We asked people to comment on an article we published last week on the front page about a boy who apparently starves dogs to death in a cage.
Interviews, photos: Linda Sparg
MYRTEL ROSSOUW: “Dis baie sad, want my hond kry wat my kinders kry. Mense vra hoekom ek beskuitjies vir haar koop. Sy is een van ons. Iets is drasties verkeerd met daai seun. As jy dit met ‘n dier doen, wat van ‘n mens? Hy moet na ‘n maatskaplike...
SARAH RHODE: “Dit was onmenslik wat hy gedoen het. Die kind moet geneem word vir toetse of iets waar hulle kan uitvind wat verkeerd is. Daar is ‘n wanbalans.”
CECILIA HORN: “Hy is miskien siek. Daar is hospitale wat vir sulke kinders kan sorg. Miskien doen hy dit omdat hy geen liefde kry van sy ma en pa.”
FILICITY DE JAGER: “That boy should have been taught how to handle animals. They must put him in an institution.”
PHUMEZA MAKASI: “That was very sad. When my daughter saw the picture and story, she said: ‘Mommy read it to me.’ She was so upset.”