Spokesman Musa Mntambo
said a couple driving through the area claimed to have seen a lion a night ago.
"Last night, we
went to view the tracks of the 'lion' where it was spotted. Lion and hyena
tracks are almost the same, it's just that the lion's are a bit bigger,"
he said.
The tracks were found to
be those of a hyena.
Rangers also played the
sounds of a lion eating, which would usually attract other lions join the
eating, at 2am on Wednesday.
"It did not come,
only two hyenas came," said Mntambo.
"They attempted to
eat the bait [but] unfortunately disappeared through the bushes when they
realised that they were being lured."
Mntambo said hyenas were
shy and cowardly animals which would not normally attack humans.
Rangers were
planning to catch the hyenas on Wednesday night.