A pair of supposedly tame cheetahs which mauled a British woman on her holiday in South Africa had previously attacked another tourist, it has been claimed.
Housewife Violet D'Mello, 60, from Aberdeen, was rushed to hospital last month
after the two big cats leaped on her in a petting enclosure at a private
game park.
Owners of the Kragga Kamma wildlife reserve claimed the male cheetahs Mark and
Monty were tame and had never attacked humans before.
However an American tourist has since told a South African newspaper she was
also injured when the pair lunged at her during a holiday three years ago.
Michelle Bodenheimer, from Portland, Oregon, told the Times people should not
be allowed in the enclosure with the cheetahs.
She said: "I am heartbroken to see that Kragga Kamma did not learn from
my unfortunate experience.
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