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Tiger shot in Paris after roaming streets
Police tweeted that the tiger had gone on the loose in the 15th district but "the danger has been eliminated".
Nobody was hurt by the 200kg (31-stone) tiger, according to local reports.
Tram traffic was suspended in the area. Residents called the emergency services when they spotted the animal on the run just before 18:00 (17:00 GMT).
"It was a very big tiger," a witness called Ralph told Le Parisien website. "We heard two or three shots and saw police going down towards the tracks."
The tiger was killed in an alley, a fire service spokesman said.
Its owner, who brought the animal down with a shotgun, has been taken into custody, AFP news agency reports citing a police source. Police have opened an investigation.
The Bormann Moreno circus recently set up in Paris and planned to start holding shows from 3 December.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/24/tiger-is-shot-dead-in-paris-after-escaping-from-circus
Tiger shot dead in Paris after escaping from circus
Police tweet that ‘all danger is over’ after tiger was killed by owner near Eiffel Tower some time after it escaped
Police and rescue personnel move the body of a tiger that had escaped from a circus into a vehicle in Paris after the animal was shot dead. Photograph: Thomas Samson/AFP/Getty Images
Associated Press in Paris
Saturday 25 November 2017 03.16 GMT First published on Friday 24 November 2017 19.56 GMT
A circus tiger has been shot dead by its owner after escaping into the streets of Paris, affecting public transport and bringing emergency services rushing to the area.
Firefighters were called shortly before 4pm by people who saw the 200kg animal wandering around the 15th arrondissement in the south-west of the French capital near the office of France Televisions.
As the story spread on social media, Paris’s transport authority briefly suspended traffic on a tram line in the area.
“The owner was in shock. When we arrived the 200kg tiger was already dead,” said Valerian Fuet, a spokesman for the firefighters.
The animal was shot in an alley, he said, “it was not in the street, there were no passers-by”. The owner was taken away by the police questioning, while the body of the tiger was to being taken away for an autopsy. A police investigation was opened.
Préfecture de police (@prefpolice)
#tigre échappé d’un cirque à Paris 15 : tout danger est écarté. Ne relayez de fausses informations.
November 24, 2017
The tiger had escaped from the Bormann-Moreno circus, which recently moved to the area and planned to open its doors to the public on 3 December.
The Brigitte Bardot Foundation, founded by the actor turned animal rights activist, expressed horror and called on the ecology binister to ban the use of animals in circuses. “It’s a miracle that there weren’t any human victims this time,” the group said.
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Tiger shot in Paris after roaming streets
- 24 November 2017
- From the section Europe
Police tweeted that the tiger had gone on the loose in the 15th district but "the danger has been eliminated".
Nobody was hurt by the 200kg (31-stone) tiger, according to local reports.
Tram traffic was suspended in the area. Residents called the emergency services when they spotted the animal on the run just before 18:00 (17:00 GMT).
"It was a very big tiger," a witness called Ralph told Le Parisien website. "We heard two or three shots and saw police going down towards the tracks."
The tiger was killed in an alley, a fire service spokesman said.
Its owner, who brought the animal down with a shotgun, has been taken into custody, AFP news agency reports citing a police source. Police have opened an investigation.
The Bormann Moreno circus recently set up in Paris and planned to start holding shows from 3 December.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/24/tiger-is-shot-dead-in-paris-after-escaping-from-circus
Tiger shot dead in Paris after escaping from circus
Police tweet that ‘all danger is over’ after tiger was killed by owner near Eiffel Tower some time after it escaped
Police and rescue personnel move the body of a tiger that had escaped from a circus into a vehicle in Paris after the animal was shot dead. Photograph: Thomas Samson/AFP/Getty Images
Associated Press in Paris
Saturday 25 November 2017 03.16 GMT First published on Friday 24 November 2017 19.56 GMT
A circus tiger has been shot dead by its owner after escaping into the streets of Paris, affecting public transport and bringing emergency services rushing to the area.
Firefighters were called shortly before 4pm by people who saw the 200kg animal wandering around the 15th arrondissement in the south-west of the French capital near the office of France Televisions.
As the story spread on social media, Paris’s transport authority briefly suspended traffic on a tram line in the area.
“The owner was in shock. When we arrived the 200kg tiger was already dead,” said Valerian Fuet, a spokesman for the firefighters.
The animal was shot in an alley, he said, “it was not in the street, there were no passers-by”. The owner was taken away by the police questioning, while the body of the tiger was to being taken away for an autopsy. A police investigation was opened.
Préfecture de police (@prefpolice)
#tigre échappé d’un cirque à Paris 15 : tout danger est écarté. Ne relayez de fausses informations.
November 24, 2017
The tiger had escaped from the Bormann-Moreno circus, which recently moved to the area and planned to open its doors to the public on 3 December.
The Brigitte Bardot Foundation, founded by the actor turned animal rights activist, expressed horror and called on the ecology binister to ban the use of animals in circuses. “It’s a miracle that there weren’t any human victims this time,” the group said.
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