VIDEO: Tiger shot and killed
A tiger was shot dead on Wednesday after it bit a security guard in Witbank on Wednesday.
A tiger was shot dead on Wednesday morning after it apparently bit a security guard at Jugomaro Predator Park in Witbank.
According to eBlockwatch spokesperson André Snyman, several wild cats were being repossessed by liquidators before the shooting happened.
“As far as I know, about 15 people approached the tiger cage and the tiger got upset. It jumped over the electric fence and bit a security guard,” he said.
He said the tiger was shot dead and the security guard was taken to hospital.
An emotional video was uploaded on social media by the park’s Justin Fernandes in a desperate plea for help.
“They walked into the property. They’ve loaded five of my big tigers already. They shot at one. They refused to let us see the one that was shot,” he said in the video before bursting into tears.
Snyman shared a video of a conversation between him and the park’s head, Rosa Fernandes.
Rosa said a group of people saying they were from the liquidators, came to the park with papers, stating that the cats were being sold.
“They already loaded five into the van and they said they would proceed to take more… they are game capturers and one of them said they got permission from the liquidators,” she said.
The park was famous for raising Panjo, a tiger who made headlines in 2010 when he escaped from a bakkie while being transported to a vet. He was found two days later in a bush in Mpumalanga.
Asked if Panjo was one of the captured tigers, Rosa said Panjo was still in his enclosure.
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Watch Rosa Fernandes’ conversation here>
Watch Justin’s plea for help here>
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