S. African city warns visitors, residents of escaped cheetah from nature reserve

 

The South African City of Tshwane is warning visitors, as well as residents who live near the Rietvlei Nature Reserve in Pretoria to be vigilant as a cheetah who escaped from the reserve, is still at large.

It has been reported that the two-year-old cheetah went missing on Tuesday and rangers have been searching for her.

A local newspaper quoted Natalie Vos, Tshwane’s functional head of nature conservation, as saying that the animal escaped through a hole under the fence.

The cheetah has a neck collar that sends signals for tracing purposes, she said, adding “We believe the battery of the collar around her neck might be low and that makes our search very challenging.”

Vos said the area where the animal was last seen “is very overgrown.”