Beer-drinking daredevils join search for missing lioness amid demands to stay indoors

Over 220 German police armed with firearms and night vision goggles prowl the streets as the hunt continues overnight in Berlin - it's unclear where the lioness is from

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Lioness on the loose in Berlin

Beer-drinking daredevils have joined the search for a lioness who has been on the run in Berlin for more than 24 hours as the city's mayor has urged people to stay indoors.

Photos today show huge armored cars and gunmen with powerful guns loaded with tranquilizers in the German city. Police have reportedly checked zoos, animal parks, circuses and animal sanctuaries - but none are missing a big cat.

More than 220 German police armed with firearms and night vision goggles prowl the streets as the hunt continues into the night.

Residents of Kleinmachnow, Teltow and Stahnsdorf have been ordered to stay at home and keep their windows closed.

Police coordinate a search for a wild animal in a residential area of ​​Teltow (

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Around 8:00 p.m. local time, a lioness was spotted in Kleinmachnow, but has yet to be found.

Locals began to leave their homes, and some were even drinking beer while chatting with their neighbors about the big cat.

Three women were also seen carrying beer bottles and two went into the woods as authorities fear the lioness hunt was an attraction,