WESTERN CAPE. — A law enforcement officer from the City of Cape Town stopped at a busy intersection in Belhar after she spotted a dog that appeared to have been struck by a vehicle lying in the road. Senior Inspector Deirdre Thomas went to examine the animal and established that it was already dead. She moved the dog out of the path of oncoming traffic and notified the Cape the Good Hope SPCA so that it could be removed in an appropriate manner.
What makes the incident particularly noteworthy is that Thomas was on her way to a memorial service for her best friend when she noticed the dog. A member of the public captured her composed response at the intersection of Symphony Road and Accordion Street and shared it with the SPCA.
According to the SPCA, Thomas is known for her caring attitude towards people, children and animals. The SPCA thanked her because, despite her own grief, she did not simply leave the animal lying in the road.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
