The viral alleged \u201clion\u201d filmed running in a forested area in Ireland has been apprehended by Garda\u00ed in Co. Clare.<\/p>\n
Last week, a video began circulating on social media purporting to show a creature that looked like a lion running through an Irish forest. It was filmed from a truck.<\/p>\n
At the time, Garda\u00ed said they were investigating the reports.<\/p>\n
Following an investigation, Garda\u00ed in East Co. Clare discovered the source of the sighting of a \u201clion-like animal\u201d, which was in fact a dog.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you go down to the woods today\u2026its not a lion you will find, but the very friendly Newfoundland dog named Mouse,\u201d the local Garda\u00ed said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cGarda\u00ed from Killaloe have concluded that the recent video of a lion like animal roaming around the woods in East Clare is in fact the very friendly Mouse, a Newfoundland dog who is delighted with his recent viral video clip.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reports indicate that the sighting took place in the vicinity of Mountshannon in County Clare, although several social media posts have tied the incident to Kells in County Meath.<\/p>\n
Social media users mostly reacted with levity to the revelation.<\/p>\n
\u201cThankfully he is safe and no hunting fool went on a scouting expedition for the first \u2018wild lion\u2019 in Ireland!\u201d said one person.<\/p>\n
Others said he was \u201cgorgeous\u201d, a \u201cbeauty of a dog\u201d, and praised the Garda\u00ed for getting him safe and sound.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The viral alleged \u201clion\u201d filmed running in a forested area in Ireland has been apprehended by Garda\u00ed in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122195,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[14258,15469,61,60,72709,22826,15949,82,263],"class_list":{"0":"post-122194","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-ben-scallan","9":"tag-clare","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-kells","13":"tag-lion","14":"tag-meath","15":"tag-science","16":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}