Bizarre moment cowboy LASSOES runaway tiger around its neck after chasing it along a street in Mexico
- The tiger is running along the street in San Pedro Tlaquepaque in Jalisco
- Three men are chasing it and one is carrying a lasso while another has a folding chair
- A van pulls up on the pavement to block the tiger’s path, forcing it turn around
Bizarre footage shows the moment a man in a cowboy hat lassoes a tiger running loose on the streets.
It was filmed in San Pedro Tlaquepaque in the western Mexican state of Jalisco.
The clip shows three men chasing a tiger which is running along the pavement. One has a lasso and another man is carrying a folding chair.
An escaped tiger was chased through the streets of Jalisco, Mexico, and one of the men was carrying a lasso
A van pulls up on the pavement and forces the tiger to turn around.
The person filming gasps in shock as one man in a cowboy hat swirls a lasso above his head before appearing to loop it around the tiger’s neck first time.
They asked for help from the Tlajomulco de Zúñiga Wildlife Rescue Unit and which went to La Duraznera neighbourhood but tiger, which reportedly escaped from a private home, was not found, according to El Informador.
It was chased through San Pedro Tlaquepaque by three men in before a van pulled in to the pavement to block its path
The tiger was forced to turn around by the van before it was captured by the man with the lasso
The firefighters from San Pedro Tlaquepaque were also called and there were no reports of any injuries.
A second video shows the tiger continuing to run down the pavement with the three men running after it.
The incident happened last Tuesday on the road to Chapala at the intersection with Las Rosas avenue.
The clip was shared on Facebook by Umberto JF where it received 1.4 million views.
It is unclear what happened to the tiger after he was captured by the lasso.
A second video shows the tiger continuing to run back down the path and the three men chasing after him