It’s ‘too easy’ to own a big cat in SA – Calls mount for ban on keeping tigers as pets

Following the escape of yet another tiger, this one in Edenvale, calls are mounting for a ban on keeping the apex predators as pets. At the same time, government departments are ducking responsibility for the issue and shocking statistics have emerged which indicate that South Africa has a roaring trade in tigers and their body parts, which are favoured as medicine in some Asian countries. Earlier this month, a tiger roamed the Walkerville area for days before being shot. Questions are being asked about the whereabouts of the Edenvale tiger following unconfirmed reports it had been sedated and captured swiftly…