Cape Town – Animal rights activists are planning to protest at Parliament against the neglect of animals on a North West farm owned by National Council of Provinces chairwoman Thandi Modise.
Nikki Elliot decided to organise the “Farm of Horrors” protest, on July 29 at 8am, because “animals are sentient beings”.
“They feel, they fear and they suffer just like us,” she said.
Andries Venter, farm animal protection unit manager for the National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA), said he is currently building a docket to be submitted to police.
They ask that the matter be moved to regional court where sentencing is much higher with a potential fine of up to R300 000 or 15 years’ imprisonment, because of the “severity of the case”, rather than the “status of the owner”…
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