THE HAGUE // Two Bengal tigers who escaped on Saturday from a big cat shelter in the Netherlands have been recaptured after about four hours on the loose.
The two tigers named Radja and Delhi were found roaming the wooded area near the refuge from which they escaped by crawling under a fence, the ANP news agency reported, citing local police.
Veterinarians equipped with tranquiliser guns and police helicopters had launched an urgent search around the northern village of Oldeberkoop for the felines.
After several attempts to capture them, the animals were anaesthetised and confirmed to be "in a very deep sleep", tweeted Jan Graafstra, a police officer involved in the operation.
Several men then carried the two big cats, each weighing around 150 kilos, back to their cages in the refuge in big cloth sacks with carrying handles, Dutch public television NOS reported.
"There was never any danger for local residents," who had been warned about the escaped tigers, local mayor Harry Oosterman told ANP.
The Felida big cat rescue centre takes in animals in need of protection from possible abuse or neglect.
Radja and Delhi originally came from a private German zoo, whose cash-strapped owner could no longer afford to feed them.
The goal is to eventually transfer them to a sanctuary in South Africa.
* Agence France-Presse
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