A tiger was reportedly on the loose near Paris today prompting a huge search operation.
The animal was apparently spotted in a supermarket car park this morning in the Seine-et-Marne district.
The area the cat was spotted in is just 2.5 miles away from Disneyland Paris.
Police and firefighters armed with paralysing darts were mobilised as well as a police helicopter.
“We have been running after it since this morning, police officers are trying to intercept it,” a police source said.
A local resident took a picture of the animal before alerting the authorities.
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Jean-Baptiste Berdeaux, who manages the Intermarche supermarket, said: “My wife saw it this morning. She didn’t get out of the car and called me to say I think I saw a lynx’.”
There was a circus in the village earlier this month, but all its animals, including tigers, are now accounted for.
