The lion was said to a have escaped from the western park of Karoo National park after heavy rains undercut the park’s border fence a week ago.
It is believed that the three-year-old male lion had been driven away from his pride by an older male.
Spokeswoman Fayroush Ludick SAID said that a A ranger taking part in the search for the errant beast had to be evacuated from a mountainous area to the west of the park yesterday after losing his footing, falling and breaking ribs.
“I really hoped that we could report the lion had been captured this morning, but unfortunately, it is still out there,” she said.
Ludick confirmed that the lion had killed sheep on a nearby farm as it hunted for food.
While the Karoo’s missing lion was still being tracked today, Twitter was having a little fun with #namethemissinglion trending this morning in South Africa.
And, of course, this came with inevitable humour.
See some hilariuos tweets below:
— Manifestators (@Stevens947) 10 Giugno 2015
But let's be honest, he has to be named Lion Messi. The way that he found that gap was incredible ;p #NameTheMissingLion
— JHB STUDENTS (@JHBSTUDENTS) 10 Giugno 2015
:D There's a lion on the lurk & what do we do? We #NameTheMissingLion. Thank u,#BlackTwitter. You're my comic relief https://t.co/mkTSnyJiUJ
— RunTheMile (@LindyLanga) 10 Giugno 2015
George Goch #NameTheMissingLion
— Miss Canda (@mandisasybil) 10 Giugno 2015
The Ghost And/Or The Darkness.
#NameTheMissingLion
— frostandfurious (@Nick_Frost) 10 Giugno 2015
George Goch #NameTheMissingLion
— Miss Canda (@mandisasybil) 10 Giugno 2015
Matches
#NameTheMissingLion
— Rick-Rack Cadillac (@irCadillac) 10 Giugno 2015
Julius #NameTheMissingLion
— I.G: Mac_randlord (@MacDaGroove) 10 Giugno 2015
Gucci Mane
#NameTheMissingLion #MissingLion
— Rick-Rack Cadillac (@irCadillac) 10 Giugno 2015
#NameTheMissingLion Madeleine McLion
— Matt Black (@MattBlackZA) 10 Giugno 2015
The Sleeps Tonight #NameTheMissingLion
— Shelley Pembroke (@ShellsPemBroke) 10 Giugno 2015
