EMMETT TOWNSHIP, MI -- A story headline on social media that warns people of escaped lions at Binder Park Zoo is fake, police say.

Emmett Township Department of Public Safety officers on Tuesday, Sept. 18 issued a statement on Facebook about the fake post.

"This was a malicious rumor and bogus story. There is no cause for alarm," police said.

Police said they had started to receive a few calls about the post and wanted to refute it's legitimacy as soon as possible. Police said they checked with Binder Park Zoo and confirmed nothing was amiss.

The link to cbsnews.us, not to be mistaken with cbsnews.com, goes to a "fake news generator" site.