A four-month Bengal tiger being walked on a dog leash in Mexico has been seized following a complaint by a resident.
Authorities caught the man and tiger outside his home on Lion Street, in a low-income neighbourhood of the border city of Tijuana.
The attorney general's office for environmental protection said on Tuesday the 4-month-old tiger had been living in a private home with children.
The man had papers showing he recently bought the tiger, which was found to be in good health but lacking its claws.
Officials say the animal has been placed temporarily at a local zoo because the owner did not take appropriate security and animal-welfare measures.
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