Overview
- A hunter filmed a large cat‑like animal in the Notzinger Moos near Munich Airport during the night and experts who reviewed the footage say it could be a puma.
- Police and the Landratsamt Erding launched coordinated searches with a helicopter, drones and ground patrols but have so far found no traces or physical evidence of the animal.
- Authorities are keeping the video private while they continue image analysis and plan further night searches using thermal cameras to try to locate the animal.
- Officials say the origin is unknown, report no circus in the area and have found no registered private keeper, noting that private ownership of large exotic cats in Germany is tightly regulated.
- Residents are urged to keep dogs on a leash and supervise children, to report sightings to police, and to avoid searching for the animal themselves given past false alarms in similar cases.