On-the-loose tiger captured alive after zoo escape

Rangers carry a captured Sumatran tiger in Lurah Ingu Village, West Sumatra on December 7,2020. - The Indonesian government estimates that around 600 Sumatran tigers are left in the wild and are considered endangered animals according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). (Photo by Kariadil Harefa and KARIADIL HAREFA/ AFP)

An escaped tiger that killed a keeper at a zoo on Borneo island has been captured alive after a day on the loose, police said.

The white Bengal tiger was found wandering in a jungle surrounding Sinka Zoo in Singkawang town, West Kalimantan on Saturday, following its escape through a hole.