Residents of a neighbourhood in southern Mozambique‘s Massingir district are afraid of a lion that is on the loose.
It is believed that the animal, which has been seen travelling around in Massingir and the nearby Mabalane district since last week, escaped from the Limpopo National Park.
The lion is said to have already killed some cattle and residents say they are living in fear.
A joint team of rangers from Limpopo park and the police has been deployed to hunt for the feline.
Benito Thomisssene, the head of the administrative post in Zulo area, has appealed to locals to move in groups as a security measure to avoid possible attack by the lion.