Two Siberian tigers are kept as pets in the backyard of a house in Impala Park, Boksburg, next to a crèche. (PHOTO: Gallo Images/ALAMY)
When she saw the big cat staring at her over her neighbour’s fence, she thought she must be dreaming.
Impala Park is a middle-class area in Boksburg, Gauteng, filled with tree-lined streets and suburban homes.
It’s the last place you’d expect to find tigers – yet this is exactly what Dari Viljoen* found herself looking at.
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