German zookeepers shot dead a lion on Thursday after two of the animals escaped from their enclosure and a tranquiliser failed to stop one of them, the zoo's director said.
Kenyan wildlife rangers shot dead a stray male lion in the outskirts of Nairobi after it attacked and injured a local resident, the Kenya Wildlife Service said.
A lion named Sylvester that escaped from a South African national park last year, roaming free for three weeks, has escaped again, a park official said.
A male lion that strayed into rush hour traffic in the Kenyan capital injured one man before being captured and taken back to a reserve that lies on the edge of the city, the Kenya Wildlife Service said.