Tiger Killed After Running Loose In Georgia Neighborhood [PHOTOS/VIDEO]
STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. (AP) — 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 — 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.
BREAKING "threat eliminated" says Henry Co police regarding tiger... TIGER DOWN - assuming this gunfire is related: pic.twitter.com/4z9a2awT83
— Kaitlyn Pratt (@Fox5Kaitlyn) September 6, 2017
Shared by Henry Co PD - tiger this AM. DNR now trying to track owner #fox5atl pic.twitter.com/6Y7s5BG7sA
— Kaitlyn Pratt (@Fox5Kaitlyn) September 6, 2017
This is the dog that a tiger on the loose attacked in Henry Co. Journey's owner called 911. No humans hurt. Tiger shot by police #fox5atl pic.twitter.com/LFa8naV9S7
— Kaitlyn Pratt (@Fox5Kaitlyn) September 6, 2017
#BREAKING SHOTS FIRED near I75 Jodeco Rd where reports of tiger came in. Just heard dozen shots - officers with rifles LISTEN: shots fired pic.twitter.com/d5DmVBlgDz
— Kaitlyn Pratt (@Fox5Kaitlyn) September 6, 2017
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