Truck Collision On Sir Lowry's Pass Forces Animal Rescuers To Take Action

On Tuesday, 21 January, a collision between a container truck and a livestock trailer transporting 200 pigs at Sir Lowry's Pass resulted in traffic coming to a standstill.

The scene saw injured pigs and carcasses scattered in the road, while smoke from a burning vehicle engulfed the area, Cape town Etc reports.

In addition, the partly crushed livestock trailer resulted in further obstruction to traffic on the road, and the flatbed truck involved in the collision had veered off the road, toppled its container and caught fire.

Responding swiftly to the crisis, the Cape of Good Hope SPCA and three other Cape Animal Welfare Forum member organisations sprang into action.

Out of the 200 pigs on the scene, four died immediately and two had to be humanely euthanised due to the severity of their injuries.