French travelling circus crippled by lockdowns
This French circus is stranded in Belgium
The family-run Zavatelli Circus
usually travels to 30 cities each year
Now, unable to travel or perform across Europe
it is waiting out the lockdown
in a car park in the southern Belgian town of Gembloux
and quickly running out of funds to feed the animals
ZAVATELLI CIRCUS DIRECTOR, KEVIN DUBOIS: "For us, the confinement is very difficult because we are not working. We have no cash flow. Frankly, it is becoming an issue because we have 60 animals to feed which is €500 per week. And there are 25 people who work here. Frankly, it gets very very difficult. We don't know how to make ends meet."