Stupid & Funny News: Escaped lion was a dog

A full-scale police operation involving a helicopter and dozens of officers swung into action in Belfast yesterday when a large lion-coloured animal was spotted prowling in a park close to Belfast Zoo.

The police received numerous reports from members of the public who thought they had seen a lion wandering around Cavehill Park in the north of the city.

Zoo keepers carried out an urgent head count of all the animal compounds, including the lion and tiger enclosures, but reported that all animals were accounted for.

A police spokesman said officers now believe that the animal seen in the park on Monday was in fact a large stray dog.

“Police can confirm that there’s no stray lion wandering about in north Belfast,” she said.

So maybe authorities in Belfast need to urgenly review their system of national eye care - how can a dog be mistaken for a lion?? I wonder if there’ve been similar reports of one-eyed snakes in people’s beds - shudders….