Tijuana: City police are on the alert for a lion reported in a rural eastern area of the city near Is Presa Dam.
The city dispatched its Pegasus helicopter to the area Wednesday after a resident called in a sighting to the police command center, police spokesman
Ernesto Alvarcz said. Police and wildlife inspectors were attempting to track the animal yesterday.
"We're trying to determine if it's a lion or if it's a native species such as a puma or a mountain lion," said Marco Antonio Campoy, who heads the
Baja California natural resources branch of Mexico's environmental watchdog agency, known as Profepa.
A lion - the African type - might have come from a clandestine zoo in the city, or perhaps from a traveling circus, oflicials said. The city zoo in
Morelos Park does not have a lion.
"We're still on the lookout," Alvarez said yesterday evening. "But we think by now it's out in the hills somewhere."DENNIS - 9-5-2008 at 11:16 AM
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A lion - the African type - might have come from a clandestine zoo in the city
Now, who in the world would have one of those?Mango - 9-5-2008 at 11:42 AM
His name wouldn't happen to rhyme with Tank would it? :LOL:bajaguy - 9-5-2008 at 11:56 AM
Should be plenty for it to eat around there with all of the heads and bodies laying around.....woody with a view - 9-5-2008 at 11:57 AM
i thought the only things in tj that were "clandestine" were the meth labs and the tunnels to move product north.....DENNIS - 9-5-2008 at 12:21 PM
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His name wouldn't happen to rhyme with Tank would it? :LOL:
Could be but, I'll bet theres more.Woooosh - 9-5-2008 at 01:09 PM
Tank has the pretty white ones... they only eat narcomeat.
There's a small private zoo at Rincon Tropical (in the canyon between the Rosarito Beach Hotel going back to Blvd 2000) but they don't have a lion.
They do have good food for lions in the outside open pens though.
Rincon Tropical is a very cool local hideaway to grab a beer ($2) and relax. They have the petting zoo, huge free swimming pool, restaurant,
poolside cabanas, and even hillside palapas for overnight (not recommended this week).DENNIS - 9-5-2008 at 01:27 PM
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Tank has the pretty white ones...
