Escaped tiger in South Africa shot dead in residential area

A tiger that escaped from a private farm in South Africa and attacked a man and killed two dogs and a pig while on the loose for days has been euthanised (Themba Hadebe/AP)

A tiger that escaped from a private farm in South Africa and attacked a man and killed two dogs and a pig while on the loose for days has been euthanised.

Sheba, an eight-year-old female, was shot in the early hours of Wednesday morning after being spotted in a residential area close to where she escaped in the Walkerville region south of Johannesburg, police said.