A man adverted disaster after he lured a lion (not pictured that was roaming the streets into his car (Picture: Alamy)

A member of the public averted a possible disaster after he lured a runaway lion that was roaming the streets into his car.

The animal was found loitering in an upmarket suburb of Kuwait by the passerby, whose quick actions insured it didn’t have a chance to harm anyone.

The hero managed to shepherd the lion into his vehicle and then alert the authorities.

‘(The passerby) sat inside the car with the lion and then it became dangerous so the citizen called police who came and took it from that car to their car,’ a police source said.


The young adult lion was eventually transferred to a police car and could be seen ‘glaring out of the back’ while it waited to be taken away.



Authorities are now looking for the owner of the pet and believe that person was rearing it illegally.

Having a lion is seen as a status symbol by wealthy people in the country.