When the circus can't leave town - French family show stranded in Belgian car park


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  • Friday, 27 Nov 2020

Kevin Dubois, director of the Zavatelli Circus owned by the French family Dubois, trains in a parking lot where the circus, together with two other Armanzo and Anderland, also owned by the same family, has been maintained under lockdown for about a year, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Gembloux, Belgium November 26, 2020. Picture taken November 26, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman

GEMBLOUX, Belgium (Reuters) - The exotic animals are confined to small paddocks, the acrobats have been grounded, and the clowns aren't able to make an audience laugh anymore.

The coronavirus has brought the curtain down on the Zavatelli Circus, at least for the time being.

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