ANNA COX
NYANGA, the Johannesburg Zoo lioness who killed an employee at a holding conservation farm at Parys in the Free State, has been granted a temporary reprieve.
Following a huge public outcry over the announcement that she was to be put down – with a Facebook campaign having been launched – the zoo said the incident was still under investigation and a decision was yet to be taken.
Zoo spokeswoman Letta Madlala said that until a “scientific assessment on her behaviour” by internal City of Joburg staff and an independent investigation by the police was done, no action would be taken.
The lioness allegedly jumped at the throat of 63-year-old Joe Ramonetha, killing him instantly. He was feeding the 11-year-old lioness and cleaning her enclosure at the time.