STORIES about the circus are always popular, and so it turned out when I told you the tale of Massarti, the one-armed lion tamer who was mauled and killed by a lion in Bolton in 1872. Mr Peter ...

The countries of the former Soviet Union have a circus tradition that goes back at least 100 years and their performers are known around the world. But on Saturday, a performance of one of those ...

A lion that escaped from a circus in the Italian town of Ladispoli, near Rome, on Saturday has been recaptured after several hours on the loose, the local mayor has announced. Just after 10 p.m. local ...

A circus lion escaped and was seen roaming around heavily populated streets for hours in a suburb of Rome on Saturday before it was sedated and captured by authorities. Alessandro Grando, the mayor of ...

STORY: The lion, named "Kimba", escaped from the "Rony Roller" circus and was caught and sedated after an around seven-hour hunt by local authorities. In the afternoon, Ladispoli Mayor Alessandro ...