{"id":631914,"date":"2026-06-10T21:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T21:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/631914\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T21:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T21:51:10","slug":"escaped-kzn-lion-put-down-after-darting-efforts-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/631914\/","title":{"rendered":"Escaped KZN lion put down after darting efforts fail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/hkqxaz7waaaxskt_1_.jpeg\" alt=\"The lion that was spotted roaming near Nongoma in northern KwaZulu-Natal.\" height=\"602\" width=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                    The lion that was spotted roaming near Nongoma in northern KwaZulu-Natal.\n                <\/p>\n<p>\n                        @PSLBANTER\/X formerly Twitter\n                    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Be among those who shape the future with knowledge. Uncover exclusive stories that captivate your mind and heart with our FREE 14-day subscription trial. Dive into a world of inspiration, learning, and empowerment. You can only trial once.\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The lion that was spotted roaming near Nongoma in northern KwaZulu-Natal. @PSLBANTER\/X formerly Twitter Be among those who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631915,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[2851,213931,35321,213930,90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-631914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-animals","tag-ezemvelo-kzn-wildlife","tag-kwazulu-natal","tag-mpilo-private-game-reserve","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}