The tiger was caught after it made a break for it in the Mexican city of Guadalajara.
More tigers are held in captivity in the U.S. alone than there are left in the wild. In Mexico, the animal has become a status symbol for members of drug cartels.
"They [drug lords] like charismatic animals that symbolize power and strength: big cats such as lions, tigers and jaguars, along with big snakes, monkeys and nice-looking birds," Howard Campbell, a professor at the University of Texas who has studied gangster lifestyles, told Al Jazeera in 2011.
However, the Mexican government has taken steps to regulate the ownership of tigers in captivity. In 2015, the country introduced a ban on certain animals, including tigers, performing in circuses. The law came into force two years after Alexander Crispin Suarez, a trainer, was killed by a tiger during a performance in Etchojoa, north Mexico.
A photo of a tiger. A video has emerged of three men chased and captured a tiger in Mexico using a lasso.
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