Dear Editor,
I have, with utter disgust, read of the sentence handed down to Phillip Matthysen who decapitated his young Husky with a chainsaw.
"R10 000 fine or 12 months' imprisonment, suspended for five years."
Oh yes, and he has to pay the SPCA R5 000. This man is not going to suffer huge hardship, is he?
It is my opinion (and many others) that if one is cruel to animals, one is often capable of cruelty to humans. The fine should not have been suspended. Secondly, he should have been made to work every weekend at the SPCA for a year. Cleaning up animal faeces might bring home the lesson of responsibility to animals.
Last, but not least, he is allowed to keep his other dogs. Need I say more?
Anne Book,
Cape Town
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