[kellyhound]

Cape Town, A video shows a man being mauled to death by 2 pit bulls.

Police who arrived at the scene shot and killed one of the animals, leaving friends to rescue a bleeding Wayne “Wayntjie” Kayster.

Kayster was rushed to hospital, but died later on Monday night.

Some residents in Lotus River claim Kayster was a known thief, who had been trying to break into the house in First Avenue while the owners were away.

However, his distraught family says the 35-year-old drug addict was merely looking for scrap when the dogs attacked him and ripped out his throat.

The eight-minute long video, taped by a resident, shows Kayster being bitten and mauled by two large pit bulls.

Kayster lies on the ground, trying in vain to fight off the animals, a brown male and a white pregnant pit bull.

Kayster’s friends and family, alerted by his cries for help but too scared to go into the yard, can be seen sitting on the vibracrete fence, hurling abuse and trying to scare the animals off with sticks and stones, but the dogs would not stop attacking him.

At one point, the male dog grabs a limp Kayster by the neck, and a woman can be heard hysterically screaming: “Hy is by die gorrel!” (He is at his throat.)

Another man shouts: “Wayntjie lê stil! Hosh, daai man is klaar.” (Waynetjie, keep still! Oh no, that man is finished.)

Police arrived on the scene and moments later a gunshot goes off, the male dog whimpers, and collapses next to Kayster.

A man jumps over the fence and pulls Kayster away, while his friend Bernadette Hendricks rushes to his side.

When the Daily Voice visited the house on Wednesday, the SPCA were also there looking for the owners, who were not home.

Only the white pit bull could be seen in the yard. The animal became aggressive and tried to attack the Daily Voice team.

Kayster’s shocked sister, Theresa Demas, 39, denies claims that her brother was a thief: “I was at the owner’s house [on Tuesday night] and he said Wayne was at his home looking for scrap, as he usually does.

“He told Wayne there was nothing.

“People say when Wayne was peeping over the wall, the dogs dragged him over.

“Wayne has been (hustling) since he was at school and he is a drug addict.

“He also cuts grass at people’s homes. He would not steal... he doesn’t have a criminal record.”

Kayster’s family now want the female dog to be put down.

“It was just horrible what happened,” Demas said.

“Wayne had pieces of flesh missing. The police shot the one dog but why is the other one still allowed to stay there?”

Hendricks said they could only watch in horror as her friend was being ripped apart.

“It was like Wayne gave up at one stage because he was exhausted.”

Bernadette Abraham, of The Cape of Good Hope SPCA, says they have viewed the footage and are looking into the incident.

Police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Andrè Taut says an inquest docket has been opened for investigation.

second vid is longer and from different camera.

[u-all-are-animals]

if u see 2 big pitbulls u should probably think twice if u want to disturb their territory. but i guess the need for drug screamed louder than his natural instinct to avoid dangerous situations

[FilRude]

Vicious. That's a bad way to check out.

[Tslice]

Sucks for that guy. Wish it had better quality though, no doubt gruesome if detailed.

[mitzy_69]

Shouldn't have been in the dogs yard in the first place should he....

[guims79]

I feel bad for the dogs stoned...They seem so nice.

[CrunchyCripple]

That makes me wonder what the protocol would be in something like a junkyard case.

I know the video is in Africa, but if in America, would the property owners of the junkyard be held responsible if their dogs killed a thief/trespasser?

I guess it depends on the state/city...

Or, what if a police dog bites a suspect in the wrong area(throat) and they bleed out. I suppose that one just gets written off.

[docfr8]

If that man was an unauthorized trespasser, then he got caught slippin'.. Don't enter peoples yards without permission..

Those dogs are protecting their territory while the master is gone.

Cant hate on the dogs for doing their job

[11B2P]

Good on the dogs.

[soonerbob81972]

Is it just me, or did that first rock bean the guy in the head? Oh well, if your gonna take on a couple of pit pooches, you should probably wear a kevlar turtleneck.