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Five greyhounds thought to pose a massive rabies risk were put down by the state veterinarian in Ermelo after they were smuggled from Swaziland into South Africa.

The full-grown animals had been concealed in the boot of their owner’s car.  

Police became suspicious when the BMW took around 20 minutes to drive a distance of 2km after going through the Mahamba border post, and stopped the vehicle on the South African side.

According to Jenna Geel, senior inspector of the Secunda SPCA, the dogs were all emaciated, neglected and infested with fleas.

“When the car was searched at the border post, it had no animals in it,” Geel said.

Shortly after the car entered South Africa, the driver presumably stopped next to the road to allow an accomplice to load the five animals into his boot.

Police were investigating the possibility that the dogs were en route to Klerksdorp, where they would have been used in illegal dog races.

The owner, Dumisa Mangwe, was arrested and charged with animal abuse and illegally importing animals.

The dogs were put down on Monday, the paper reported. Mangwe appeared in the eMkhhondo (Piet Retief) Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, and the case was postponed for further investigation.

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Sat May 25 09:29:10 SAST 2013 ::

Aug 1, 2012

MommaC

Why?
We have dogs in SA and something that badly treated wouldn't be sellable or worth anything for racing.
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Aug 1, 2012

OLDLADY4

Dom Don.ner. How do you win a race with underfed and abused animals?
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Aug 1, 2012

Buckselona

Animal cruelty is just wrong.Atleast i take good care of my two Rottweillers.
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Aug 1, 2012

Shredder

I love animals but not prepared to own one. A dog's maintenance is a pain. Don't own it if you can't maintain it.
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Aug 1, 2012

Buckselona

When i was still in high school me and my friends used to own Pitbulls and we used to find mongrels(mgogo) like the ones in the picture and take them to secluded areas to have dog fights,but as i grew up i realised that what we were doing was wrong and we stopped before the authorities found out.Now i keep dogs for protection.
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Aug 1, 2012

DJWinner

Nice photo there, interracial relationship.
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Aug 1, 2012

sakhomba

ao!ntja tsa makesi to Ma-klera?
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Aug 1, 2012

MommaC

DJWinner

:) I won't burst your bubble.
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Aug 1, 2012

Madodana

@Shredder
ur right mfana, tlogela if you can't maintain them, than to make them suffer
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Aug 2, 2012

Bebesocs

Blek sem
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