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Forestry Commission Declares Freedom Jacob Caesar’s Tigers Pose No Threat To The Public
Ghanaian business mogul, Nana Kwame Bediako, popularly known as Freedom Jacob Caesar, two tigers has been cleared by the Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission as safety animals.
According to a top official at the Wildlife Division of the Forestry Commission, he said the two tigers owned by Freedom Jacob Caesar pose no threats to the public.
The Director of Operations at the Wildlife Division, Luri Kanton, said his team’s decision is that residents must not panic after a tour of the Wonda World Estate where the two animals are kept.
The Wildlife boss told the media that the pets would remain at the expensive gated community for the meantime until a new structure has been built for them by his outfit.
“We want to assure the general public that the tigers are well secured in this cage and our investigation also reveals that so far, their welfare too is being catered for,” Mr Kanton was quoted in the Joy News report.
Although residents at the estate had complained about the possibility of the tigers running wild and attacking them, Mr Kanton assured them that after the assessment by his team, they are convinced no such thing will happen.
“We want to assure the general public that we are satisfied with the conditions under which they are living here. The next step will see the animals out of this place, but until then, we are still making investigations,” he said.
Meanwhile, Freedom Jacob Caesar in an earlier interview revealed he bough the two beasts to boost tourism in the country and not to endanger people.
“I went in to buy these animals to add the value of tourism in our country. I wanted to go into the Safari World by making sure that Ghana becomes the first country in the whole of West Africa, East Africa and Central Africa, except for South Africa that have these animals.
“We wanted to be the first that will have it and so, I went in for the male and the female version of it, I have been keeping them on me for six months. I brought experts from outside to create safety cage for these animals so they don’t become dangerous to the public,” he told journalists in Accra on Thursday, May 19, 2022.
