Woman dragged to court for killing neighbours' 'nuisance' dogs

A BULAWAYO prosecutor has accused a resident who poisoned her neighbours' nine dogs of deliberately killing the canines because she regarded them as a "nuisance".

Kudakwashe Jaravaza said Rosemary Ann Collen wanted to kill her neighbour's dogs because they annoyed her.

However, Collen (67) of Douglasdale suburb, who is charged under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, on Thursday told magistrate Merilyn Mutshina that it was not her intention to kill the animals.

She said she wanted to get rid of flies so as to maintain hygiene on her premises. Collen admitted applying the insecticide into pits nearer her house, but said she was not the owner of the abattoir where chickens were slaughtered.

She said it was run by her son-in-law and her daughter. She said the couple had been running the abattoir for two years.