'Paris tiger': Big cat loose near French capital - report

(BBC) Police, fire officials and a specially-trained hunting dog are searching for a big cat - believed to be a tiger - seen in a town outside Paris.

A woman alerted officials after spotting the animal in a supermarket car park in Montevrain, east of the French capital.

Officers armed with tranquiliser guns have been combing countryside outside the town, helped by a helicopter.

Residents of Montevrain and two other towns have been told to stay indoors.

As darkness fell, the Montevrain council said on its Facebook page that the search had been called off for the night but local schools would be secured by 08:00 on Friday.

During the day, children were kept in schools and collected by their parents by car.

Full story: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30035666


-- BBC 2014-11-14

So, there's one grainy photo of the animal's head, and the mayor knows it's a juvenile tiger of around 70kg....yet he professes not to know where it came from?

Don't they mean "paper" tiger, as in the foreign policy of Francois Hollande?

So, there's one grainy photo of the animal's head, and the mayor knows it's a juvenile tiger of around 70kg....yet he professes not to know where it came from?

Probably it came from Lyon.

It's very difficult to recognize a tiger on the picture, perhaps it will be a Maine Coon cat ?

French what will they think of next?

So, there's one grainy photo of the animal's head, and the mayor knows it's a juvenile tiger of around 70kg....yet he professes not to know where it came from?

Other reports show 2 photos.They also say multiple people reporting the sighting to police.

Big cat experts say the large head, long tail with distinct black tip and stance lead them to believe it's a tiger.

So, there's one grainy photo of the animal's head, and the mayor knows it's a juvenile tiger of around 70kg....yet he professes not to know where it came from?

They found footprints in the sand; experts says between 80-100 kgs ; already big cat ; don't comes from zoos or circus ; may be from a private and illegal owner, now the baby is too big to stay home

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FVkRn2krYg

Now this is a topic I can clearly understand. A large predatory cat has escaped captivity and is roaming around Paris, which is the capitol city of France.