KRGV UPDATE: The search for the tiger was called off Thursday at 7:30 p.m., and is expected to resume on Friday morning.
Reynosa officials are still searching for a tiger that escaped from the Quinta La Fauna zoo, which is located on the edge of the Rio Grande.
According to a Reynosa official, the tiger is capable of crossing the Rio Grande.
Reynosa Emergency Management Coordinator Ernesto GΓ³mez told Channel 5 News his department has not received any photos or videos of the tiger. Gomez said he reached out to officials with the McAllen Fire Department and U.S. Customs and Border Protection to alert them of the tiger, adding that he believes the tiger is capable of crossing the Rio Grande.
Reynosa Animal Control Director RubΓ©n Rea says he has been working alongside Tamaulipas State Police, Reynosa Transit Police and Reynosa Emergency Management to find the escaped tiger since 11 p.m. Wednesday.
Search efforts restarted Thursday morning in several areas, including west of downtown Reynosa, just north of the Aquiles SerdΓ‘n neighborhood in the Ejido Los Longoria area. It's a rural area in a river bend of the Rio Grande located south of Granjeno, and the wildlife refuge area and west of the city of Hidalgo.
The Aquiles SerdΓ‘n neighborhood is home to three major migrant shelters, Senda de Vida, Senda de Vida 2, near the baseball fields, and the Kaleo shelter, which belongs to a U.S. church group.
Most migrants at these shelters are awaiting their appointment to cross into the U.S. through the CBP One app.
Channel 5 News reached out to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department for comment, but a spokesperson said they were unaware of the loose tiger.
Save the tiger. If the tiger escaped is because he wants to live in another zoo. Bring the tiger to Gladys Porter Zoo. We need him here. NO Reynosa. YES Brownsville Zoo.
ReplyDeleteThe tiger is upset. He has a big collar in his neck. He was probably being abused or not being treated right. Clean water, good food, nice shelter from the heat and a safe place to sleep at night...poor big cat, you had to run and find a good home.
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