‘THESE CATS ARE LIKE MY THERAPISTS’
‘My dad used to say if you take a wild animal out of its natural habitat, you need to care for it even better than God did’
THE finches in the trees at the dam suddenly erupt into a riot of agitated noise. Something is freaking them out – and it soon becomes clear why when a man arrives with two huge Bengal tigers in tow.
It’s hard to imagine this scene playing out in the Free State, and not in a jungle or on a movie set.
As Gert Claassen (50) wades into the pool, seeking relief from the scorching heat, one of the tigers follows
