To get the most out of our content, including fees, please confirm your age The username can only contain letters, numbers and underscores. Username can only contain letters, numbers and underscores. Length between 4-16 characters. Registration has been successfully completed. Make a new account if you don't have one yet Puedes ver la versión Española de BeSoccer.com. You can see the English version of BeSoccer.com. Vous pouvez voir la version French de BeSoccer.com. Puoi vedere la versione Italian su BeSoccer.com. Você pode ver a versão Brasileira de BeSoccer.com. Gang tranquilised the animal before carrying it into a van and speeding away Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice Police are hunting for a gang in Sao Paulo who have stolen a 47st lion from its enclosure as the animal slept. Officer Claudio Roberto Marques said the 9-year-old lion, named Rawell, was taken on Thursday morning from the Sao Francisco de Assis shelter in the city of Monte Azul Paulista. Rawell eats five kilos of meat every day and has lived in the sanctuary, which cares for about 250 abandoned or mistreated animals, since 2009. The gang are understood to have entered the shelter in a small truck carrying a cage before the lion disappeared. The officer says the neighbours did not think anything of it because people frequently bring injured and sick animals there. The thieves then broke into the lion’s enclosure and used dart guns to sedate him, before carrying him into the truck and driving away from the animal sanctuary. Oswaldo Garcia, who had been caring for Rawell told Globo TV: “Whoever took Rawell knew what they were doing. Stealing a lion, especially one his size, is not easy. "All I want is his safe return so he can lead the dignified life he enjoyed here. He was like a son to me, he was very docile." Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies Sao Paulo has very few earthquakes and most of them are very small (below magnitude 3) Larger quakes with magnitudes above 3 might occur from time to time Based on data from the past 25 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900 there are about 23.2 quakes on average per year in or near Sao Paulo Sao Paulo has had at least 5 quakes above magnitude 4 since 2018 which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently probably on average approximately every 1 to 5 years Sao Paulo has about 19.2 quakes of magnitude 2 or higher per year The last earthquake in Sao Paulo occurred 2 weeks ago and had a magnitude of 2.2: Mag. 2.2 earthquake Brazil - Apr 20, 2025 - writeAge(1745189658)A light magnitude 2.2 earthquake hit 28 km (18 mi) away from Campo Largo, Parana,  Brazil The depth of the quake is unknown.The quake was not felt (or at least not reported so) Sao Paulo was shaken by 2 quakes of magnitude 4.0 or above There have been also 2 quakes below magnitude 2.0 which people don't normally feel 2024 at 10.08 am local time (America/Sao Paulo GMT -3) The quake had a very shallow depth of 8.7 km (5.4 mi) and was reported felt by some people near the epicenter The depth of the quake is unknown.The quake was felt widely in the area Catanduva was shaken by 1 quake of magnitude 4.0 There have been also 3 quakes below magnitude 2.0 which people don't normally feel 2024 at around 8.22 pm local time (America/Sao Paulo GMT -3) Details of the quake (if it is one) are so far unkown until confirmed by a seismic agency We will update the status of the event on this page as soon as more information becomes available.