And finally… the lion and the mouse
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A supposed lion spotted in the Irish countryside was in fact a partially-shaved dog called Mouse, officers have said.
The country’s police force shared photos of the “very friendly” Newfoundland after concerned members of the public rang the guards over what they believed to be a lion loose in Co Clare.
The incident made international headlines, with one of the witnesses speaking this week to The New York Times.
“You’re saying ‘Christ, that couldn’t be what it looks like’,”, forest manager John O’Reilly told the newspaper – and he was right.
Officers said Mouse was sporting a “fresh haircut”, though it is still not clear why.
In a tongue-in-cheek poll posted by the force on social media platform X, 27 per cent said they believed a lion was on the loose while 73 per cent said they didn’t.
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