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Boksburg crèche owner living in fear of two tigers next door

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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)
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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