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“It’s about strengthening people’s subjective sense of security,” said a spokesman for the situation center on Saturday. But there were no incidents. The deployment of more police officers in the Kleinmachnow area should be maintained this weekend.
On Friday afternoon, the police stopped a large-scale search with hundreds of police officers, helicopters, drones and thermal imaging cameras after around 30 hours. Experts had previously stated that an animal sighted near Kleinmachnow on Thursday night was not a big cat.
A video snippet with the alleged predator had made the rounds of social networks on Thursday morning. The investigating authorities assessed the video as genuine. According to a spokeswoman for the authorities, police officers said they had also seen a wild animal “secured”.
“That would be a very mutated wild boar”
The Potsdam veterinarian Michaela Ebeling doubts the experts’ assessment that the animal seen near Kleinmachnow was not a big cat but a wild boar. “If you classify the video as real, like the authorities, you can see that the animal in it has a short, round head and round ears – like the head of a big cat,” Ebeling told the “Märkische Allgemeine”. “Boar have a long head with short pointed ears. That would be a very mutant boar.” In her estimation, only the next few days would bring clarity. According to the doctor, she was involved in the search for the possible predator.
The results of an analysis of traces found during the search are not expected to be available until Monday. “Unfortunately, the laboratory analysis of the hair and faeces samples secured at the first viewing point has not yet been completed, as the responsible veterinary office was able to find out this morning,” said city spokeswoman Martina Bellack on Saturday. “Unfortunately, results are not expected until Monday.”
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