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In March 2020, several cities around the world had issued orders for people to shelter in place and practice social distancing in an attempt to stop the spread of COVID-19. Despite these orders, many locales saw people gathering at beaches and for religious events. This left officials in a bit of conundrum: How do you make sure a population obeys a self-quarantine order? According to an internet rumor, Russia solved the problem by releasing 500 lions. But Russian President Vladimir Putin did no such thing. While the above-displayed image does not show a real breaking news alert, it does feature a real image of a lion roaming a public street. This image comes from an incident in 2016 in which a large lion was spotted roaming the streets in Johannesburg, South Africa. The New York Post reported in April 2016: It's unclear who created the fake news graphic above. Some versions of this image carried a watermark for Break Your Own News, a website that allows users to generate their own news headlines. According to BBC News, Putin has yet to announce any sort of lockdown or shelter-in-place measures and therefore has no need for this fictional lion brute squad. According to the Russian president, the outbreak of COVID-19 is currently under control in the country.
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