“As South Africans we hear daily of how our pets‚ especially domestic dogs‚ have been poisoned with Temik‚ also known as Two Step‚ for criminals to break into homes. We should all push to have this deadly poison banned. It’s a very painful death.”
According to police‚ the owner of the park was woken up by his barking dogs in the early hours of Friday. When he went outside to investigate he found the cages‚ where the lions and tiger were kept‚ open.
One lion was battling to breathe at the entrance while two others and the tiger were already dead.
The reserve owners said they were “beyond heartbroken”.
“It feels like our lives have just been broken into a million pieces.”
Preliminary police investigations led to discovery of meat close to where the animals died. There have been no arrests.