Lion On The Loose

Three armed wildlife officers in Kenya were called out to reports of a stray lion on the loose - but soon it was discovered that it was actually a shopping bag in a hedge.

A pride of 14 lions is on the loose near a mining community bordering South Africa's Kruger National Park, officials said Friday, and warned members of the public to be alert. The lions have been spotted roaming around the Foskor phosphate mine outside the town of Phalaborwa on the western boundary of the famed wildlife park, which is fenced in.

Authorities in the South Africa have asked the public to be on a lookout after reports of a lion wandering on a highway emerged.

Wildlife rangers in Nairobi on Friday hunted for two lions who escaped from Nairobi's national park and meandered into "highly populated" areas of the Kenyan capital.

So, were the locals lying about the lion? Police said Monday that they have found no evidence to support locals' claims that they had spotted a big cat prowling the countryside near the idyllic village of St Osyth, in the southeastern English county of Essex.

Outside the idyllic English village of St Osyth, police are hunting a lion. A small army of officers and tranquilizer-toting zoo experts, along with a pair of heat-seeking helicopters, are spending their Monday combing the woods, ponds, and farmland around the coastal community after a resident spotted what was believed to be a lion lounging in a f...

Three armed wildlife officers in Kenya were called out to reports of a stray lion on the loose - but soon it was discovered that it was actually a shopping bag in a hedge.

A pride of 14 lions is on the loose near a mining community bordering South Africa's Kruger National Park, officials said Friday, and warned members of the public to be alert. The lions have been spotted roaming around the Foskor phosphate mine outside the town of Phalaborwa on the western boundary of the famed wildlife park, which is fenced in.

Authorities in the South Africa have asked the public to be on a lookout after reports of a lion wandering on a highway emerged.

Wildlife rangers in Nairobi on Friday hunted for two lions who escaped from Nairobi's national park and meandered into "highly populated" areas of the Kenyan capital.

So, were the locals lying about the lion? Police said Monday that they have found no evidence to support locals' claims that they had spotted a big cat prowling the countryside near the idyllic village of St Osyth, in the southeastern English county of Essex.

Outside the idyllic English village of St Osyth, police are hunting a lion. A small army of officers and tranquilizer-toting zoo experts, along with a pair of heat-seeking helicopters, are spending their Monday combing the woods, ponds, and farmland around the coastal community after a resident spotted what was believed to be a lion lounging in a f...