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| Tiger on the loose in Detroit building ends photo shoot early | Tiger on the loose in Detroit building ends photo shoot early |
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| A two-day photoshoot inside Detroit’s Packard Plant – a crumbling former automotive plant – ended abruptly on Monday after it was discovered the photographer had brought along a tiger, two wolves and a bobcat. | A two-day photoshoot inside Detroit’s Packard Plant – a crumbling former automotive plant – ended abruptly on Monday after it was discovered the photographer had brought along a tiger, two wolves and a bobcat. |
| And the tiger briefly got loose. | And the tiger briefly got loose. |
| Photos of the tiger inside the Packard’s ruins circulated on Monday, after a local entrepreneur was called by a friend on site to help lure the animal out of a stairwell. | Photos of the tiger inside the Packard’s ruins circulated on Monday, after a local entrepreneur was called by a friend on site to help lure the animal out of a stairwell. |
| British photographer David Yarrow booked the shoot, officials confirmed. But he never disclosed that the animals would be involved. (Fewer than 3,200 tigers currently exist in the wild, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature.) | British photographer David Yarrow booked the shoot, officials confirmed. But he never disclosed that the animals would be involved. (Fewer than 3,200 tigers currently exist in the wild, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature.) |
| “There was a photo shoot scheduled,” said Kari Smith, project manager for the Packard Plant Project, in an email to the Guardian. “David Yarrow never informed us that animals would be involved.” | “There was a photo shoot scheduled,” said Kari Smith, project manager for the Packard Plant Project, in an email to the Guardian. “David Yarrow never informed us that animals would be involved.” |
| Smith said she was notified of the situation around 8am, and the crew was told to leave soon after. | Smith said she was notified of the situation around 8am, and the crew was told to leave soon after. |
| “We shut them down immediately,” Smith said. “No animals were hurt, they are secured and off site. There were trainers on site.” | “We shut them down immediately,” Smith said. “No animals were hurt, they are secured and off site. There were trainers on site.” |
| The situation was apparently resolved before Detroit police arrived. A police department spokesperson said it received a call and “officers were sent out. However, they were not able to locate a tiger.” | The situation was apparently resolved before Detroit police arrived. A police department spokesperson said it received a call and “officers were sent out. However, they were not able to locate a tiger.” |
| Yarrow is a London-based photographer who is known for capturing images of the world’s “remote landscapes and endangered animals”, according to his website. | Yarrow is a London-based photographer who is known for capturing images of the world’s “remote landscapes and endangered animals”, according to his website. |
| The situation quickly escalated and drew public attention after entrepreneur Andy Didorosi said he was called to the scene by a friend at the Packard. | |
| “I got a call to help after it was already out of hand because I was close and have tools – no tiger experience,” wrote Didorosi on Instagram in a caption accompanying a video of the situation. | “I got a call to help after it was already out of hand because I was close and have tools – no tiger experience,” wrote Didorosi on Instagram in a caption accompanying a video of the situation. |
| “The order from the handler was to motivate him downstairs towards the handlers. He wasn’t having it. I don’t support wild animals loose in our city without permission and strict control. This had neither.” | “The order from the handler was to motivate him downstairs towards the handlers. He wasn’t having it. I don’t support wild animals loose in our city without permission and strict control. This had neither.” |
| Didorosi posted video of his confrontation with the tiger on Facebook: | Didorosi posted video of his confrontation with the tiger on Facebook: |
| Trainers managed to get the tiger back into its pen; the wolves and the bobcat never left their cage. | |
| Patricia Janeway, a spokeswoman for the Detroit Zoological Society, said the local zoo wasn’t involved or contacted about the shoot. | Patricia Janeway, a spokeswoman for the Detroit Zoological Society, said the local zoo wasn’t involved or contacted about the shoot. |
| According to Smith, the animal was supplied by Animals of Montana. The company is a wildlife casting agency with more than two decades of experience and works with photographers and the film industry, according to its website. | |
| An email seeking comment from Yarrow was not immediately returned. | An email seeking comment from Yarrow was not immediately returned. |