Poaching leads to animals going extinct, says NWest park manager

Ben Van Staden shows journalists a part-Siberian and part-Bengal tiger named Crystal.

Animal poaching has led to many animals going extinct, including a rare breed of Siberian tiger, said Kudusrus manager Ben Van Staden.

“It was a huge blow to the park when it happened,” he told journalists on a media tour around the Moses Kotane local municipality.Kudusrus has about 30 lions, eight tigers, and a crossbreed. They have a breeders permit which allows them to practice.“This tiger is a mixed-breed because they are slowly disappearing. She is three-years-old and is enclosed with a six-year-old year male. We are trying to get them to breed but it is not easy,” he said.

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