The circus came to town, I was doing my daily walk and had to go over and check out these magnificent animals.
It was a super hot day and the lions were just relaxing on the grass, not really doing much at all.
It was awesome to get this close to them although the fence was in the way, I don't have a decent camera anymore so I couldn't zoom in past the bars so once again not happy with the result but at least I managed to get a few snaps.
They looked really bored and I did feel a bit sorry for them, top predators being caged up for the entertainment of consumers. I imagined them on the wild planes running free eating things.
This sign says that they live 8-10 years in the wild and 18-20 in captivity, so nearly double the average life if they were free, I wondered if they were happy sitting around doing nothing until being called on to perform tricks as needed in the circus.
It was great to see them and I also wondered what would happen if they got out, the fence was a bit temporary looking.
I was talking to one of my relatives and apparently in Coffs Harbour many years ago some lions did escape, that would have made for an interesting few days while the rounded them back up!
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