A female tiger in India's Ranthambore National Park. Police and security forums are on the hunt for a tiger that escaped in Walkerville, south of Johannesburg, on Saturday night.
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A team of trackers, police and residents are on the hunt for a female tiger that escaped from its cage in Walkerville, south of Johannesburg, and mauled two dogs and a man.
The local community policing forum's (CPF) Gresham Mandy said the big cat escaped from its cage at a smallholding where it was being kept with a male. He said the owner claimed the fence had been cut and the animal escaped on Saturday night.
Mandy said the animal attacked and killed a dog, before mauling another dog, which had to be put down. The tiger then attacked a man, who managed to escape without serious injury.
He said the animal was a fully grown female.
This is a developing story.
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