That photo and a couple others like it were pretty well diagnosed as photoshops.

As for lions, they are abundant in a number of places relatively "close" to the east. As in places like the Black Hills where they are "full up" with lions. So, young lions, almost every one of them male, up and leave. Some come east and some of those make it as far as Iowa or Illinois or whatever. They are young males that in no way shape or form are going to start a population. Jonathan Jenks at SDSU has radio collared individual animals moving from the Black Hills to Oklahoma City - about 700 km, if I recall correctly.

We get moose in Iowa also. Not to worry though...

Brent

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