![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/hunt-for-berlin-lion-called-off-as-officials-say-it-may-have-been-a-wild-boar/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_Screenshot-2023-07-20-at-153720-2.jpg&description=Police were first alerted to the animal in Kleinmachnow, just outside Berlin's city limits, at around midnight on Wednesday when people reported what appeared to be a big cat chasing a wild boar German police have called off a massive search for a lioness on the edge of Berlin, saying they no longer believe the potentially dangerous animal is at large. Cops launched a 220-man mission to try and find the elusive beast, deploying tanks, helicopters, drones and high-powered rifles loaded with tranquillisers. But two days later, no sign of any such predator has been found, and experts who analysed a video have concluded that it may have been a wild boar. Police were first alerted to the animal in Kleinmachnow, just outside Berlin's city limits, at around midnight on Wednesday when people reported what appeared to be a big cat chasing a wild boar. The informants also provided a video. Based on that and a subsequent sighting of their own, police initially concluded that the animal was apparently a lioness. But the big cat proved elusive in searches on Thursday and Friday in the flat, wooded area on the boundary between Berlin and the surrounding state of Brandenburg. Several reported sightings went unconfirmed; in one case on Friday, police only found a family of wild boars. On Friday, police thoroughly searched woodland on both sides of the state boundary and found no indication at all of a lioness, any wild animal other than wild boars - which are common in the area - or an animal that had been killed, Kleinmachnow mayor Michael Grubert told reporters. Officials also had experts analyse the video and compare the animal that was depicted with the body structure of a lioness, Mr Grubert added. Two experts concluded independently of each other that "this isn't a lioness or a wild animal" and that the creature "tends toward a wild boar", he said. "We think there is no acute danger for Kleinmachnow or for the south of Berlin," the mayor said, adding that police would be able){kind=link}
Police were first alerted to the animal in Kleinmachnow, just outside Berlin’s city limits, at around midnight on Wednesday when people reported what appeared to be a big cat chasing a wild boar
German police have called off a massive two-day search for a lioness on the edge of Berlin, saying they no longer believe the potentially dangerous animal is at large.
Tanks rolled through the streets as cops launched a 220-man mission dubbed ‘Operation Lion Hunt’ to try and find the elusive beast, deploying helicopters, thermal cameras, drones and high-powered rifles loaded with tranquillisers.
Residents were ordered to stay indoors by officers using loudspeakers, while schoolchildren were not allowed outside to play.
Authorities were first alerted to the animal in Kleinmachnow at around midnight on Wednesday when people reported what appeared to be a big cat chasing a wild boar. The informants also provided a video.