Greed, mismanagement and a family feud are being blamed for the suffering of three lions which were burnt and euthanised following a fire at Fairy Glen Nature Reserve in Worcester.
The National Council of SPCA said one male and two female lions were left vulnerable to the raging wildfires, last month resulting in burns that inflicted brutal suffering.
Now a full-scale investigation by the NSPCA and Cape Nature has begun and those responsible could face charges.
In an exclusive interview with the Weekend Argus, Pieter de Jager, one of the trustees of De Jager’s Trust that