Tiger owner to be sued by the injured victim

A 39-year-old man from Gauteng who was mauled and injured by a tiger has reportedly appointed one of the top lawyers in South Africa to sue the owner of the tiger which is still on the loose.

The man came to contact with the big cat on Saturday last weekend.

“It came straight to my throat”- Man recalls the attack.

It was reported MDNnews earlier today that Sheba the tiger was spotted near the midvaal waterhole.

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The dangerous animal was spotted on Monday night by a South African Police Service (SAPS) helicopter fitted with thermal technology.

Gauteng police and search teams spotted the escaped tiger through a thermal imaging drone near a waterhole in Midvaal, on Monday night.

The tigress, named Sheba, slipped through a hole in the fence of the small holding where she was kept.

Sheba has been on the loose since Saturday and has so far killed two animals and injured a man.

Police said that the big cat has been wandering around a waterhole near the property she escaped from.

A trail of paw prints and thermal footage led police straight to the tigress.

The police spokesperson Gresham Mandy said that the tracking team on foot saw very fresh paw prints around the waterhole. They also smelled her, so she was very close but the bush was too thick and too risky for them to enter.

Sheba was lured out of hiding by a carcass laced with a tranquilizer to help make her drowsy enough to pass out.

After taking the bait, the feline is expected to be an easier target throughout Tuesday.

The mayor of the Midvaal local municipality, Peter Teixeira, is expected to visit the search site on Tuesday morning.

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