The so-far unnamed lion has broken Sylvester's record for the amount of time he evaded capture.
The police stock theft unit from Beaufort West had been assisting in the search for the lion since the end of February.
He said this had been one of the most taxing experiences for the team involved in the recapturing operation, “but their dedication day and night, sleeping out in the veld, sometimes in the rain with wind, is to be commended”. Mketeni also thanked the farming community in the Northern and Western Cape for their assistance in supplying information on identified tracks and said the support received from the Pretoria-based Bidvest Protea Coin security during the search was highly appreciated.
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