ANIMAL welfare and rescue organisations have called on communities to become more active and for harsher punishment, as cruelty to animals continues unabated across the province.
The Durban and Coast SPCA revealed that it investigated between 1 500 and 2 000 abuse cases each month.
Animal rescuers are feeling the pinch as cases of animal cruelty including abuse, neglect and abandonment soar, resulting in exorbitant vet bills – some as high as R200 000.
Zoey Arran, a director of the Phoenix Animal Welfare: Animal Rescue Unit South Africa (Paw Arusa), said they dealt with animal cruelty cases daily.
The non-profit organisation rescues, rehabilitates and rehomes animals, including dogs and cats who have been abused, neglected or abandoned from areas such as Phoenix, Chatsworth, Verulam, oThongathi, Isipingo and Pietermaritzburg, as well as Gauteng and Cape Town.
“Animal cruelty is steadily increasing and the types of harm inflicted
