Tiger goes on the run from Chinese circus after performers fail to lock its cage
‘Very tame’ two-year-old big cat on the prowl for 50 minutes until police guide it back to safety
A tiger went on the run from a Chinese circus after finishing a show because its cage had not been locked.
The animal had been performing in Chongyang county, a rural part of Hubei province, on Monday, according to local newspaper reports.
After the show finished about 5pm the tiger was guided to its cage backstage but it was not properly locked afterwards.
The unidentified Jiangsu-based acrobatic circus has been performing in the area since last Friday to mark the week-long holiday for National Day and the Mid-Autumn festival.
Chutian Metropolis Daily reported that the tiger escaped from its cage and began wandering around when circus employees were taking a break.
After discovering that it had escaped, members of the circus began to follow its movements and called the police.