As he speaks Mr Danie Kruger’s tears frequent his eyes, he cannot help but want to shed a tear when he remembers what happened in the early hours of Friday, September 9.
“What a bad way to start a weekend,” said a heavy hearted Kruger.
His two bicycles and equipment were stolen and if that was not enough his three dogs and a cat were poisoned.
When Kruger and his wife went to bed the previous night everything was fine. The setup in the house situated at Fleur Avenue is that a brown dog, white and brown dog and a black cat sleeps inside the house while the big black and brown dog sleeps outside.
The beautiful and kind black and brown dog lies underneath Mr Danie Kruger’s bakkie fighting for his life after being poisoned on September 9 at Fleur Avenue.
On the day of the incident at 03:30 the dogs that sleep in the house went out like they normally do and the alarm went off. But what triggered Mr Kruger was that the small dogs were barking more loudly than normal. He ignored it the first time and the second time when the barking increased he told his wife he was going outside to check if there was anything wrong. He saw that the security light was off and when he looked to his left he saw two men, one jumping his wall and the other suspect further down the road.
When further inspecting he saw that one of the garage doors was half opened. Then and there he knew something was wrong.
“I immediately shouted to my wife to press the panic button,” said Kruger.
Within a blink of an eye Chubb Security Guard Service were at his yard to assist him. He alleges that as he was waiting for the alarm company he saw that two bicycles were stolen which belonged to him and his wife. A grinder, grill machine and some other tools which he says could amount to R30 000 were also missing. He further makes allegations that he tried numerous times to get hold of the police to no success. As soon as the security guards came they were the ones that were able to get hold of the police.
After poisoning the three dogs and cat, the suspects opened one of the garage doors where two bicycles and some equipment were stolen. The incident took place in the early hours of September 9 at Fleur Avenue.
“What shocked me even further is that when police arrived they refused to come out and inspect my yard. They were seated in the car the whole time,” said Kruger.
According to the man he says the police alleged that they saw three suspects down the road.
“My concern was that what if some of the suspects were still inside the yard. They could have hurt me and my wife. The security company was more useful than the police. They were extremely useless,” continued a disappointed Kruger.
Police spokesperson Capt Eddie Hall said he can not give any comments on the alleged misconduct. The complainant must come to the police station and open an official complaint against the police members.
“It will be investigated and if there was any misconduct by members they will be dealt with according to the SAPS disciplinary procedures,” said Capt Hall.
Luckily assets such as four bikes which could cost R90 000 each, an industrial machine, trailer with fishing equipment and spanners were not stolen.
“I suspect they used a poison called two step to kill our pets. Our children do not live with us anymore so it is just me, my wife and our pets and now that they are no more I do not know what will happen,” said a sad Kruger.
When police left they notified him that someone will come to take finger prints later in the day and they will also send a case number via text message. Indeed those promises were fulfilled, at 18:00 someone came to take fingerprints.
“I had to call my boss that morning to let him know that I will not be coming in because of the incident,” said Kruger.
He says his wife and him are very saddened by the killing of their pets as they were vey special to them. The dogs had been part of the family for nine years. With regards to the kittens it is a problem because they now have to be fed by hand.
As he brought out one of the kittens from inside the house, the little cute kitten cries maybe as a sign of hunger or missing mommy.
“As the cat was fighting for her life, the three kittens laid comfortably in her hands feeling the mother’s warmth, little did they know it was for the last time,” said Kruger.
The big dog also lay very sad next to Kruger’s bakkie though as if he misses his friends. As the man was happy that at least one of his dogs was fine and alive he later saw that he too was poisoned and died before sunset. The furry friends were taken to the SPCA.
“Material things can be replaced but not our pets, they were more than that they were our children. We will definitely miss their beautiful personalities. Thank you to my brother-in-law Dawie Bekker and his wife for their support during these trying times,” concluded Kruger.
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