Escaped tigress from Midvaal still on the loose; search teams intensify efforts

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17 January 2023 | 15:30 CAT

Gauteng police and search teams are continuing the search for a tigress that escaped on Saturday night through a hole in the fence that she was being kept in.

Picture credit: EWN.

Authorities say they have spotted the escaped tiger through a thermal imaging drone, near a waterhole in Midvaal, on Monday night.

The tigress, named Sheba, has so far killed two animals and injured a man since she escaped.

“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,” says the police’s Gresham Mandy.

While search teams had no luck in finding the tiger on Tuesday, SAPS Captain Gous said it will be easier to track Sheba with thermal technology during the night.

Sheba was sharing the area with a male tiger named Tyson who has since been moved to a big cat sanctuary, where Sheba will be sent once she is recaptured.

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