Police in West Sussex responded to a report of a ''large apex predator'' which turned out to be a stuffed toy.
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Horsham Police took to Twitter to share the amusing mix-up after a call about a black panther on the loose in the Steyning area in the southern English county, and the officers didn't realise the full situation right away.
The department's post read: ''Reports of a large apex predator in the Steyning area turned out to be true.
''It may be a stuffed toy, but the attending officers didn't necessarily know that at first.''