Bangkok Post: [2] What do you call a hungry alligator during a coronavirus lockdown? An Italian circus stuck in a car park for two months has the answer: a problem.
[3] The Millennium Circus was supposed to be performing along the Ligurian coast in northern Italy, but the virus and a national shutdown of the country stopped it in its tracks.
[4] A kangaroo lies listlessly in its enclosure, while llamas, camels and ponies gather at the fences dividing their respective pens, keeping each other company.
[5] Like the rest of the country, they can do little but kill time, while waiting for the potatoes to be handed out.
[6] The 40 animals — parrots, geese, a huge-horned buffalo — and 35 circus performers and staff were only supposed to be at the vast car park for a few days, before heading up the coast to seaside resorts.
But the troupe has been at a standstill since February 20 and has to rely on the help of local associations and animal lovers to feed its beasts.