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Hunters close in on escaped tiger on the loose near Mexican holiday resort

Hunters are closing in a Bengal tiger which has been on the run near a Mexican holiday resort for a month. They have found where male tiger Ankor is living since he made his escape from the Mangrove Paradise zoo, near Acapulco, on 26 October. Mexican authorities, who have mounted a search involving police, soldiers and a group of 10 big cat experts, say they have filmed him on trip wire cameras. The next step is to capture Ankor alive and relocate him to a safe place, they say.

We will intensify our actions to capture the tiger, so that in the coming days it can be relocated in a place that is safe for the animal and the population

Mexico’s federal environmental protection agency Profepa

Soon after Ankor’s escape, the owner of a ranch about a mile away from the restaurant reported he had found five of his cows dead - the tiger is believed to be behind their deaths. Members of the public are being warned not to approach the area “given the dangerousness of this Bengal tiger”. Now, officials are convinced Ankor has made his new home in an area of low woods dotted with marshes, reeds and stands of button mangrove west of Acapulco.