After a two-day safari and a huge mobilization to locate a female couple who were seen walking free in the southern suburbs of Berlin, the authorities today announced the end of the alert.

“The animal the authorities have been frantically searching for over the past 24 hours is not a lioness, but probably a wild boar,” announced the mayor of Kleinmachnos, the area where the animal was caught on video devouring a wild boar.

However, according to the mayor, independent experts assessed, using the video shot during the night, that “it is probably a wild boar”.

“I assume there is no danger in Berlin and the surrounding area,” said Michael Grubert, mayor of the city southwest of Berlin, announcing the end of the investigation.