After discovering that a South African couple are keeping tigers as ‘pets’ in a Boksburg home just behind a nursery school – the plot thickened. Upon investigation, footage of not only two tigers but, multiple exotic animals surfaced on a public TikTok account.
“Just to bring to your attention, this tiger is being kept in a home in Impala Park. There is a nursery school just behind it,” the SPCA told The Citizen.
The lives of the captive animals have been somewhat micro-documented on one of the family members public account, in what seems to be a hard-to-believe-this-is-real remix of Tiger King.
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Footage shows the tigers being taken for walks on leashes, sitting on couches in a lounge and swimming in what seems to be makeshift pools. Initially, I was shocked to discover that a family could house two tigers, never mind flaunt them on social media, writes Cape {town} Etc’s Ashleigh Nefdt.
“No exotic or wild animal should be kept by humans as a ‘pet’. This can only end badly, and this poor animal will be the one to suffer because of ignorant humans,” continued the SPCA who have reportedly been involved with the welfare of the tiger (however, required assistance from the City of Ekurhuleni with regard to enforcing by-laws).
The National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) said that their hands were tied after conducting an inspection and issuing a warning. They said that it is not up to them to issue permits pertaining to the ownership of wild animals. This is handled by Nature Conservation (a division of the Gauteng department of agriculture and rural development).
Authorities were first alerted to the large cats after a nearby primary school complained about children’s safety.
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