SNARE BEAST OF BORTH!
Armed police on standby in hunt for escaped lynx
ARMED officers were on standby last night to help in the search for a lynx which escaped from a zoo while a TV show was being filmed there.
The big cat could prey on pets and livestock for food and may even attack humans, police warned. The 18-month- old female Eurasian lynx called Lillith, broke out of its cage at The Animalarium zoo at Borth near Aberystwyth last Tuesday.
A giant paw print at a caravan park is being investigated as well as reports of catlike screeching coming from the hills at night. Armed officers are on stand-by amid fears the lynx, nicknamed the Beast of Borth, will attack humans if she becomes frightened. Drones and helicopters equipped with heat-seeking technology are also scouring the area.
The animal, which is about the size of a labrador, was last seen by zoo keepers last Tuesday but wasn’t reported missing until Sunday. The BBC was filming a documentary at the attraction when nocturnal Lillith escaped.
The lynx is the third largest predator in Europe after brown bears and wolves. Its hearing and eyesight is so strong it can spot a mouse 250ft away. Hunting prey up to four times its size, it prefers to eat hoofed animals such as red and roe deer.