Pet tiger kills crime in Bulgarian village
Date: 18-Dec-02
Country: BULGARIA
"Not a single house has been burgled since the tiger has been in the village. The fame of our Raja seems to be proving a better deterrent than the police," said 75-year-old Iskra Simeonova.
Burglary was previously common in the village, where many holiday villas are unoccupied for much of the year.
Raja has also made Selishten Dol an attractive tourist spot, with many parents bringing their children for a free glimpse of the tiger rather than paying to visit cash-strapped Sofia zoo.
Raja, who shares her home with two cats, four dogs, sheep, hens, a pig and a cow, eats fruit, eight eggs and three kilos of meat a day, her owners said.
