IN PICS | On the trail of Walkerville's runaway tiger Sheba
The search for an eight-year-old female tiger, Sheba, continued on Monday. TimesLIVE photographer Alaister Russell has been on the ground in Walkerville, south of Joburg.
Members of the community policing forum hunt a tiger in Walkerville, south of Johannesburg on January 16 2023. (Alaister Russell/Sunday Times)
The search for an eight-year-old female tiger, Sheba, continued on Monday in Walkerville, south of Johannesburg.
The big cat escaped from her enclosure on Friday evening, allegedly after someone cut the fence at a smallholding where she was hand-reared.
Gresham Mandy of the community policing forum (CPF) said since her escape, Sheba had killed two dogs and injured a 39-year-old man. Members of the CPF are on alert and using drones to try to get an aerial view of the landscape.
A police helicopter has been launched to circle the area in an attempt to locate Sheba, which has proved difficult as tall grass and dense veld make ideal camouflage for the big cat.
TimesLIVE photographer Alaister Russell has been on the ground in Walkerville keeping track of the search.
Members of the CPF walk through the veld close to the area where a tiger has escaped in Walkerville, south of Johannesburg, on January 16 2023. (Alaister Russell/The Sunday Times)
A community member looks through his scope while attempting to track a tiger in Walkerville, south of Johannesburg. The tiger has mauled two dogs, a pig, a deer and a man who is in hospital receiving medical treatment. (Alaister Russell)
An armed community member in Walkerville, south of Johannesburg, where a fully grown eight-year-old female tiger escaped on Friday evening. (Alaister Russell)
Members of the community policing forum attempt to track a tiger on January 16 2023, in Walkerville, south of Johannesburg, where a fully grown female tiger escaped on Friday evening. (Alaister Russell)
Walkers Fruit Farm community policing forum member Gresham Mandy next to the cut fence where tiger Sheba escaped. (Alaister Russell)
Community members attempt to track the escaped tiger in Walkerville, south of Johannesburg, on January 16 2023. (Alaister Russell)
Members of the community policing forum attempt to track a tiger on January 16 2023 in Walkerville, south of Johannesburg, where the eight-year-old female escaped on Friday evening. The tiger was spotted near a water hole on Monday evening. (Alaister Russell/Sunday Times)
Members of the CPF gather in a veld on Janaury 16 2023 in Walkerville, Gauteng, where a fully grown female tiger is on the loose. (Alaister Russell)
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