09-06-2017, 05:18 PM
Police have confirmed that a tiger that was running loose on a Georgia highway was shot and killed.
Henry County Police Department Capt. Joey Smith tells local news outlets that drivers reported seeing a tiger early Wednesday on the northbound lanes of Interstate 75 in Stockbridge â about 20 miles (32 kilometers) southeast of Atlanta. Crews blocked off four lanes as they looked for the big cat.
Police responded to a nearby neighborhood shortly after 6 a.m. when residents reported seeing the tiger there. Smith says the Department of Natural Resources and Animal Control were en route when the tiger began chasing a dog. He says police then shot and killed the tiger. The dog survived.
Smith says he estimates the tiger was full-grown.
It's unknown where the tiger came from.
http://fox45now.com/news/offbeat/tiger-k...09-06-2017
Henry County Police Department Capt. Joey Smith tells local news outlets that drivers reported seeing a tiger early Wednesday on the northbound lanes of Interstate 75 in Stockbridge â about 20 miles (32 kilometers) southeast of Atlanta. Crews blocked off four lanes as they looked for the big cat.
Police responded to a nearby neighborhood shortly after 6 a.m. when residents reported seeing the tiger there. Smith says the Department of Natural Resources and Animal Control were en route when the tiger began chasing a dog. He says police then shot and killed the tiger. The dog survived.
Smith says he estimates the tiger was full-grown.
It's unknown where the tiger came from.
http://fox45now.com/news/offbeat/tiger-k...09-06-2017