Lioness escapes animal farm in Goryeong
A lion licks a watermelon flavored ice block at the zoo in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Jan. 15, 2019. A lioness escaped from a private animal farm in the southern county of Goryeong on Monday. AFP-Yonhap
A lioness escaped from a private animal farm in the southern county of Goryeong on Monday, and a hunt is under way, officials said.
The animal broke out of its cage at the farm in Goryeong, 233 kilometers southeast of Seoul, at 7:30 a.m., the officials said.
The county government sent an emergency text message alerting residents of the escape, and authorities were trying to capture it. (Yonhap)