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☆ How the Hunt for a Lioness Near Berlin Turned Into a Wild Boar Chase
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( Catie Edmondson | More About Catie Edmondson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A frenzied hunt for a loose lioness on the outskirts of Berlin that prompted the deployment of helicopters, drones and night-vision-goggle-clad police officers came to an unexpected end after the authorities announced that it was likely a case of mistaken identity. After experts were called in to analyze grainy cellphone footage that prompted a two-day search, they independently came to the same conclusion: “We think that this photo probably shows a wild boar,” Michael Grubert, the mayor of Kleinmachnow, just southwest of the German capital, said at a news conference on Friday afternoon. It was an anti-climactic end to a search that captivated Germany and upended a constellation of communities on the southern edge of the city, after officials sent more than 100 police officers — equipped with riot gear, thermal imaging cameras and at least one armored vehicle — thrashing through a trio of heavily wooded towns. The lioness-turned-pig saga began when two men captured a short, blurry video of what they believed was a lion chasing a wild boar and reported it to the police around midnight Thursday. The search began quickly and escalated rapidly.

Persons: ” Michael Grubert Locations: Berlin, Kleinmachnow, Germany

“After examining several hints, there was not a single indication concerning a lioness or a wild animal in the area,” Michael Grubert, the mayor of Kleinmachnow, an area on the city’s southwest outskirts, told reporters. Michael Grubert, mayor of Kleinmachnow, holds a picture of the suspected animal. A major search involving 100 police officers was conducted. Grubert had said Thursday that the animal spotted was believed to be a lioness. That is to say, we checked zoos, animal parks and other animal-keeping facilities and made inquiries.

Persons: ” Michael Grubert, Michael Grubert, Annegret Hilse, Christian Mang, Grubert, Kerstin Schroeder, “ Organizations: CNN, Local, “, Reuters Authorities, Getty Images Police, ” Locations: Germany, Berlin, Kleinmachnow

☆ "Lioness" spotted near Berlin may have been boar, mayor says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Michael Grubert, Mayor of Kleinmachnow, holds a picture which shows that suspected animal on the loose may not be a lion, according to experts, in Kleinmachnow, Germany July 21, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret HilseBERLIN, July 21 (Reuters) - After a fruitless two-day hunt by police, hunters and veterinarians for a suspected escaped lioness in a wooded suburb of Berlin, the local mayor said on Friday that the beast may actually have been a wild boar. The search, started in the early hours of Thursday after a tip-off from passers-by, will now be scaled back although officers will still keep their eyes peeled, Kleinmachnow mayor Michael Grubert said. Computer analysis of the mobile phone video originally handed to police as well as other shots taken by local people showed that the "lioness" was likely to be a wild boar, Grubert told a press conference. "We only found a family of wild boar."

Persons: Michael Grubert, Hilse, Grubert, Thomas Escritt, Rachel More, Angus MacSwan Organizations: REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Kleinmachnow, Germany, Hilse BERLIN, Berlin

☆ Reports of a Lioness Near Berlin Prompt a Sprawling Search
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Melina Delkic | More About Melina Delkic | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Berlin bear was given a run for its money as the official symbol of Germany’s capital on Thursday. The authorities said that a “free-roaming lioness” in the area had led to a sprawling search with more than 100 police officers, veterinarians and hunters as well as drones and helicopters involved in trying to catch the animal. The animal had not been captured as of Thursday evening local time, and the Brandenburg police said in a statement that veterinarians, hunters, helicopters and drones had gotten involved in the search. The search was focused on the areas of Teltow, Kleinmachnow and Stahnsdorf, three small towns along the southwest boundary of Berlin, where the police had issued warnings about the animal. “We ask the population in the aforementioned areas to act with the appropriate vigilance and to avoid going in the adjacent forested areas,” the police statement said.

Persons: ” Locations: Berlin, Kleinmachnow, Brandenburg, Teltow

CNN —Berlin police warned residents in parts of the capital to stay indoors as a wild animal, believed to be a lioness, is on the loose in the southwestern part of the German capital Thursday morning. “Please avoid leaving the house due to an escaped wild animal in the Kleinmachnow, Teltow & Stahnsdorf (PM) area and also bring your pets into the house. Our colleagues are on site and checking the situation,” local police said Thursday morning on Twitter. Police said that the wild animal has not been found yet and urged people to call emergency services if they spot it, according to their latest update posted at 6 a.m. local time.

Persons: CNN — Organizations: CNN, Twitter, Police

☆ Police hunt for escaped lion on southern edge of Berlin
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BERLIN, July 20 (Reuters) - Police have warned the public to stay indoors on the south-western edge of Berlin while they search for a wild animal in the area believed to be an escaped lion. "We are currently working on the assumption that the animal is a lioness," the spokesperson told Reuters via telephone. The search area currently covers the Brandenburg municipalities of Kleinmachnow and Stahnsdorf. Earlier Thursday, Berlin police had tweeted that the area on high alert included the capital's southern edge. Asked where the wild animal may have come from, the police spokesperson said it was not clear.

Persons: Rachel More, Friederike Heine, Bernadette Baum Organizations: Police, Berlin, Thomson Locations: BERLIN, Berlin, Brandenburg, Kleinmachnow

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