Berlin 'lioness': Wild animal probably a boar, authorities say
22 July 2023

German officials have called off their search for a suspected lioness after finding no evidence of a big cat on the loose in Berlin's suburbs.

Police were searching for more than a day after being notified about a wild animal by members of the public - but found no trace.

After speaking to experts, they now believe the creature was a wild boar.

Kleinmachnow town spokeswoman Martina Bellack said two experts - including one from South Africa - had been called in to analyse the footage.

"Both came to the conclusion there was no way it was a lion," she said.

Officers were not amused when young people started playing loud roaring lion sounds on a speaker near to the area where the search was going on.

"That helps neither the local community, nor the police in their search for the animal," police spokeswoman, Kerstin Schröder, told RBB.