PARIS, Nov 14 : Police and soldiers armed with tranquiliser guns patrolled a town on the outskirts of Paris on Friday, as the search for a tiger on the loose gripped France and forced panicked residents to barricade themselves in at home.
A dozen or so troops from a nearby army base joined the hunt for the fearsome beast which has nimbly eluded all attempts at capture since being spotted prowling around a supermarket car park on Thursday morning.
Police guarded the entrance to local schools on Friday morning in case the tiger put in an unwelcome appearance and a helicopter with thermal imaging buzzed overhead the small town of Montevrain, some 40 kilometres (25 miles) east of Paris, right next to the popular Disneyland Paris theme park. ?AFP