Act against owners of vicious pitbulls, or else – north residents

Residents of Micha’s View, north of Pretoria have urged police to act against pitbull owners in the community or else they would take the law into their own hands.

The angry residents warned police in a memorandum in which they expressed their anger about a community member who owned dogs that “behave like lions”.

“We believe that if the dogs are not removed from [our community], they will finish us one by one,” read parts of the memorandum handed over to Gabalatsane police on Sunday.

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The memorandum states that the first victim of the pitbulls’ attack in the area was on a man known as Mathousands, who died from the injuries he sustained.

On Monday, 30 July, the dogs attacked two community members, the residents stated.

“If we do not take any action, only God knows what they will do in the future,” they said.

Earlier, Lazarus Bless Sefora (54) and Jan Malete (58) told Rekord how they were attacked by the three pitbulls, which had managed to get out through their owner’s gate.

The two men were walking to their separate homes next to those of the owner of the pitbulls when the attacks happened.

The two men said the dogs spotted them and attacked.

The two men suffered huge bite marks to both their legs and arms.

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Malete said one of the dogs tried to grab him by the neck and he had to push it away.

He was also bitten on the hands as he tried to fend off the dog.

He suffered bite marks to his stomach.

Both men are still undergoing treatment at Odi Hospital in Mabopane.

“I am still having nightmares about the attack. I am scared to pass through the dog owner’s house. He is my neighbour, I have to pass through his house everyday,” he said.

Malete said he tried to speak to the dog’s owner about what the dogs did to him.

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“He was not cooperative. He gave me R50 and said I should go to the hospital. Together with another victim of the dog attack, we went to police to report the attack. We want the dogs to be removed,” he said.

He said the owner is now angry that he has opened up a case.

“He must understand that this is not the first time his dogs have attacked people,” he said.

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