of causing the deaths of 79 animals on her property.
Thandi Modise, speaker of the National Assembly in Parliament, is back in Potchefstroom Regional Court on six charges of animal cruelty.
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) filed charges against Modise after it found scores of dead animals on her North West farm back in 2014. The organisation has roped in Afriforum to pursue a private prosecution against the speaker.
ALLEGED ANIMAL CRUELTY CAUSE OF PIGS DYING
NSPCA to appeal after Thandi Modise acquitted of animal cruelty charges
The NSPCA has instructed their legal team to appeal the judgement against Thandi Modise after she was acquitted of animal cruelty charges.
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (NSPCA) are set to appeal the judgement handed down to Thandi Modise on Friday.
Modise, speaker of the National Assembly in Parliament, was acquitted of all six charges relating to animal cruelty in the Potchefstroom Regional Court today, 30 April.
The court determined the man she hired to look after the animals “failed in his duties” when he left the farm complaining that he hadn’t been paid and that he should be held responsible.
The Mooi River Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) and Mooi River SAPS stopped a truck that was transporting donkeys on the R103/R622 intersection. More than 100 donkeys were rescued. Six people are behind bars pending an investigation. Picture NCSPCA
Donkey skin trade resurgence feared
By Zainul Dawood
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Durban - ANIMAL rights activists are concerned that the trade in donkey skin could have started again.
Last Monday, the Mooi River Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the Mooi River SAPS stopped a truck that was transporting donkeys at the R103/R622 intersection in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands.