SKUKUZA -A Kruger National Park guide was suspended today after he was caught on camera kicking a pangolin.

On a guiding trip in the Punda Maria section with visitors the guide left the game vehicle and aggressively kicked a pangolin so he could get a picture of it. This sparked a huge outrage today under animal lovers.

This field guide was on a fixed term contract with Kruger National Park (KNP) and based at Punda Maria Camp.

“Our guiding personnel’s role is to interpret nature to the guests who go on our activities in the Park on regular basis and we are concerned about the guide’s behaviour at a pangolin sighting as can be seen on the video footage currently trending on social media platforms. We have already suspended the guide and at the meantime we are in the process of investigating the case so that we can take appropriate disciplinary steps. The public will be kept informed of the development as we deal with this case until the end of it,” said the South African National Parks (SANParks) Acting Head of Communications, William Mabasa.