Friday 14 June 2019

14 lions on the loose in South Africa, with nowhere to go


JUNE 7, 2019
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.
But a disagreement broke out what to do with the big cats, which are being monitored by a team of rangers until a new home is found where they cannot run into humans.
Officials from the Limpopo provincial government said the lions had escaped from the Kruger park and should be taken back.
But a Kruger spokesman said the big cats were not from the park and could not be moved there as well-established prides would drive them out.
"The widely reported pride of lions seen recently in the mining area outside Phalaborwa is not a known pride from the Kruger National Park," spokesman Ike Phaahla said in a statement, adding this meant they were the responsibility of provincial authorities.

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