The lion that escaped from a circus near Rome posed no threat to the public, his handler insisted Sunday, as campaigners called for Italy to ban wild animals in entertainment.The circus has drawn the ire of animal rights campaigners, who say keeping such wild creatures is cruel.
Guillaume Souvant/AFP via Getty ImagesA lion was filmed wandering the streets of an Italian seaside town for several hours after escaping from a nearby circus on Saturday night. Residents of Ladispoli, a comune about 35 kilometers west of Rome, were warned to stay indoors as authorities sought to capture the lion, an 8-year-old named Kimba. Several locals spotted and recorded the animal as it padded through the town’s abandoned streets for around five hours, with one heard saying “Mamma mia” as