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.
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