This article from the UK's Daily Mail is a great read:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=472909&in_page_id=1770
The photos of the "beast" are hardly the same as the "gentle giant"....there's no way that they are the same creature. Just look at the size of the belly and the rump. They are totally different creatures. YES they are the same colors, but so what! That hardly means anything at all!
Seriously, the photos are so different! One looks like a Hyena and the other looks like a freaking ram or some shit.
It does look like a Hyena, doesn't it?