Pit bull kills child in South Africa

A one-year-old infant was mauled to death by a pit bull dog in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, according to local media reports.

The circumstances of the attack remain unclear but the dog is believed to belong to a neighbour, public broadcaster SABC reports.

The infant was rushed to a health facility but died as medics attempted to resuscitate it, the broadcaster said.

It brings the number of the attacks across the country to three in less than a week, the IOL news site reports.

There has been increased public anger over growing reports of pit bulls attacking and killing children in recent weeks.

Pit bull owners have been surrendering their dogs because the animals are being attacked, poisoned or beaten to death, the agency against animal cruelty in the country said

BBC Africa