Two lions, two tigers, a jaguar and a bear broke out of their cages in a western German zoo on Friday after heavy rains flooded the area and damaged their enclosures, sparking a massive search by police as they warned local residents to stay indoors.
The big cats were all located after several hours with the help of a drone on the grounds of the zoo in Luenebach, near the border with Luxembourg and Belgium, and were successfully corralled back into their cages, police spokesman Joerg Raskopp said.
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Residents in the area were warned to stay inside during the search.
The bear escaped from the 75-acre zoo grounds into the rolling hills of the Eifel region and had to be shot, Raskopp said.
The privately-run Eifel Zoo did not answer calls seeking comment.