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Authorities in South Australia said a “McDonald’s Opening Soon” sign installed as a prank in the middle of a desert has been removed. The 50-foot-tall sign was discovered earlier in the summer atop a dune in the middle of the Simpson Desert Conservation Park — 124 miles from the edge of the desert and 373 miles from the nearest McDonald’s — along with a glass box that appears to contain a bag of McDonald’s food with the instruction: “Break glass in emergency.” South Australia Environment Minister Ian Hunter confirmed a ranger was sent on a 12-hour drive from Port Augusta to remove the sign, as it is illegal to erect a structure in a conservation area without permission. He said, “We do see the funny side of this. It is very humorous but we particularly don’t want people searching for a sign off the tracks, damaging the fragile landscape and putting themselves potentially at risk in a very remote location.”
Police in Detroit confirmed a tiger was on the loose in a disused plant on the east side of the city and it has now been recaptured. Detroit police said the tiger escaped from a British film crew Monday while they were shooting footage inside the old Packard Plant and the crew was unable to recapture the big cat. Reps of the plant’s owners said the film crew had permission to shoot inside the building, but not to bring wild animals. They said the crew brought the tiger along with a bobcat and a wolf without informing officials. A video shows men running at the tiger with a tarp and a weed whacker with various attachments in an attempt to get the tiger to vacate a landing on the stairs and go to where other people are waiting to capture it. Packard Plant security confirmed the tiger was safely recaptured early Monday afternoon.