The Local France https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Lion cub found inside luxury car on Champs-Elysées A lion cub was found in a flashy car on the Champs-Elysees in Paris Monday evening, a police source said, the latest incidence of the fluffy-but-fierce animal apparently being kept as a pet. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181113/lion-cub-found-inside-luxury-car-on-champs-elyses Tue, 13 Nov 2018 10:00:02 +0100 lion-cub-found-inside-luxury-car-on-champs-elyses Another lion cub found in Marseille garage French customs agents have discovered a lion cub in a car garage in the southern city of Marseille, they said Friday -- days after another was found in the Paris suburbs. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181027/lion-cub-found-in-french-garage Sat, 27 Oct 2018 10:25:49 +0200 lion-cub-found-in-french-garage French Police seize another lion cub from Paris suburb apartment French police seized a six-week-old lion cub from an apartment in a Paris suburb, and arrested its owner, a source close to the investigation said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181024/police-seize-lion-cub-from-paris-suburb-apartment Wed, 24 Oct 2018 11:14:17 +0200 police-seize-lion-cub-from-paris-suburb-apartment Half-starved lion cub abandoned in Paris flat finds new home An emaciated lion cub rescued from a gritty Paris suburb has found a new home in an altogether more appropriate location. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180822/half-starved-lion-cub-abandoned-in-paris-flat-finds-new-home Wed, 22 Aug 2018 19:03:56 +0200 half-starved-lion-cub-abandoned-in-paris-flat-finds-new-home Police search for mysterious feline on the loose in Normandy countryside French police have received more reports of a large feline on the loose in the French countryside, this time in Normandy. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170731/police-search-for-mysterious-feline-on-the-loose-in-normandy-countryside Mon, 31 Jul 2017 16:43:40 +0200 police-search-for-mysterious-feline-on-the-loose-in-normandy-countryside Frenchman fights to keep his 'placid' garden lion UPDATED: A Frenchman has been arrested after threatening to commit suicide if police confiscated the 14-month-old lion he was keeping in his garden. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151103/frenchman-fights-to-keep-his-garden-lion Tue, 03 Nov 2015 12:40:35 +0100 frenchman-fights-to-keep-his-garden-lion Lion wounds 16-month-old child at French circus 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. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140728/lion-wounds-child-at-french-circus Mon, 28 Jul 2014 12:26:00 +0200 lion-wounds-child-at-french-circus Rare lion cubs killed by parents in French zoo In a blow to conservation efforts, two of three extremely rare lion cubs born in a French zoo were killed by their own parents, authorities said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140402/rare-lion-cubs-killed-by-parents-in-french-zoo-2 Wed, 02 Apr 2014 19:02:00 +0200 rare-lion-cubs-killed-by-parents-in-french-zoo-2 Lion cub escapes from tamer's home A lion cub of four and a half months escaped from its owner in a town in western France, prompting a search party of police and firemen to gather to ensure her safe return. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120830/lion-cub-escapes-from-tamers-home Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:44:00 +0200 lion-cub-escapes-from-tamers-home