‘It was not an easy decision’: Sheba, shot dead

Sheba, the female tiger that has been missing in Walkerville, south of Joburg, was euthanized this morning.

Gresham Mandy, from the Walkerville CPF, who has been on the front line of the massive search aimed at capturing the big cat confirmed the sad development to IOL.

He said the feline was killed after it had entered a farm with six dwellings of families living there. It attacked and killed a domestic animal.

“On Wednesday (today) morning around 1.55 am reports were received of activity on the Arboretum Farm in Walkers Fruit Farms. This location is 2km from where the tiger Sheba was last known to be roaming,” Mandy said.