It’s enough to make you swoon! Large elephant is on the loose in Italy after escaping from a circus
- Images show an elephant heading towards a shop in Calabria, southern Italy.
A giant elephant has been spotted on the loose in southern Italy after escaping from a circus.
Startling footage shows the big-eared giant heading to a supermarket in Calabria as he strolls down a busy street surrounded by mountains.
One person filming from his car can be heard laughing and saying, ‘He’s going for a ride.’
‘An elephant in the Eurospin (supermarket)!’
Local media reported that the elephant escaped from a local circus and has since been returned, according to the BBC.
A giant elephant has been seen on the loose in southern Italy after escaping from a circus
Startling footage shows the big-eared giant heading to a supermarket in Calabria as he strolls down a busy road surrounded by mountains.
One person filming from their car can be heard laughing and saying: ‘He’s going for a ride’
Speaking of the animal’s adventure, one person wrote on Twitter: “Brilliant.”
Another said: ‘How fun.’
The elephant’s escape comes just days after a wild animal initially believed to be a lioness was on the loose in Berlin, Germany, with more than 220 gun-wielding police sent to hunt down the creature.
But the search was soon called off after Germany admitted that the missing mammal was actually a wild boar.
Authorities determined there was “no serious danger” to people in Kleinmachnow, on the outskirts of Berlin, where a potentially dangerous animal was detected, saying they no longer believe a lioness was on the loose and suspending the hunt.
A search turned up no sign of such a predator and experts who analyzed a video concluded it was probably a wild boar, they said.
