“The accident scene was not a pleasant site – live sheep on top and between dead sheep, with severely broken legs, jaws and other injuries. Our Inspectors had to emergency destroy a large amount of sheep due to the severity of their injuries and to end their suffering,” the SPCA Vereeniging & Vanderbijlpark’ posted on its Facebook page.
The truck driver escaped injuries, while the uninjured sheep were transported to their end destination.
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The SPCA in Vereeniging has threatened to take legal action against the owners and the company for leaving the animals to suffer.
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