A 32-year-old man from Kitwe, identified as Goodson Mwape, is recovering from serious injuries after being attacked by three stray dogs at his workplace in Garneton Township.
The incident occurred at Egg City Company, where Mr. Mwape was reporting for duty in the morning. The dogs, which had strayed into the company premises, attacked him, leaving him with deep cuts on his legs and stomach.
A ZNBC News crew arrived at the scene shortly after the attack and found Mr. Mwape bleeding heavily from his legs. He was quickly rushed to Kitwe Teaching Hospital, where medical staff provided emergency treatment. Doctors at the hospital have since described his condition as stable, with Kitwe Teaching Hospital Surgeon Dr. Kelly Sakukonga noting that Mr. Mwape’s condition is improving.
“We are monitoring his recovery closely, and he is responding well to treatment,” said Dr. Sakukonga.
Meanwhile, Mwale Sekelani, a community spokesperson, expressed concern over the safety of residents, stating that the presence of unsecured dogs in the area has instilled fear in the local population.
“People are scared because these dogs are roaming freely, and we don’t know if they’ll attack again,” Sekelani said.
Kitwe District Livestock Officer Chindu Simwinga confirmed that the three dogs have been taken into animal welfare custody. He urged dog owners to follow proper procedures for keeping and securing potentially dangerous animals to avoid such incidents in the future.
Authorities have advised residents to remain vigilant as investigations continue into how the dogs came to be roaming freely in the township.
Under the colonial government police accompanied by council staff patrolled townships in their Kasalanga truck looking for unsecured dogs. Once found the dog would shot dead and loaded onto the truck…. these days all council employees are found at the civic center or township offices gossiping while ZP are busy with fake roadblocks. We’re lost as a nation. Nobody wants to do what they were employed for.
Kikikikikiki I thought Deja vu was a Bemba but here he reveals himself. The police trucks are called musangala in Bemba not kasalanga kikikikikiki!
Mwale: what are those police trucks called in siLozi, or indeed in chiTonga? Being tribal once again are we? Leave the good man/woman alone, it doesn’t matter whether he is Bemba or not. What matters is that the men’s national football team should not be a LuBemba team with invited Eastern cousins, it should be representative of Zambia.
@Bad Zambian I am a Ngoni but I grew up in Chamboli and Kamuchanga townships- in that province they teach Bemba in schools so I grew up reading Inkwashi in primary school.
Since the Bemba are now your cousins you can ask them to say Musangala in Silozi Im sure Deja Vu will learn
ZP in conjunction with the councils should have a continuous cropping of stray dogs. Don’t wait until someone has been bitten.
They should do this YESTERDAY! Iam a jogger and I hate finding stray dogs on my route early in the morning or late evening. Dog owners should be punished for such carelessness. People’s lives are important
How does does a news crew arrive before emergency responders?
These aren’t stray dogs. They’re owned by a powerful resident of Garneton who didn’t secure them. This is a rigged report. The poor guard was mauled at his place of work. In Kitwe some police stations have unsecured dogs that help guard vehicles. They pause a danger to the public whenever any of them is in heat. There was recently a report of a boy that was bitten by the same dogs at one station
Might is right in Zambia by the looks of things
Let’s see if LT pursues this story instad of copy paste most of the time
Ayatollah: “They pose a danger”, not “They pause a danger…”. If they paused the danger, the danger would stop/halt, but it doesn’t.
@ Ayatollah
Agreed
Yayi Palibe exorcism apa! Nimafutu Che!