The video appeared to have been taken by a person who was riding in a car and followed the lion with astonishment as he was close to it.
The owner of the recording expressed surprise and resentment at letting predators roam free between areas inhabited by humans, endangering their lives.
The lion was trying to escape from its owner, who appeared in the clip chasing him after he grabbed his head and beat him.
Activists on “Social Media” interacted with angry and sarcastic responses.
Some bloggers described letting the lion roam populated areas as a “disregard” for lives and a disregard for the punishment that may affect the breeders of these “deadly” animals.
In another comment, one of those interacting with the video said that “this is torture for the lion by putting him in a strange environment, which is supposed to be inside a zoo or in reserves that contain similar species.”
While one of the bloggers borrowed a famous phrase by the Egyptian comedian Adel Emam: “I am afraid of a dog that looks at me as a lion.”
However, this was not far from moving the scene towards the events taking place in Iraq as a result of the crisis left by the legislative elections, as it came in a comment that came with some biting irony directed at the head of the State of Law coalition: “Leave him, al-Maliki will return him to his cell.”
A lion escaping in the middle of the street from a groomer on the left side of Mosul #female One of your window sashes is not more honorable to you, the least of which is two-eleven and they bite. The strongest thing they know is the barking. pic.twitter.com/TeW5NioPYl
— brother1971 (@brother1971) August 5, 2022
# witnessA lion roaming the streets #Mosul Al-Iraqiya after escaping from his owner, causing several accidents#Gulf_newspaper pic.twitter.com/Zin3xD1FBG
– Gulf Newspaper (@alkhaleej) August 6, 2022
A fugitive lion roaming the streets of the city of Mosul.. Iraq is even fit for animals to live. Run.. Lions. Run..???????? ♂️???????? ♂️☹️☹️ pic.twitter.com/LBdsuxhLVb
— ???????? Hamoudi Al-Iraqi (@HamoudiIraqi90) August 5, 2022