Teachers at a daycare centre in Boksburg were shocked last week when, during outside playtime, they looked up and saw a white tiger watching them.
She said she told the children's parents about the tigers and since then several children have stopped coming to school.
The City of Ekurhuleni was not reached for comment. The story will be updated once their comment has been received. Kruger referred all queries to their lawyer, who was not immediately available for comment on Thursday.“The images are appalling, but we are not shocked by them,” said Four Paws director Fiona Miles.
“The department of forestry, fisheries and the environment announced earlier this year that it plans to, keeping lions in captivity and stopping the commercial use of lions or their derivatives, but tigers are not included in this draft plan. “Unfortunately, it is not in the hands of the NSPCA to issue permits for the keeping of any wildlife. This is handled by Nature Conservation [, and they set the requirements needed to obtain a permit, which makes it legal for people to own exotic wildlife,” the organisation said.
“Tigers in residential areas are not a good mix. Tigers are exposed to additional and unnatural stressors in terms of noises, smells, dogs, cats, humans and air pollution, to name a few. Initially these may serve as enrichment to a degree, but thereafter, simply additional negative stress. They belong in the wild. Not only is this extremely unfair and unjust toward the animals, it is also unethical and a risk to everyone exposed to the animals,” the NSPCA said.
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