Pitbull owner faces charges over brutal attack
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals says police have opened a case against the owner of two pitbulls who mauled and seriously injured a man in Meyerton, Gauteng.
An official at the Meyerton NSPCA says the owner claimed the dogs back after the attack yesterday, and the matter is now in the hands of the police.
Police spokesperson Constable Maria Mazibuko could not immediately be reached for comment.
ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring says the 59-year-old man is in a critical but stable condition.
He says the man was walking in the veld along Louis Trichardt Road when the dogs attacked him.
A person who saw the man being mauled managed to chase the dogs away and helped him.
Meiring says he was bitten on his arms, legs, abdomen and head.
He was taken to Sebokeng Hospital.
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