Erasmus spoke to TimesLIVE on Friday about raising two big cats, the chain of events leading to Sheba’s escape and the amount of “guts” it took for him to track, shoot and kill the big cat, which he had hand-reared from a cub, on Wednesday morning.Erasmus, who would not reveal his age but said he was close to his 60s, said he was a businessman who was against the idea of owning tigers.
“First she got Tyson. Tyson was three months old when she got him and then it was Sheba. Sheba was a small cub. I think she was three days old.”“People are saying Sheba was pregnant and that’s why she escaped. She was spayed so she couldn’t have cubs. The plan was never to breed with them or keep them for any financial gain. The plan was to keep them because she had a passion for cats.
He alleged the perpetrators had cut through all the fencing, from the tigers’ enclosure to the catchment camps. On Saturday night, he alleged, perpetrators cut the outside fence. On Sunday morning, Sheba escaped into the open.He disputed William Mokoena’s chain of events in which the 39-year-old father of one was attacked by Sheba on Saturday night.
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