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NEW YORK — A false report of a tiger in the streets of New York has caused a social media frenzy.

WNBC says the New York Police Department got a call around 8:30 a.m. Thursday about a tiger in Harlem.

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People on Twitter described a notification from the Citizen app that said police were responding to unconfirmed reports of a loose tiger running around the street.