Durban - KwaZulu-Natal's anti-rabies task team is to seek a mandate to enter any home to seize cats or dogs suspected of not being vaccinated against rabies.
Agriculture and Environment MEC Meshack Radebe said on Tuesday the team was preparing to approach the High Court in a bid to obtain an order giving officials such authority.
He made this announcement as he visited a 4-year-old boy fighting for his life at Durban's Prince Mshiyeni Hospital.
The boy is the fourth victim of rabies in the province, with three others having succumbed to the disease this year.
Last week, the provincial cabinet formed a task team consisting of Health MEC Dr Sibongiseni Dlomo, Community Safety and Liaison MEC Willies Mchunu, Co-operative Governance MEC Nomusa Dube, Finance MEC Ina Cronje and Radebe.
The department has so far vaccinated more than 45 000 cats and dogs.
This figure excludes private vaccinations and those done by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Radebe said the province would embark on an R850 000 advertising campaign to make people aware of the need to have their pets vaccinated.
- SAPA/News24
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