In Atlanta escaped Bengal tiger (photo)

In Atlanta escaped Bengal tiger (photo)

This morning, September 6, near Atlanta, Georgia, there was a huge Bengal tiger. Still it is not known how he escaped, but police had to shoot the animal.

As told to the channel WSB-TV Atlanta employee of the County police Department, Henry, the animal saw, right on the highway, the 911 got several calls about it.

In Atlanta escaped Bengal tiger (photo)

When arrived at the scene, law enforcement officers, I noticed, like a tiger jumps over a fence of one of the houses. Then they decided to shoot.

«We had no tranquilizers and we couldn’t wait because it is a working day and at any time on the way the animal could have appeared adults or children, hurrying to school,» said the police.

Britney Speck, a local resident, said that the tiger pounced on her dog, but she was unharmed, just very scared. She added that the size of her dog – like a tiger paw.

It is still unclear where the tiger. In a nearby animal preserve in Locust Grove say that their disappearances were not. «The Henry County police contacted us and told us about the tiger on the highway I-75. We immediately went there, hoping to immobilize the animal. But people’s lives were in danger, so the police made such decision», — reads the statement of the reserve.

Yes, there really was a tiger loose in Henry County #Georgia. Taken by my friend on scene. pic.twitter.com/FJDxDs6Lcz

— Dispatch Demon (@DispatchDemon) September 6, 2017

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