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French innovative Cirque Plume begins 'Last Season'

Sat, 17 Jun 2017 12:26:05 +0200

To enter the world of Cirque Plume is to fall into a magical wonderland of fairies and otherworldly creatures - a musical universe where artists flit around the stage, sometimes in slow motion.

Camel bites baby's head at circus in France

Thu, 21 Aug 2014 15:01:00 +0200

A four-month-old baby boy is in hospital after a circus camel bit his head leaving him with multiple fractures, French police said on Thursday. The incident comes just weeks after a lion wounded a toddler at another French circus.

Lion wounds 16-month-old child at French circus

Mon, 28 Jul 2014 12:26:00 +0200

A lion reached out of its cage and scratched a 16-month-old girl at a circus in France on Sunday, injuring the child's head and back. The news came the same day as a not guilty verdict for the owner of a circus elephant that killed an elderly pétanque player.

Circus animals stranded in French visa nightmare

Wed, 22 Jan 2014 11:33:00 +0100

Ever been entangled in the bureaucratic nightmare that is the notorious French visa system? Well people aren't the only ones who can get snared in the Gallic web of paperwork. Spare a thought for a group of Russian circus animals left stranded in a Polish car park.

Drunk French friends take llama on tram ride

Mon, 04 Nov 2013 10:48:00 +0100

A group of friends in Bordeaux have gained notoriety after they drunkenly kidnapped a circus llama named Serge and were snapped taking him on a late-night tram ride. The circus director has dropped charges against the group, saying he has “nothing against them.”

VIDEO: Circus celebrates birth of sextuplet tigers

Thu, 01 Aug 2013 20:02:00 +0200

In what has understandably been described as a “rare” birth, six baby tigers have been welcomed into the world at a French circus in the north of the country. Spare a thought for the dad however - all six baby tigers were females.

VIDEO: Rare tiger cubs born in French circus

Thu, 30 May 2013 13:23:00 +0200

Four white Bengal tigers were born in a circus in western France this week, to their 12-year-old mother Citta. The adorable cubs (seen feeding in a video below) are four of only a few hundred left in existence.

Two circus camels go missing in central France

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:38:00 +0100

Two circus camels, Simbas and Judas, disappeared in the middle of the night in central France and are still missing two days later, the director of the circus said on Monday.

Escaped camels cause motorway chaos

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:24:31 +0200

Video: Two roaming camels disrupted the traffic on a motorway near the city of Caen in the north of France on Monday. No accidents were reported.

12-year-old bitten by Bengal tiger

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:37:00 +0100

A plucky teenager got a bit too close to a cage containing a tiger as a circus was being set up in the southern town of Nissan-lez-Ensérune.