Jogger finds abandoned lion cub in Dutch field

Dutch police were yesterday seeking the owners of a small lion cub found abandoned in a cage in a field outside Utrecht by a jogger.

“Today we received quite an extraordinary message: ‘A witness has found a mini-lion in a cage in a pasture’,” police said on Facebook. “When we arrived... we discovered a lion cub in a cage.”

Officers estimated that the animal was about four months old.