Paris: Fat cat at large Hundreds of emergency workers and group of professional animal hunters near Paris have been following a trail of paw prints left by what was first thought to be a tiger on the loose. A set of fuzzy photos sent authorities into overdrive looking for a big scary cat roaming free and heading for the centre of the French capital. Frightened schoolchildren played indoors as a precaution as a heat-seeking helicopter joined the hunt. One mother said: "I'm pretty calm, but my little boy had trouble sleeping that night ... he has nightmares. So it was more difficult for him than for us. Authorities now believe the feline "beast" may be nothing more than a lynx belonging to a private owner, or just a overweight domestic cat.