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Residents in the
northern village of Oldeberkoop, with a population of 1,500, had
been told to stay indoors while the tigers - named Radjah and
Dehli - were on the loose.
"Careful work by a dog catcher and a vet appears to have
tranquilised both tigers. Now checking if they're sleeping
deeply," said local police officer Jan Graafstra in a tweet
before it was confirmed they were back home.
An initial attempt to tranquilise one of the tigers failed.
Nobody had been in any danger during the chase, said Gijsje van
Bentum, spokeswoman for the Felida animal sanctuary, where
Radjah and Dehli are kept. The tigers had never left the
shelter's property after escaping their enclosure, she added.
Felida receives often elderly big cats from circuses and zoos,
treats them, and works to rehome some in a larger shelter in
South Africa. This pair was rescued from a zoo in Germany where
they were no longer being fed.
The two tigers appeared to have escaped from their enclosure
through a gate that had accidentally been left open.
According to Felida's website, its residents include two lions,
eight tigers, a black jaguar and a leopard.
(Reporting by Toby Sterling and Thomas Escritt, Editing by
Jeremy Gaunt)
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