Ga-Nala residents are outraged after a dog was brutally stabbed.
The two-year-old Boerboel, Boesman, was stabbed on May 27 after he jumped a neighbour’s fence.
In video material the badly wounded dog can be seen dragging itself back to his owner’s house, just a few meters away from where he was stabbed.
For Mrs Cheree Otto, the sight of her two-year-old Boerboel in so much pain was too much to handle. She did not even get a chance to say goodbye to her four legged baby.
Otto said her male Boerboel jumped a fence into a man’s yard whose bitch was on heat.
“I know what Boesman did was wrong, but to stab my dog is so cruel, so inhuman.
Bleeding and distressed Boesman dragged himself desperately trying to get home.
“We dashed to town quickly and got a call to say our dog was stabbed. At first I thought it was a cruel joke,” Otto said.
When she arrived home, she was told not to go and look at Boesman because the sight of him would be too much for her to handle.
Boesman dragged himself home after he was stabbed on May 27.
The poor dog was bleeding and his intestines were hanging out.
Otto took Boesman to a local vet, but there was nothing Dr Gabby Decort could do.
Dr Decort said Boesman was definitely stabbed with a sharp object.
“Looking at the wound, it was straight. There is no way the dog could have ended up with such a wound if he jumped over a fence or was hit by a car,” Dr Decort said.
Otto felt frustrated when she turned to the SPCA for help who in turn advised her to go to the police station to open a case.
Mr Jabu Nyaweni, SPCA inspector and kennel supervisor from Kriel SPCA said Otto was there and he advised her to go to the police station.
When he was told that she received no help at the police station he reacted and said,
“Police do not understand the animal cruelty act.”
“The family must come back to us with a statement from the vet to indicate how the dog died and also what kind of weapon was used. Once we have that information we can proceed with the case,” Nyaweni said.
Kriel SAPD station commander Lieut-Col Herold Mashile said in this case the police and the SPCA should work hand in hand.
“The SPCA has all the know-how of the animal cruelty act and should therefore assist us in compiling the right case,” he said.
Lieut-Col Mashile said the police helped Otto open a case of animal cruelty.
“No arrests have been made, but I can assure that we are investigating the matter with urgency,” the station commander said.
“We were previously threatened that Boesman would be shot or given poison. In February someone shot him with a pellet gun. In the meantime the threats did not stop,” Otto said.
When she returns home Boesman is no longer there greeting her with his wagging tail.
“I lost one of my children; Boesman was more than a dog. He was my buddy, my friend whose life was ripped away by a monster.”
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