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BERLIN: Authorities on Friday hoped an expert in animal tracks will join the hunt for an elusive and potentially dangerous animal – suspected to be a lioness – spotted on the edge of Berlin as the search continues for a second day.
The police used helicopters, drones, and infrared cameras To search for the animal, with a veterinarian and hunters also part of the effort. They were first alerted to the animal in Kleinmachnau, just outside Berlin city limits, around midnight Wednesday when people reported what appeared to be a large cat chasing a wild boar.
The informants also provided a video. Based on this and seeing her later, the police concluded that the animal was apparently a lioness. But it proved elusive in the flat, wooded area on the border between Berlin and the surrounding state of Brandenburg.
Michael Gruber, the mayor of Kleinmachnau, told a local public radio station late Thursday that authorities would try to comb the forest using “professional animal trackers”.
“We have to say that this cannot go on for days,” he said, adding that he expected the search to “intensify” on Friday.
However, the municipality said on Friday that it still had to find an expert on the animal track, dpa reported. It was also not clear if the hairs found Thursday on a tree would provide evidence pointing to the animal.
Police in the state of Brandenburg tweeted on Friday morning that the search was unsuccessful overnight and was continuing. They urged people to call 911 if they saw the animal. Police said none of the zoos, animal shelters, circuses or other facilities they checked were missing a lioness, and authorities say they have no information of a lioness in the area.
The goal, Groubert says, is to hold the animal down, if necessary by calming it down.
Not everyone took research seriously. Police spokeswoman Christine Schroeder told RBB that the youths played a loud recording of the lion’s roar on a Bluetooth device during the night. “This does not help the municipality or the police in searching for the animal,” she said.
The police used helicopters, drones, and infrared cameras To search for the animal, with a veterinarian and hunters also part of the effort. They were first alerted to the animal in Kleinmachnau, just outside Berlin city limits, around midnight Wednesday when people reported what appeared to be a large cat chasing a wild boar.
The informants also provided a video. Based on this and seeing her later, the police concluded that the animal was apparently a lioness. But it proved elusive in the flat, wooded area on the border between Berlin and the surrounding state of Brandenburg.
Michael Gruber, the mayor of Kleinmachnau, told a local public radio station late Thursday that authorities would try to comb the forest using “professional animal trackers”.
“We have to say that this cannot go on for days,” he said, adding that he expected the search to “intensify” on Friday.
However, the municipality said on Friday that it still had to find an expert on the animal track, dpa reported. It was also not clear if the hairs found Thursday on a tree would provide evidence pointing to the animal.
Police in the state of Brandenburg tweeted on Friday morning that the search was unsuccessful overnight and was continuing. They urged people to call 911 if they saw the animal. Police said none of the zoos, animal shelters, circuses or other facilities they checked were missing a lioness, and authorities say they have no information of a lioness in the area.
The goal, Groubert says, is to hold the animal down, if necessary by calming it down.
Not everyone took research seriously. Police spokeswoman Christine Schroeder told RBB that the youths played a loud recording of the lion’s roar on a Bluetooth device during the night. “This does not help the municipality or the police in searching for the animal,” she said.
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