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The National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) in South Africa said it will be laying criminal charges against a man who was seen in a recent viral video pouring an alcoholic beverage, suspected to be beer, down the mouth of a fish identified as a common carp.

The NSPCA said it has since tracked the man who posted the video on TikTok under the handle, Lethabo_Sebapo.

"(He) has been tracked, and ed, and the compilation of a docket is in its final stages," said NSPCA spokesperson, Jacques Peacock.

In the video, the man is seen laughing and holding a fish in one hand while pouring beer into its mouth.

While he's in the act, people are laughing in the background while the man appears entertained throughout the video.

Peacock said the man itted to the act and stated that his motivation was only for fun.

He added that the man will face criminal charges under the Animals Protection Act 71 of 1962.

"Since the rise of social media platforms like TikTok, the NSPCA has seen an alarming increase in videos depicting animal cruelty. Much of our Inspectors' time and resources are now taken up by tracking and investigating the sources of such videos.

"The NSPCA is heartened by the widespread condemnation of the man's actions, which reflects the comion many South Africans feel for animals - including fish, who are often overlooked in their capacity for sentience and suffering.

"We hope this prosecution will serve as a strong deterrent, discouraging individuals not only from publishing acts of animal cruelty as a form of entertainment but also from committing them in the first place," added Peacock.

https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/viral-video-leads-to-nspca-charges-against-man-who-was-pouring-beer-into-a-fishs-mouth-91a8a42f-65dd-41e6-be3d-ebf8ceb74acf

Oh Mandela why

Why did thou sacrifice your life just to free these bunches of dimwits?

I hope the xenophobic werey didn't mistake the fish to be a Nigerian,cuz south African men with their obsession for Nigerian men is beyond imagination

How do these people come up with these ideas...

Weird folks!

Sonnobax15:

Oh Mandela why

Why did thou sacrifice your life just to free these bunches of dimwits?

I hope the xenophobic werey didn't mistake the fish to be a Nigerian,cuz south African men with their obsession for Nigerian men is beyond imagination

You're the one with the obsession for SA men. Who mentioned nigerians anywhere in those pics or write-up?

Can fish ever get drunk...?

Hypocrisy of the highest order...

Isn't it the same country where a Nigerian was beaten to death in their police custody moments ago and nothing has been done about that...

So the life of a carp is worth more than a foreigner's life...

Sonnobax15:

Oh Mandela why

Why did thou sacrifice your life just to free these bunches of dimwits?

I hope the xenophobic werey didn't mistake the fish to be a Nigerian,cuz south African men with their obsession for Nigerian men is beyond imagination

This comment is a reflection of how sick and rëtarded your mind is, viewing every post and thread along ethnic and racial lines.

Who mentioned Mandela, why calling Xenophobia, Was the crime committed by A Nigerian ?!?!


A man did an unthinkable and is being held able for his actions, why dragging other names into this chaos ?!


I say again you are sick, seek help!

The fish he bought with his money and plan to eat, or the one he stole from a public aquarium?
Who tasted and confirm the fluid is a beer?

He should be sentenced to 10 years animals have emotions and feel pain too

He shared his beer with a fish and got arrested?
Holy poosea!!
What if he made a video of him cooking and eating the fish?

There is nothing bad there.

He wants to see how it will react to the intoxication of the alcohol.

It can be for fun, it can also serve as an experiment.


I saw one clip where a lady gives her Dog a weed and captions it " You too drag small, nobi every time woo! woo!!"

Sonnobax15:

Oh Mandela why

Why did thou sacrifice your life just to free these bunches of dimwits?

I hope the xenophobic werey didn't mistake the fish to be a Nigerian,cuz south African men with their obsession for Nigerian men is beyond imagination

Very good

There’s nothing fun in animal cruelty

popp:
There is nothing bad there.

He wants to see how it will react to the intoxication of the alcohol.

It can be for fun, it can also serve as an experiment.


I saw one clip where a lady gives her Dog a weed and captions it " You too drag small, nobi every time woo! woo!!"

Carry this mentality go western world and you will end up in jail

RandDigital:


You're the one with the obsession for SA men. Who mentioned nigerians anywhere in those pics or write-up?

Then don't bring it to nairaland or we will talk about it

Nawa ooooo person no fit do experiment again

He wanted to transform the carp into a flying fish. Hence the reason why he wanted the fish to get high.

He added that the man will face criminal charges under the Animals Protection Act 71 of 1962.

Wonder if we have such laws in our constitution. The way we treat & even kill animals here dey somehow.

Even fish dy get justice, but average and below average Nigerians no dy get justice.

RandDigital:


Since the rise of social media platforms like TikTok,

https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/viral-video-leads-to-nspca-charges-against-man-who-was-pouring-beer-into-a-fishs-mouth-91a8a42f-65dd-41e6-be3d-ebf8ceb74acf

Even the Nigerian government needs to track down the contents most of these content creators are creating.

It's getting out of hand.

What kinda wickedness is this?


To balance the equation he should be thrown into a pond and forced to eat fish good as well.

Animals don suffer for Humans hand.

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Let's go to court

Justice for fish

#Fishlifematters 🤒

The saying that drink like a fish,has backfired

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Please see our profile

Wahala

After eat belleful, they start pursuing Fish right.

Did the fish get drunk though?

Stupid and unnercerssary. What was he trying to proof? Would he do the same to a Shark? The idior looks dumb anyway.

RandDigital:


https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/viral-video-leads-to-nspca-charges-against-man-who-was-pouring-beer-into-a-fishs-mouth-91a8a42f-65dd-41e6-be3d-ebf8ceb74acf

Make him sef go drink urine for big house