Tiger on the loose near Paris sparks police hunt

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Nov 14, 2014 04:22 pm

A tiger hunt is on in France after a Paris resident on Thursday (Nov 13), snapped a photo of the fearsome animal in a carpark.

The big cat still remains at large since and the public have been told to stay indoors.

It was spotted in a supermarket car park in the town of Montevrain - just a stone's throw from Disneyland Paris.

Supermarket manager Jean-Baptiste Berdeaux told reporters: "My wife saw it this morning. She didn't get out of the car and called me to say: 'I think I saw a lynx'."

Others later came forward claiming they had seen the tiger on the prowl.

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More than 100 police officers and firefighters armed with tranquiliser guns were deployed to comb the area in the Seine-et-Marne district near the French capital.

Despite being backed up by a helicopter, the search was unsuccessful.

A wildlife expert said: "We’re going to try and sedate it, but if it becomes dangerous or aggressive, we’ll give the order to kill it."

Earlier this month, a circus had visited the area but all of its animals have been accounted for.

Speculation suggests that the loose predator could have from Parc des Felins - a big cat park - in Lumigny Nesle-Ormeaux some 18 miles away from Montevrain.