SPECIAL REPORT | Pitbull ban outcry

The department of agriculture met with pit bull breeders associations as it seeks what lies behind the breed viciousness and the growing number of attacks on humans, including babies.

As the public outcry to ban pit bulls gains momentum, the government this week met with breeders, its first move to determine what lies behind a series of vicious attacks that have stunned the nation. 

The mother of the 12-year-old girl who lost her arm after being bitten by a pitbull says life has changed since the incident.

A breeder from Meadowlands in Soweto is not moved by the petition to have pit bulls, which are his source of income, banned.  

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