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Lion on the lam in western Quebec after it escapes from owner's home , By The Canadian Press
I'm not sure the man legally needed a permit, as in French articles they say that he is living on a local reserve ...
MANIWAKI, Que. - A helicopter and a search party wielding a heat-detection device were scouring a Quebec aboriginal reserve in pursuit of a lion on the loose
Wednesday. The 70-kilogram king of the jungle has been on the lam since he escaped Tuesday night from a house - where he was kept as a man's personal pet. "What
we've heard is he left the house," said Melanie Larouche, a spokeswoman for Quebec provincial police. "He was a domestic pet."
The lion was last spotted beside Highway 105, near Maniwaki, about an hour north of Ottawa. Schools and day-care centres have been advised of the lion's presence in
the area. Police have provided extra protection. The search party includes police, provincial wildlife officials, a police helicopter flown in from Montreal, sophisticated
heat-detection equipment, and the lion's owner.
Police declined to say whether the man could face legal repercussions for keeping a large beast as his pet. "He's helping with the search. For now, we're focusing on the
search," Larouche said. An official at Quebec's Natural Resources Department said in an interview that someone would need a permit to keep such an animal at home.
"We have issued no lion permits in the area," said regional spokeswoman Catherine Rooney.
I'm not sure the man legally needed a permit, as in French articles they say that he is living on a local reserve ...