GERMANY - Lion on the loose in Berlin

[Friday Fan]

Berlin 'lioness': Wild animal probably a boar, authorities say

Authorities call off a search for a suspected big cat spotted near the German capital.

www.bbc.co.uk

German authorities are calling off the search for a suspected lioness after finding no evidence of a big cat on the loose.
Police have been searching for more than a day after being notified about a wild animal by members of the public - but had found no trace.
After speaking to experts, they now believe the creature is a wild boar.
No paw-prints or DNA material, such as animal waste, had been found in areas where the lion was supposedly spotted.
"There is no acute danger," Michael Grubert, mayor of the Kleinmachnow area where the animal was first spotted, told a press conference on Friday.
He added that police would remain alert in case the situation changed.

I liked the mobster lion story though!

The son of a notorious German crime lord has asked for information as to the whereabouts of the lioness - suggesting it could be his Hunt for 'Beast of Berlin' lioness ENDS as police believe animal is a boar

 

[Inthedetails]

Berlin 'lioness': Wild animal probably a boar, authorities say

Authorities call off a search for a suspected big cat spotted near the German capital.

www.bbc.co.uk

German authorities are calling off th. e search for a suspected lioness after finding no evidence of a big cat on the loose.
Police have been searching for more than a day after being notified about a wild animal by members of the public - but had found no trace.
After speaking to experts, they now believe the creature is a wild boar.
No paw-prints or DNA material, such as animal waste, had been found in areas where the lion was supposedly spotted.
"There is no acute danger," Michael Grubert, mayor of the Kleinmachnow area where the animal was first spotted, told a press conference on Friday.
He added that police would remain alert in case the situation changed.

Welp, I guess that's that.

I hope nobody was trying to pull a hoax but that it was truly an honest mis-identification.

jmo

 

[AliceInPain]

German authorities are calling off the search for a suspected lioness after finding no evidence of a big cat on the loose.
Police have been searching for more than a day after being notified about a wild animal by members of the public - but had found no trace.
After speaking to experts, they now believe the creature is a wild boar.
No paw-prints or DNA material, such as animal waste, had been found in areas where the lion was supposedly spotted.
"There is no acute danger," Michael Grubert, mayor of the Kleinmachnow area where the animal was first spotted, told a press conference on Friday.
He added that police would remain alert in case the situation changed.

I'm glad if there's no danger and someone hasn't been keeping a lion as a pet, but imo, that drawn on outline was made to specifically make it look like it's a wild boar. It doesn't look like that in the footage.
Can't argue with no paw-prints or poop I guess but I still want to know what it was when both witnesses and LE thought it was a lion!

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Well well, the roars were a hoax. Too bad it didn't turn out to be that type of Shepherd they also suspected. He would have become a famous canine indeed.

Berlin 'lioness': Wild animal probably a boar, authorities say

Authorities call off a search for a suspected big cat spotted near the German capital.

www.bbc.com