BOTSWANA'S President Ian Khama has received two stitches in his face after being clawed by a cheetah, a government spokesman says.
The incident occurred last week at a Botswana Defence Force facility where soldiers enlisted in the battle against poaching learn about the animals they help to protect.
"He was scratched by a cheetah last week but not really attacked per se," spokesman Jeff Ramsay told AFP.
The cheetah was being fed in an enclosure near to where Khama was standing, became excited and somehow managed to swipe a claw across the president's face.
Khama, 60, was not admitted to hospital, but did receive treatment.
He was seen last week with a plaster on his face.
Ramsay said there were no security implications and added that because of the minor nature of the injury the government had initially decided not to issue a public statement.
Cheetahs, the fastest land mammals, are one of the few large cats not to have fully retractable claws. Far from being razor sharp, the claws are more like a dog's than a lion's.
Khama, a former lieutenant general who was trained at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, England, and has been in power for five years, is known as something of outdoorsman.
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