WATCH: Lion escapes from local game park and shocks residents

WATCH: Lion escapes from local game park and shocks residents

A male lion was spotted running around freely near a road in KZN.

Wildlife authorities in KwaZulu-Natal are still trying to track down a lion that escaped from the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve.
Image/Flickr - Male lion with cub

Recently, a video showing an escaped lion has been doing the rounds on social media because it was not the first time something like this has happened.

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In the video, you see a lion walking casually through the brush on the roadside near Ulundi in KZN.

It seems that the lion came from the nearby Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park in KwaZulu-Natal - and this was not the first escape by a wild beast.

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The repeated animal escapes are being caused by a broken fence, and some of the escapees included rhinos, buffalo, and wild dogs.

Watch the video below:

Image: Zululand Observer/YouTube

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