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Backyard breeding sparks vicious dog attacks
The alarming increase in dog attacks across Harare has been directly linked to the growing trend of illegal backyard dog breeding, according to the Zimbabwe National Society for the Prevention of Crue...Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 14:28hrs | 177 | by Staff reporter
Pitbull owner denied bail over fatal dog attack
A Harare man whose unmuzzled pit bulls fatally mauled a passerby has been denied bail by Magistrate Marewanazvo Gofa, who ruled that the gravity of the offence and public interest justified his contin...Published: 24 Jun 2025 at 11:18hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's stray dog operation fails to launch due to police inaction
A citywide operation aimed at curbing the growing threat of stray dogs in Bulawayo has failed to get off the ground after the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) reportedly failed to cooperate, city offici...Published: 07 Jun 2025 at 15:04hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
SPCA warns against dangerous dog breeds
The Zimbabwe National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ZNSPCA) has issued a stern warning to the public against owning, breeding, or cross-breeding dangerous dog breeds following a tr...Published: 02 Jun 2025 at 16:28hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
Killer pitbulls put down
In the aftermath of a brutal dog attack that claimed the life of 39-year-old Samuel Machara, the Zimbabwe National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ZNSPCA) has issued a strong stateme...Published: 02 Jun 2025 at 16:20hrs | 944 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo council enforces dog tie-up order
The Bulawayo City Council has launched a month-long operation to enforce a dog tie-up order as part of efforts to control the growing population of stray dogs and curb the increase in dog bite inciden...Published: 07 May 2025 at 09:33hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council orders crackdown on stray dogs
The Bulawayo City Council has issued a strict new directive requiring all dog owners to keep their pets on a leash, effective May 5, in response to a surge in dog bite incidents and concerns over unva...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 09:10hrs | 48 | by Staff reporter
Dog attacks on the rise in Bulawayo
Bulawayo is grappling with an alarming increase in dog bites, prompting the local council to implement stronger measures to address the issue and curb the rising number of incidents.According ...Published: 28 Mar 2025 at 05:46hrs | 388 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo to resume shooting of stray dogs
The City of Bulawayo has resolved to resume the shooting of stray dogs, as concerns over their growing menace continue to mount. The local authority last conducted such an exercise in 2015.Acc...Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 03:36hrs | 665 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo City Council Enforces Stricter Dog Regulations
The City of Bulawayo has issued a notice to all dog owners regarding new and existing regulations on pet ownership within the council area. The move comes in response to an increase in the number of d...Published: 14 Feb 2025 at 10:45hrs | 896 | by Mandla Bhebhe
Donkey remains irk Bulawayo residents
RESIDENTS of Cowdray Park in Bulawayo have raised a red flag over fresh donkey parts found in the suburb, raising suspicions that the animals could have been stolen from surrounding areas and slaughte...Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 04:57hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police ban fireworks on New Year's Eve
AS the year 2023 curtains come down, many people may be tempted to celebrate with fireworks on New Year's Eve. However, the Zimbabwe Republic Police has warned the public that the sale and use of fire...Published: 30 Dec 2023 at 08:17hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
BCC 'tie-up order' targets stray dogs
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) intends to introduce a "tie-up order" where stray dogs will be shot as part of efforts by the local authority to control the growing population of dogs roaming the streets....Published: 25 Dec 2023 at 09:30hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Murder charges for killer dog owners
A COMMUNITY in Southview Park, Harare, is living in mortal fear of vicious dogs belonging to a family that recently moved into the neighbourhood. Some, if not most, properties in the suburb are not ga...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Boerboel dogs maul girl (6) to death
In another spine chilling incident, two vicious Boerboel dogs mauled a six-year-old girl to death on Wednesday at the family's rented home in Matsheumhlophe suburb. This is the second incident in Bula...Published: 27 Aug 2022 at 06:02hrs | 57 | by Staff reporter
Snake bites require urgent medical attention
WHEN summer comes, many animals that have been in hibernation or rarely seen during the winter, come out. These include snakes. As a result, cases of snake bites are often high during summertime....Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:05hrs | 13 | by Cimas iGo
Cross-border donkey rustlers on the prowl
To new arrivals, "Dip 27" is no different from any other rural service centre in Madabe communal lands south of Plumtree in Zimbabwe.Yet locals know that the daytime semblance of law-abiding p...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:21hrs | 2 | by Oscar Nkala
Bulawayo to shoot stray dogs
The Bulawayo City Council will next month launch an operation to rid the city of stray dogs.The operation will run from September to November with the local authority warning dog owners that a...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 14:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dog owners face prosecution
THE Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) has raised concern over the surge of illegal breeding and cross breeding of dogs, saying that it is against the law and could possibly lead to a...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Woman battling for life after vicious dogs attack
A 25-YEAR-OLD woman is battling for life at the United Bulawayo Hospitals after she was mauled by her landlord's five vicious dogs in West Somerton suburb. Ms Cherish Muchegwa sustained seriou...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 06:58hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Dog meat peddlers resurface in Bulawayo
Bulawayo City Council and an animal rights body have warned the public to desist from buying meat from the street amid fears that dog meat vendors could be back on the market.The warning comes...Published: 18 Jun 2018 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Safeguard adopts modern guard dog training techniques
Safeguard Security, which has led the way in pioneering the adoption of new security techniques in Zimbabwe, has revolutionised the way in which its guard dogs are trained. Its dog section man...Published: 31 May 2018 at 10:59hrs | 8 | by Agencies
Bulawayo donkey abattoir saga rages on
When Zimbabwean businessman Gareth Lumsden announced in October 2017 that he had set up a $150,000 donkey abattoir in Bulawayo, local animal welfare organisations protested that his proposed slaughter...Published: 26 May 2018 at 19:38hrs | 1 | by Oscar Nkala
South African Donkeys slaughtered for bogus Chinese medicine
South Africa is implicated in the supply of donkeys for Chinese medicine reveals a report released today, World Donkey Day. The Donkeys are slaughtered in great numbers for their skins and expor...Published: 08 May 2018 at 11:21hrs | 1 | by Adam Cruise
White farmer arrested for attempted murder
Police at Juru Growth Point on Saturday arrested the owner of Bally Vaughan Sanctuary Mr Gordon Putterill, accusing him of intentionally hitting and severely injuring a Society for the Prevention of C...Published: 14 Mar 2018 at 05:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Donkey abattoir: An investment that never was
LAST October, the news of a donkey abattoir opening here sent tongues wagging and elicited mixed feelings from a cross-section of society.It sounded bizarre to Zimbabweans, to whom donkey meat...Published: 28 Feb 2018 at 11:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
68 donkeys to be slaughtered at Bulawayo abattoir
SIXTY EIGHT donkeys are expected to be put down at a proposed donkey abattoir in Bulawayo's Manningdale suburb and 10 of them were euthanised on Tuesday.The Zimbabwe National Society for the P...Published: 25 Jan 2018 at 05:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Over 10 donkeys 'shot' at abattoir
THE Government will not license a donkey abattoir that is being built in Bulawayo.The Department of Livestock and Veterinary Services DLVS) made the announcement last week as the Zimbabwe Nati...Published: 28 Dec 2017 at 08:50hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Woman attacks cattle in revenge for cat's death
A Masvingo woman allegedly axed and seriously injured his brother-in-law's two beasts in an act of revenge after accusing him of being behind the gruesome injury of her cat. The woman, Raviro ...Published: 02 Nov 2017 at 05:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Donkey abattoir owner hits back
Bulawayo businessman Garrith Lumsden has been in the eye of a storm after his plans to set up a donkey abattoir in the city were made public.Animal rights groups have come out strongly against...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 07:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Legal action against donkey abbatoir
ANIMAL welfare groups are working on instituting legal action to bar a Bulawayo businessman who set up the country's first donkey abattoir in Bulawayo from operating.Veterinarians for Animal W...Published: 22 Oct 2017 at 14:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Donkey abattoir raises police, govt concerns
THE Government and the police have expressed reservations on the opening of a donkey abattoir in Umguza amid fears that the meat might be sold locally.A local company, Battlefront Investments ...Published: 12 Oct 2017 at 02:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SPCA collecting stray dogs in the city of Bulawayo
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Bulawayo has embarked on collecting stray dog in the city to help the local authority clear the domestic animals which at some points attack res...Published: 06 Oct 2017 at 07:29hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Uproar over donkey abattoir
Animal conservationists are protesting the slaughtering of donkeys for commercial purposes following an announcement by a Bulawayo-based company that it has started building a $150 000 state-of-the-ar...Published: 05 Oct 2017 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dog meat vendor resurfaces, arrested
A BULAWAYO man who is suspected to have been selling dog meat to residents of Sizinda suburb and surrounding areas, has been arrested after he was found with some carcasses on Monday.The arres...Published: 06 Sep 2017 at 06:51hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Dog meat is not part of nation's food culture
The recent arrest of a Bulawayo man on allegations of selling parts of dogs' carcasses he retrieved from some rubbish dumping sites was a very unusual occurrence.The dogs had been put down by ...Published: 23 Aug 2017 at 07:58hrs | 1 | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
'Dog meat can kill'
A VETERINARY surgeon has said people should not eat dog meat as doing so can result in illness or death.The warning follows an incident in which the Bulawayo City Council raided a homeless Bul...Published: 11 Aug 2017 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Dog meat vendor records brisk business in Bulawayo
A HOMELESS Bulawayo man has been skinning carcasses of dogs that would have been put down by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) and selling the meat to some residents....Published: 07 Aug 2017 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
South Africa hit by serious avian flu, leaving thousand of birds dead
South Africa has been hit by avian influenza leaving thousands of birds dead, as Zimbabwe works with the Food and Agriculture Organisation's Crisis Management Centre to review its systems following an...Published: 24 Jun 2017 at 14:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SA's 'snake pastor' in Nigeria
A self-styled prophet who caused controversy in South Africa in 2015 after being accused of making people eat snakes, rats and hair has appeared at a service hosted by popular Nigerian televangelist T...Published: 05 Jun 2017 at 13:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Owners of stray animals that cause accident must be prosecuted'
THE Senate has concluded debating a motion calling for the prosecution of people whose stray animals cause accidents on the country's roads.Over the years, stray animals have contributed to a ...Published: 24 May 2017 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman arrested for starving 46 cattle
A Rusape farmer Chido Matewa (51) together with her herdsmen landed herself in trouble with the courts for allegedly starving 46 herd of cattle. Matewa of Dagbreek Farm, Nyazu...Published: 19 May 2017 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Stiff penalties for animal abuse
People who are in a habit of beating, abandoning or tying up animals will now pay fines of up to US$200 is caught under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.The new fines became effe...Published: 30 Apr 2017 at 04:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe donkeys are at risk
Rural communities across the world, including those in Zimbabwe, are at risk of being impoverished by "relentless" Chinese demand for donkey products such as meat and skins, which are stewed to pr...Published: 05 Feb 2017 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by staff reporter
Masvingo launches blitz on stray dogs
MASVINGO City Council has launched a blitz to hold all dogs that are not registered with the local authority and shooting stray dogs as a way of reducing incidents of humans being injured by the pets....Published: 20 Mar 2016 at 09:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Marauding dogs maul Eastvale child to death
A five year old minor, Success Kanhayi from Eastvale Suburb in Masvingo was mauled to death by six dogs last Sunday.Masvingo Mirror reported that Acting Provincial Police Spokesperson, Assista...Published: 17 Mar 2016 at 14:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Vicious dogs kill four-year-old boy
A FOUR-YEAR-OLD boy was mauled to death while another 10-year-old child was left for dead allegedly by about eight vicious dogs in Masvingo's Eastvale suburb. Success Kasanhayi of Shakashe Str...Published: 01 Mar 2016 at 05:26hrs | 1 | by Walter Mswazie
Storm over dead baboons
THE Hwange Local Board (HLB) has resorted to shooting baboons, an operation that is now being investigated by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA).Three baboons were sho...Published: 24 Feb 2016 at 11:03hrs | | by Leonard Ncube
Dogs chew owner's manhood
A DOG is a man's best friend, so goes the saying. But not to two brothers who had to be hospitalised after their family dogs attacked them. The brothers from Kumalo suburb in Bulawayo were att...Published: 14 Feb 2016 at 10:54hrs | 3 | by Tatenda Gapare
Chinese man in court for abusing five dogs
A CHINESE man has been taken to court for allegedly beating and ill-treating his five dogs in violation of the law on prevention of cruelty to animals.Zhenggao Jie (53) appeared before Harare ...Published: 21 Sep 2015 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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