Deutsche Welle reports:
A “loose, dangerous animal,” suspected to be an escaped big cat, was reportedly sighted in a Potsdam region on the fringes of the German capital on Thursday, police said. Authorities are using helicopters to track what they believe is a female lion and have called on residents to stay indoors, the RBB public broadcaster reported.
Residents have reportedly received messages via warning apps. They have been requested not to go for walks in the woods and to seek shelter in their houses or cars if they sight the animal. Police said they had received information on the presence of the animal from witnesses who had filmed it attacking and killing a wild pig.
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JUST IN: A lion is loose in Berlin, prompting authorities in Germany to send emergency alerts to thousands of people warning them to stay indoors. https://t.co/UjQFHCrsWP
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The German police are asking people in Berlin to stay indoors after someone released a lion into the wild last night. pic.twitter.com/VBz6Aqkpc1
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‘The lion is still on the loose and the searches are still continuing’
Sky’s @SiobhanRobbins has the latest on the police search for a wild animal – believed to be a lioness – on the loose on the outskirts of Berlin
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Lioness suspected to be on on the loose to the south of Berlin.
People in Potsdam have been told to stay indoors while authorities search for the big cat after witnesses saw it killing a wild pig.
None of the local zoos or circuses are missing a lion.https://t.co/VWFddjTw4r
— DW Europe (@dw_europe) July 20, 2023