Animal welfare is a real crisis, but Cape Town’s draft bylaw regulates the wrong things
Daily Maverick | 16.09.2026 03:08
South Africa has a real animal welfare crisis. Rescue Rehab SA estimates that more than a million cats and dogs are euthanised annually. Seventeen SPCA branches have closed since 2018, and none has been replaced. The organisations doing animal welfare work receive no direct state funding and are collectively spending an estimated R183-million a year on cremations alone.
