Lioness that held Germans captive is most likely wild boar

She turns out not to roar, but to grunt. The lioness that German authorities have been searching for near Berlin for the past 36 hours is most likely a wild boar. The mayor of Kleinmachnow, Michael Grubert, announced that report German media Friday.

According to him, there is no evidence of a possible presence of a lioness in the extensively combed area. The search, which included drones and helicopters, was launched after images emerged of a prowling wild animal, possibly a lioness, in a forest near a residential area in Kleinmachnow. According to the mayor of the small town near Berlin, experts determined after analyzing the images in question that it was not a predator, but a boar.

For example, using so-called Cybertracker software, the experts judged that the images show that a large hump on the animal’s back — characteristic of a lion — is missing. The legs of the filmed animal also turned out to be too thick, and the tail of the animal too short for a lioness. According to the authorities, the animal therefore poses “no acute threat” to the environment.

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