2 escaped tigers returned to dutch refuge
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2 escaped tigers returned to Dutch refuge

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Vets equipped with tranquiliser guns and a police helicopter combed the area
The Hague - AFP

Two Bengal tigers that escaped Saturday from a big cat shelter in the Netherlands have been recaptured after about four hours on the loose, Dutch authorities said. 

The two tigers named Radja and Delhi were found roaming the wooded area near the refuge from which they escaped by crawling under a fence, ANP news agency reported, citing local police.

Veterinarians equipped with tranquiliser guns and police helicopters had launched an urgent search around the northern village of Oldeberkoop for the felines.

After several attempts to capture them, the animals were anaesthetised and confirmed to be "in a very deep sleep," Jan Graafstra, a police officer involved in the operation, wrote on Twitter.

Several men then carried the two big cats, each weighing around 150 kilos (330 pounds), back to their cages in the refuge in big cloth sacks with carrying handles, Dutch public television NOS reported.

"There was never any danger for local residents," who had been warned about the escaped tigers, local mayor Harry Oosterman told ANP.

The Felida big cat rescue centre takes in animals in need of protection from possible abuse or neglect as those of advanced years.

Radja and Delhi originally came from a private German zoo, whose cash-strapped owner could no longer afford to feed them. 

The goal is to eventually transfer them to a sanctuary in South Africa

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