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Lion escapes

Search continues for escaped Karoo National Park lion

By Chanel September

South African National Parks spokesperson Reynold Thakhuli says, so far, there’ve been no sighting of the feline.

  • FILE: Sylvester the lion escaped twice from the Karoo National Park and was recaptured on both occasions. Picture: SANParks.

    Sylvester the lion moving to Addo Elephant National Park

    He will be moved into a boma within an existing enclosure in the Kuzuko contractual section.

    2313 days ago
  • A ranger of Kenya Wildflife Serive (KWS) shoots a lion after it ran away from the Nairobi National Park in Nairobi on 30 March 2016. Picture: AFP/ STRINGER

    Activists decry Nairobi road project after two lions killed

    Kenyan rangers shot dead a male lion yesterday and later found another which had been speared to death.

    2324 days ago
  • FILE: A lion. Picture: Facebook.

    SANParks considers its options in dealing with Sylvester the lion

    The three-year-old lion has been on the run for several days and has apparently killed a cow.

    2325 days ago
  • FILE: A young lion looks towards the Nairobi skyline at the Nairobi national park. Picture: AFP.

    Kenyan wildlife rangers kill stray lion near capital

    The lion was the third in recent weeks to stray from Nairobi National Park on the outskirts of the capital.

    2326 days ago
  • FILE: A 'lion like' creature was spotted in the city of Milwaukee. Picture: Facebook.

    'Lion' sighted in Milwaukee, police close streets in area

    Police received dozens of calls reporting lion sightings.

    2573 days ago
  • FILE: The lion is believed to have escaped through a hole in the fence at the Karoo National Park. Picture: Facebook.

    Missing lion: Tracking teams hopeful

    SANParks says teams are optimistic after adding 15 professional trackers and 6 sniffer dogs to the search.

    2609 days ago
  • FILE: Trackers have been following a lion's spoor after he escaped from the Karoo National Park earlier this month. Picture: Wikimedia Commons.

    Missing lion still on the loose

    A search team from Beaufort West has tried to lure the animal using a hartebeest carcass.

    2613 days ago
  • A massive search has been underway for a three-year-old lion that escaped from the Karoo National Park. Picture: Facebook.

    'Missing lion will not be taken back to the pride'

    SANParks rangers and trackers managed to corner the animal, but it still managed to evade them.

    2615 days ago
  • FILE. A lion went missing from the Karoo National Park last Friday. Picture: Facebook.

    #MissingLion cornered, evades rangers

    The lion went missing from the Karoo National Park last Friday after escaping through a hole in a fence.

    2617 days ago
  • FILE: A three-year-old lion allegedly escaped through a hole in the fence at the Karoo National Park last week. Picture: Wikimedia Commons

    Master tracker brought in to find #MissingLion

    A three-year-old lion allegedly escaped through a hole in the fence at the Karoo National Park last week.

    2620 days ago
  • FILE: A lion, like these two pictured here, is missing from the Karoo National Park. Kgothatso Mogale/EWN.

    Search for missing lion called off for tonight

    The three-year-old lion escaped from the Karoo National Park on Friday.

    2621 days ago
  • FILE: A lion escaped from the Karoo National Park through a hole in a fence last Friday. Picture: Freeimages.com

    Search for #MissingLion continues

    A lion escaped from the Karoo National Park through a hole in a fence last Friday.

    2621 days ago
  • FILE: Lion. Picture: Wikimedia Commons.

    SANParks on the hunt for missing lion

    A lion has escaped from the Karoo National Park through a hole in a fence last Friday.

    2621 days ago
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