Africa-Press – South-Africa. SANParks euthanised a leopard after it attacked a lodge employee in the Kruger National Park.
The Shalati Concession employee was on his way to work on Sunday morning when the attack occurred.
SANParks head ranger, Cathy Dreyer said:
Rangers Corps and the Airwing immediately launched an operation to search for the animal and euthanise it.
According to Dreyer, this is the second leopard attack on a worker in the park. It is presumed the same leopard was involved in both attacks.
“Since the first incident, every effort had been made to try and capture the leopard but without success. Given the location of the incident- we suspect that the destroyed leopard is the same animal responsible for the first attack, but we can never be sure,” she said.
The leopard has been delivered to the state vet for a post-mortem examination.
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Jerry Mabena, the CEO of Motsamayi Tourism Group, which owns Kruger Shalati and Kruger Station, said:
Mabena said the group would support the SANParks investigation to determine the cause of “this unusual behaviour by a leopard”.
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