The animal‚ which has been tracked by police and wildlife experts‚ has been on the run for the past six weeks.
A young male lion is on the loose in Fochville on the West Rand.
Wildlife experts now hope to have him captured and sent to a Free State lion sanctuary within the next 24-hours.Drew Abrahamson‚ of the Captured in Africa Foundation‚ said she was alerted to the lion by the Green Scorpions last month.
“Together with specialised animal trackers from Pit-Track Canine Conservation we immediately began to look for the lion.”