Tiger kills dog, maims man after escaping from private farm enclosure

South African authorities are trying to locate a tiger after it escaped from its enclosure near Johannesburg. He killed a dog and maimed a man who survived but was taken to hospital

A group of local community police searching for the tiger (

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A tiger killed a dog and injured a man after escaping from its enclosure on a private farm.

Authorities are now looking for the eight-year-old female Bengal tiger after the incident near Johannesburg, South Africa, over the weekend.

Gresham Mandy, a member of a local police forum, claimed the tiger escaped after a stranger cut the fence.

The tiger then attacked a man, two dogs and a deer kept on the same farm.

Mandy said one dog and the deer were killed, while the second dog was so badly injured he had to be put down.

According to local media, the man who was attacked survived but was taken to hospital.

Residents have been warned to be on high alert in the Walkerville area south of Johannesburg and to avoid confronting the tiger if they encounter it.

The tiger killed a dog and maimed a man (

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Themba Hadebe/AP/REX/Shutterstock)

Meanwhile, around 30 people from the police, conservation organizations and local community groups search the area where the last traces of the animal have been identified.

Research officials suspect that the female tiger, named Sheba, may be hiding in a brushy area for shade.

They think the tiger might start moving again once the summer heat subsided or when it needed to drink water.