Frozon alarm in Berlin: Search for supposed lioness ends in mockery and anger

Frozon alarm in Berlin: Search for supposed lioness ends in mockery and anger

The search for a runaway Löwin in Berlin has ended. It turned out that the animal that was on a video of a passerby was most likely to be a wild boar. This finding not only caused ridicule among the population, but also anger with the police.

The police searched for a day for the supposedly run -down Löwin in Brandenburg and Berlin. But experts pointed out that the animal on the video is more of a wild boar. Among other things, they compared the back and tail shape of the filmed animal and came to the conclusion that it was not a lion.

The population reacted mockingly to the false alarm. A user ironic commented on Twitter: "Imagine you are Mr. Foitzik and have to tell 20 TV stations from all over the world that you were looking for a wild boar with hundreds of police officers for 30 hours." He alludes to the press conference on which the operations manager Peter Foitzik had given the all -clear to the run -down Löwin.

The published video was pixelated and briefly, making the opinions about the animal apart on the video. Another Twitter user commented on this with the words: "Do you want to tell me that someone turned a cell phone video from an animal that borders on the quality of a bigfoot evidence videos, someone said 'could be a löwin' and was that?" Another user added: "The young people who made the video laugh themselves in the motto."

The police were angrily expressed on the supposed false alarm. Heiko Teggatz, Vice-President of the German Police Union, described the commitment as "most expensive safari that has ever existed in Germany's forests". Such a commitment could quickly cost several 100,000 euros, since not only hundreds of emergency services had moved out, but helicopters and drones were also used. Teggatz gives the regulatory office responsibility for the expensive commitment. The assessment of the office is decisive whether the police are moving out.

According to Teggatz, the "bogus safari" would not have to take place if the image material had been given to experts immediately. Kleinmachnow Mayor Michael Gruber (SPD) contradicted this opinion and emphasized before the press that the costs were "not a yardstick for our actions".