--- title: "Authorities Warn Residents to Stay Indoors as Lioness Escapes" description: "Residents of a Berlin suburb are being told to stay indoors over reports of a \"loose, dangerous animal\" — possibly an escaped lioness." date: "2023-07-20" modified: "2023-07-20" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/authorities-warn-residents-lioness" categories: - "Science & Energy" tags: - "animals" - "lions" - "the digest" --- # Authorities Warn Residents to Stay Indoors as Lioness Escapes ![Residents of a Berlin suburb are being told to stay indoors over reports of a "loose, dangerous animal" — possibly an escaped lioness.]() *\Image: Getty / Futurism\* ## Loose Lioness Residents of a small town southwest of Berlin, Germany are being told to stay indoors over reports of a "loose, dangerous animal" roaming the area — reportedly an escaped lioness. As [*The Guardian* reports](), a frantic search is underway, with helicopters, drones, and thermal imaging cameras looking for the beast. Hunters are on the scene and are ready to kill the animal. "Around midnight we received a notification that we couldn’t believe," Brandenburg police spokesperson Daniel Kiep [told local broadcaster *RBB*](). "Two passersby spotted an animal chasing after another." "One was a wild boar and the other appeared to be a big cat, a lion," he added. "The two men recorded a video on their phones and even experienced police officers had to confirm that we are probably dealing with a lion." ## Save Sarabi Strangely, the lioness in question does not appear to be an escaped zoo animal. "Neither an animal park, a zoo nor a circus is missing such an animal," a police spokesperson told *RBB*. The two zoos in Berlin itself also confirmed that no lions had escaped their enclosures. "We are just as clueless as the veterinary's office where this lioness came from," the spokesperson added. Not everybody is convinced onlookers saw a lioness. Michel Rogall, director of a local circus, [told German newspaper *Tagesspiegel*]() it may have been a Caucasian shepherd dog instead. "If it’s a lion I’ll eat a broom," he said. **More on lions:** *[Watch The Lion King 2019 Movie Deepfaked As The Original]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()