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Fatal cheetah attack spotlights big cat breeding industry

March 25, 2017 By Merritt Clifton

Lions & tigers bred for heads & bones          PHILIPPOLIS,  Karoo,  South Africa––A captive cheetah on March 18,  2017 fatally mauled the three-year-old son of Jacob Pieterse,  an employee at tiger breeder and filmmaker John Varty’s Tiger Canyon wildlife farm and tourist attraction. Police spokesperson Motantsi Makhele told media that the victim died while being […]

Filed Under: Africa, Africa, African species, African wildlife, Asia, Book & film reviews, Canada, China, Conservation, Culture & Animals, Endangered species, Entertainment, Exhibition, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, Poaching & trafficking, Screen industry, South Africa, The Americas, Wildlife, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Bray, Dave Salmoni, Dave Varty, John Varty, Li Quan, Luke Hunter, Merritt Clifton, Michael Hackenberger, Stewart Bray, Stuart Leavenworth

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