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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African authorities euthanised a tiger on Wednesday after she escaped from an enclosure in a private home, killed sever...

Authorities in South Africa are searching for a tiger that escaped from its enclosure at a farm near Johannesburg over the weekend.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Authorities in South Africa are searching for a tiger that escaped from its enclosure at a private farm near Johannesburg over the weekend, injured a man and killed a dog. Local media said the man survived the attack but was taken to the hospital.

A tiger is on the loose after escaping an exotic farm near Johannesburg in South Africa, attacking a man and several other animals, police and a community leader said Monday. The eight-year-old fem

Trackers were so close they could smell her, but it was too dangerous to enter the thick bush and the team had to withdraw.

Member of the Walkerville community policing forum have confirmed that the missing tiger returned home for a brief period in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

THE search for an escaped tiger in the Midvaal continues as tracing teams only found new tracks in the mountains around midday.

The animal was spotted on Monday night by a South African Police Service helicopter fitted with thermal technology.

A team of trackers, police and residents are still searching for the escaped tiger as of Tuesday afternoon.

Sheba, the missing female tiger that escaped from her enclosure at Walker’s Fruit Farm, south of Johannesburg, was spotted via drone thermal imaging at a waterhole in the area on Monday evening.