POLICE in Saudi Arabia are hunting a team of sophisticated big cat burglars after a tiger, leopard and a black jaguar worth almost £105,000 (US$161,962) were stolen from a breeding farm.

    The thieves reportedly smashed security cameras and disabled an alarm before using a dart gun to knock out the animals at the property in Saudi Arabia.

    Empty syringes were found in the big cats’ cages in place of the beasts.

    Owner Ibrahim Al Osaimi believes the animals had been stolen to order. The 54-year-old said: “They were all three very rare, especially the tiger which was particularly in demand.

    “The special thing about them is that they were all trained to make them tame and perfect pets.” (SD-Agencies)