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.