Suspected lioness on the loose near Berlin forces police to ask residents to stay indoors

[Still Waters]

A warning has been issued for residents in a town near Berlin to stay indoors and take precautions as police searched for a wild animal on the loose, believed to be a lioness.

German authorities said they received an emergency call around midnight Wednesday night from a resident who spotted a wild animal roaming around Richard-Strauss-Weg in Kleinmachnow, a city in the southwestern outskirts of Berlin.

The resident took a video of the animal, which police deemed to be credible and after an initial assessment, and determined it to be a lioness, according to a press release.

Investigators are also working to figure out where the lioness may have come from, as the big cats are native to Africa. Brandenburg police say they have reached out to animal-testing facilities, animal parks, zoos, animal-protection facilities and circuses in the Kleinmachnow area, which have all said they're not missing an animal.

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/suspected-lion-loose-near-berlin-131116584.html?

[odas]

58 minutes ago, Still Waters said:

A warning has been issued for residents in a town near Berlin to stay indoors and take precautions as police searched for a wild animal on the loose, believed to be a lioness.

German authorities said they received an emergency call around midnight Wednesday night from a resident who spotted a wild animal roaming around Richard-Strauss-Weg in Kleinmachnow, a city in the southwestern outskirts of Berlin.

The resident took a video of the animal, which police deemed to be credible and after an initial assessment, and determined it to be a lioness, according to a press release.

Investigators are also working to figure out where the lioness may have come from, as the big cats are native to Africa. Brandenburg police say they have reached out to animal-testing facilities, animal parks, zoos, animal-protection facilities and circuses in the Kleinmachnow area, which have all said they're not missing an animal.

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/suspected-lion-loose-near-berlin-131116584.html?

I thought Merkel has retired?

[Abramelin]

It's a boat refugee from Africa.

[Carnoferox]

It's probably not a lion but instead some kind of ungulate, possibly a boar or cow.

https://tetzoo.com/blog/2023/7/20/kleinmachnow-lion-not-a-lion

[Cho Jinn]

Yeah, that is not a boar, or cow from the photo, and I'll respect the intelligence of Kleinmachnow's citizens to not react in such a way to a basic deer.   Moreover, the actual video would be much more useful than obfuscated screenshots, as the animal's movements would be instructive.   Tetzoo's conclusions are walking a tightrope.

 

"The report of the animal “killing a boar” could be an embellished or confused observation of it interacting with other boars"

Palpable disdain for the witnesses.  "Everyone is a complete idiot, except for me and my Lenovo - go to my web page!"

[Still Waters]

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.

Earlier, the police told the BBC they believed a video widely circulating from Kleinmachnow was authentic.

They said two officers had seen the animal about 20m (65ft) away overnight on Thursday and identified it as a "big cat".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66268558

 

[pellinore]

3 hours ago, Still Waters said:

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.

Earlier, the police told the BBC they believed a video widely circulating from Kleinmachnow was authentic.

They said two officers had seen the animal about 20m (65ft) away overnight on Thursday and identified it as a "big cat".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66268558

 

Reminds me of the time UK armed police surrounded and managed to subdue a soft toy:

Armed police were sent to an Aberdeenshire farm after reports of a tiger on the loose - only to discover it was a large cuddly toy.

A nervous farmer had phoned for help after spotting the beast lying down in his cowshed on Saturday night.

Several vehicles, including an armed response team, were despatched to the farm at Hatton, near Peterhead.

Toy tiger sparks armed police alert in Aberdeenshire - BBC News

Edited July 21 by pellinore

[fred_mc]

I don't understand how people can't see the difference between a lion and a boar.

['Walt' E. Kurtz]

I suspect it belonged to  @acutes circus though Sometimes  people unfortunately keep exotic animals as "pets" 

[Hankenhunter]

From the vid. Not a boar, and not a deer. Most definitely a lion. Hire a proper tracker with dogs, and you'll have a lion at the end of the day. Cops are not trained to hunt big cats. Not surprising the cops couldn't find it.

[Still Waters]

A member of a notorious German crime family has offered his help in capturing a suspected escaped lioness in the southern outskirts of Berlin.

Police have been searching for more than a day after being notified about a wild animal on the loose but have yet to find it.

Now, the son of the head of the Remmo family has said he can "lead the lioness back to her enclosure".

Firas Remmo has urged the authorities not to shoot the creature.

In a post on social media, he asked for anyone with information about the animal's whereabouts to "let him know first" so he can step in "before some idiot shoots her".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66265874

[Son of Apollo]

I told you this will happen, all the creatures of the ice age are coming back. Cave lions, mammoths, wooly rhinos. They didn’t go extinct, they shifted dimensions, it’s really easy to understand. Vibration is the key. As the planets resonates from the polarity shift,  earths dimensions merge. Pterodactyls, dragons, many life forms are coming , that’s not right. Shifting is a better term to explain it. Bigfoots can cross intentionally, they have either the ability to alter their vibrations or they have developed tech to do it. This is the polarity shift. I can explain everything. I should really receive the Nobel for this. 

[Cho Jinn]

On 7/23/2023 at 12:20 PM, Son of Apollo said:

I told you this will happen, all the creatures of the ice age are coming back. Cave lions, mammoths, wooly rhinos. They didn’t go extinct, they shifted dimensions, it’s really easy to understand. Vibration is the key. As the planets resonates from the polarity shift,  earths dimensions merge. Pterodactyls, dragons, many life forms are coming , that’s not right. Shifting is a better term to explain it. Bigfoots can cross intentionally, they have either the ability to alter their vibrations or they have developed tech to do it. This is the polarity shift. I can explain everything. I should really receive the Nobel for this. 

I will vote for your Nobel - how many photocopied ballots do you need?