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The Animal Anti Cruelty League (AACL) has been inundated with calls from the public following the latest scandal involving two top schools in Nelson Mandela Bay where a group of matrics are accused of appalling behaviour involving vandalism and acts of animal cruelty.
The League says the public is outraged and is demanding that swift action be taken to bring those responsible to book.
A group of learners from both Grey High school and Collegiate Girls High were celebrating their so-called "40-days" and are accused of releasing livestock on school grounds and exposing them to the utmost cruelty before they vandalised property with eggs, flour and toilet paper.
The AACL says there are so many rumours going around and at this point, they have absolutely no evidence to investigate the contraventions of the Animal Protection Act 71 of 1962.
In a statement, the league has asked for those in the know to come forward with information and to give them proof so that this investigation can move forward.
"We, therefore, plead to the conscience of eyewitnesses, who also view this atrocity as morally unacceptable, to provide us with statements and additional evidence (such as the alleged footage of the acts of cruelty) so that we can consider laying charges." reads the statement.
A request was made to the public to please email their organisation as they cannot cope with all the calls.
The email is aaclclinic@telkomsa.net.
The recent actions of a small group of Grade 12 learners have shocked the greater Nelson Mandela Bay and greatly embarrassed both institutions who condemned their actions in the strongest terms.
Meanwhile, the Eastern Cape Education Department says it is investigating the matter.
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