Five lions have been found in an abandoned circus truck in the middle of a Brazilian motorway.

Police found the lorry in the middle of the interstate road between Uberaba and Conceição das Alagoas.

A police spokesman told Folha de São Paulo: "We could not believe our eyes and ears when we saw all those lions together in this abandoned truck in the middle of the road - and boy they did look hungry!

"There is an investigation going on because we need to find out who owns those animals."

Meanwhile the lions are being kept at a police station where they are eating 10 kilos of meat per day each.

Thursday 22nd December 2005
Ananova
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