The National Council of SPCA’s said it was considering a private prosecution of a top parliamentary official who was at the centre of an animal neglect case back in 2014.
The NSPCA at the time laid charges against the Chairperson of the National Council of Province, Thandi Modise, after an inspection of a farm she owns revealed that dozens of pigs, goats and other animals had died on her property from neglect.
The animal welfare organisation described the scene on Modise's property as one of the cruellest cases of animal abuse it had come across.
NSPCA spokesperson, Grace de Lange, said on Monday that the NPA had decided in August already not prosecute Modise.
“Modise’s farm was littered with the carcasses of over 50 pigs and other dead animals, such as geese, ducks, sheep, and goats,” said De Lange.
“Over 100 pigs, sheep, chickens and goats were found without food and water and the animals were found dead and dying. It was one of the cruellest cases of animal abuse that the NSPCA had come across.”
“These animals were denied basic minimum care and suffered neglect, starvation and abandonment,” said De Lange.
She said that the NSPCA was considering a Private Prosecution in the matter.
