Tiger shot in Georgia was headed for Tennessee

ATLANTA (AP) – Authorities say a Bengal tiger shot and killed after frightening motorists on a Georgia interstate and chasing a dog through a neighborhood had escaped from a truck on its way from Florida to Tennessee.

Feld Entertainment spokesman Stephen Payne tells The Associated Press that 6-year-old Suzy somehow got loose during a watering break near Atlanta.

Henry County police say drivers spotted the tiger early Wednesday on Interstate 75 in Stockbridge, southeast of Atlanta.

Police say the cat ended up in a subdivision, where it began chasing a dog. Police then shot the tiger.

Payne said Suzy was a former performer in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The tiger was headed back to its owner in Europe after the circus this year ended its 146-year run.

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