Residents warned to “stay out of the woods”: Search efforts with snipers and drones resume near Berlin after reports of lion on the loose
Residents are being told to avoid southern forest areas of Berlin beyond the city limits.Picture: Alamy
A vet and two hunters were also involved and a search with two drones and infrared cameras was underway in an area where the animal was spotted.People in Kleinmachnow, a town of about 20,000 in a flat, wooded area on the boundary between Berlin and the surrounding state of Brandenburg, were advised to stay indoors if possible - and in any case to refrain from walks and jogs in the woods and to take dogs - at most - for short walks on a lead.
On Thursday afternoon, police in the capital tweeted to say there had been a "possible sighting" of the animal just inside the city limits.
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