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Africa alone sees about half a million snakebites that need treatment every year, according to the World Health Organisation. (AFP)
CHAMELEONS

Landmark sentence for West Rand chameleon poacher

It has taken two animal organisations and a local community working together to halt the trade in reptiles, puppies and other animals on the side of a Johannesburg intersection

  • Sheree Bega
6 min read
Speaker of the National Assembly, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula. (Photo by Jaco Marais/Die Burger/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
BESTIALITY

Parliamentary legal opinion urges steps on MPs, former minister named in Zondo report

Senior MP Cedric Frolick should face an inquiry by the ethics committee while Gwede Mantashe and Nomvula Mokhonyane could face criminal sanction

  • Emsie Ferreira
4 min read
The SPCA and NGO Claw fought to have the case involving the sexual assault of a puppy case heard. (Getty)
BESTIALITY

Inside the 18-month investigation into Roodepoort man’s rape of family dog

Perpetrator jailed for eight years after he sexually assaulted his neighbour’s puppy

  • Sheree Bega
7 min read
ANIMAL CRUELTY

Hefty sentences for Rustenburg duo who kept snakes in cruel conditions

Magistrate Samuel Maboho sentenced each of the accused to a R50 000 fine or five years imprisonment

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read