Arthur Brown abandons pets

I will never forget the phrase used by former Transvaal captain David Dyer, seen queuing for tickets at the Wanderers: "When you fall off the mountain, you fall all the way."

A former client, Arthur Brown, is now in trouble with the SPCA.

It was Brown who pulled Eric Simons, Louis Koen, Meyrick Pringle and Dave Callaghan into his sphere of influence. He owned Manning Rangers and sponsored the Boland rugby team. Now he can't or won't look after his pets.

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SPCA hounds Arthur Brown

February 13 2011 at 09:59pm
By Helen Bamford

Cape Town 310111 Former Fidentia boss J Arthur Brown, who is facing multiple fraud charges leaving the Cape Town High Court penniless not able to pay for the legal fees. picture : neil baynes

First it was widows and orphans, now it’s the family pets.

Arthur Brown, who is facing charges of fraud, corruption, money-laundering and theft, is being pursued by the SPCA for abandoning his pets with it.

The former Fidentia boss, who is alleged to have fleeced funds set up for widows and orphans, has been accused of abandoning three of his pets at the Cape of Good Hope SPCA in Grassy Park and leaving it to pick up the costs.

The animals, which were acquired for Brown’s daughter, are a dark chestnut Welsh Cob pony, a lard cross pig, and an old Dorper ewe.

The SPCA’s CEO Allan Perrins said he was considering suing Brown for the costs of caring for the animals for 14 weeks, which stood at R20 000. They included food, transport and farrier work.

Perrins said that last November Brown had booked the animals into the SPCA’s boarding facility while he moved house from Hout Bay to Durbanville.

Louis Joubert, of the SPCA’s horse-care unit, said when the SPCA collected the animals from Hout Bay, Brown said he wanted them returned in two weeks and he would pay the costs incurred.

But Perrins said Brown had since gone to ground. The SPCA had tried to contact him and had even left messages with friends, but all attempts were futile. - Sunday Argus