A lion prowled the streets of an Italian seaside town for several hours Saturday after escaping from a local circus, before being sedated and captured. The lion posed no threat to the public, his ...

PARIS (AP) — Madame Rosa appears at the circus apartment doorway in sparkling diamonds, red lipstick and a walking frame — and sits down beside her leopard skin rug. “That’s Mickey,” exclaims the ...

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Lion brothers Rey and Simba were rescued from a circus in Ayacucho, a rural town high in the Andes Mountains of Peru. After Peru passed a ban on using wild animals in circuses in 2011, Animal ...

COCHABAMBA, Bolivia (Reuters Life!) - After growing up in a Bolivian circus and being confined to a small cage, Simba the lion is getting in touch with his wild side in preparation for a new life in a ...

COLOMBIA - - Colombia on Thursday prepared nine former circus lions for a long trip to South Africa where they will live out their days in a wildlife sanctuary. Workers from Animal Defenders ...