Two Bengal tigers that escaped from a big cat shelter 90 miles north of Amsterdam have been recaptured, Dutch authorities said on Sunday. The tigers – Radja and Delhi – were free for four hours and were found in the woods surrounding the Felida refuge near the village of Oldeberkoop. Jan Graafstra, a police officer involved in the operation, wrote on Twitter that the cats were “in a very deep sleep”. Several men carried the animals, each weighing 150kg, back to their cages. After several botched attempts to capture them, the animals were eventually anaesthetised.

Source: The Guardian May 15, 2016 17:18 UTC