Last Friday , German assurance warned the public to remain indoors after flooding affect the Eifel Zoo in   Lünebach . They told local occupant that several creature , includingat least two Panthera leo , two Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam , a jaguar and a bear had escaped their enclosures .

Not the most reassuring thing to hear if you live in the area . The reports from the zoo prompted a widespread search by the police , soft panic and a bit of fun online .

It was thought that a nearby river abound its banks causing flooding to the enclosures that rust the earth in the animals ' pens , allowing them to escape under fence .

A few hours later , the zoo reported that all the creature were located and occupant could go out of doors again , without fear of being greet   by several magnanimous predatory big cats .

Sadly , during the escape , authority were forced to take the escaped bear as it flee the footing and headed for the hills , AP reports . However , after a large lookup of the area using monotone , all the Leo , tigers , and jaguars were found within their enclosure , theIndependent report .

It turn out that none of the cats actually escaped at all , but remained patiently in their cages , like regular - sized   domesticated cats waiting at an unresolved door .

Local mayor Andreas Kruppert   confirm at a news conference that the zoo had lost cart track of the big cat and feared they had got loose , but later discovered that they had n’t even   made a tokenish effort to run , or at least search the menagerie grounds .

" We are very happy that the scenario we had ab initio feared did n’t turn out to be the caseful , "   he told the group discussion , the BBC reports . They detect the animate being exactly where they ’d left them , using the drones .

Despite terms   to several enclosures at the menagerie offering   multiple escape path , the   computerized axial tomography lamentably did n’t take over their chance to re - enactMadagascar . Although this is n’t the first   timebig cats have escaped this zoo , so perhaps third time lucky ?