A 54-year-old man has received medical treatment and currently needs multiple surgeries after he was mauled by two pit bulls allegedly on a walk without a leash on Thursday, 6 June, in Rocklands, Mitchells Plain.
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According to IOL, eyewitnesses said that Anthony Cupido was left ‘unrecognisable’ after the encounter, with significant damage to his face, head and arms.
‘We were at home at the time of the incident, when someone came to tell us,’ said the Cupido sisters.
‘We thought it was a normal bite but we did not expect it to be such a serious situation […] From what we were told, the young girl, still in primary school, walked the dogs without a leash […] The owner told us that he and his wife were not home, only their daughter,’ they added.
Anthony was transferred from Lentegeur Hospital to Groote Schuur Hospital on Friday, 7 June, where he is currently receiving treatment.
He is in a stable condition and ‘doing well and eating’. One major concern for doctors is that Anthony ‘doesn’t get an infection’.
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