00:00Panic in the streets of Rome as an escaped circus lion roamed the streets for several
00:05hours late on the Saturday night of November 11th.
00:09Kimba the lion escaped from the Roni Roller Circus enclosure under mysterious circumstances
00:15and was sedated after about a seven-hour chase by local authorities.
00:21Reuters reports search activities were hampered by darkness and involved a police helicopter,
00:26which located the animal in a rural area with the help of infrared sensors.
00:32It also didn't help that civilians who spotted the lion started shouting and swearing at it,
00:37which in turn made the lion nervous and skittish.
00:41What happened is very strange.
00:43The lion got out and there is an ongoing investigation because the dynamics are not clear.
00:48All we can say is that a lion does not have the ability to open a latch and break a
00:54lock.
00:55The traveling circus is scheduled to stay in the town of La Dispoli for another week.
01:01Many residents who have heard the news came to see the lion once it had been captured and
01:06returned to his pride, though many of the crowd agree these lions should not be in captivity.
01:11They should be free in the savannah without cages or restrictions.
