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Lion sleeps it off after Saturday stroll through Italian town
  + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
LADISPOLI, Italy, Nov 13 (Reuters) - A lion that escaped from an Italian circus has been taking well-deserved naps to recover from a Saturday night out in the seaside town of Ladispoli that sparked panic before authorities managed to recapture him. The adult lion, named "Kimba", escaped from the "Rony Roller" circus on Saturday afternoon and was on the loose for around seven hours before he was sedated with an aesthetic dart. Local authorities are investigating how the lion managed to get out of its metal enclosure. A lion that escaped from a circus near Rome is seen in front of a house before it was captured and sedated to be brought back to "Rony Roller" Circus, November 11, 2023. In a Facebook post on Monday, local mayor Alessandro Grando wrote that he would ask council experts to check if there were legal grounds to revoke the permits for the "Rony Roller" circus.
Persons: Rony Vassallo, Alessandro Grando, Giuseppe Altavilla, Cristiano Corvino, Roberto Mignucci, Oriana Boselli, Federico Maccioni, Keith Weir Organizations: carabinieri, Carabinieri Military Police, Handout, REUTERS Acquire, Reuters, Thomson Locations: LADISPOLI, Italy, Ladispoli, Rome, Ladipsoli
Lion Sleeps It off After Saturday Stroll Through Italian Town
  + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +1 min
LADISPOLI, Italy (Reuters) - A lion that escaped from an Italian circus has been taking well-deserved naps to recover from a Saturday night out in the seaside town of Ladispoli that sparked panic before authorities managed to recapture him. The adult lion, named "Kimba", escaped from the "Rony Roller" circus on Saturday afternoon and was on the loose for around seven hours before he was sedated with an aesthetic dart. Footage and pictures, some taken by locals, went viral and showed the lion roaming around the town streets, skirting houses and fences, and standing in front of a carabinieri police car. Local authorities are investigating how the lion managed to get out of its metal enclosure. In a Facebook post on Monday, local mayor Alessandro Grando wrote that he would ask council experts to check if there were legal grounds to revoke the permits for the "Rony Roller" circus.
Persons: Rony Vassallo, Alessandro Grando, Giuseppe Altavilla, Cristiano Corvino, Roberto Mignucci, Oriana Boselli, Federico Maccioni, Keith Weir Organizations: carabinieri, Reuters Locations: LADISPOLI, Italy, Ladispoli, Ladipsoli
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