Tiger Hunted Near Mexico Holiday Resort

The hunt is on for a Bengal tiger which has been on the run in Mexico for a month after escaping from a restaurant zoo on the country's southern Pacific coast.

Ankor, a male tiger, escaped from the Mangrove Paradise zoo and restaurant area on 26 October.

Since his escape, Mexican authorities have mounted a full-scale search effort for him using police, soldiers and a group of 10 big cat experts.

The country's environmental protection agency has now found where he is living and has used remote trip-wire cameras to film the predator.

The authorities on Wednesday said they were closer to recapturing the tiger having located his new home in an area of low woods dotted with marshes, reeds and stands of button mangrove west of the resort of Acapulco.

They said they expected to capture Ankor alive and relocate him to a safe place.

Soon after his escape, the owner of a ranch about a mile away from the restaurant reported he had found five of his cows dead - the tiger is believed to be behind their deaths.

Members of the public are being warned not to approach the area "given the dangerousness of this Bengal tiger".