Eight camels and a llama were intercepted by Spanish police on Friday as they strolled through the streets of Madrid after escaping from a circus. National police, who posted photos of the animals on Twitter, said the camels were spotted around 5 a.m. as they casually walked the streets of the Carabanchel neighborhood in the south of the Spanish capital.
Varios camellos🐫🐫🐫 y una llama 🦙 se han escapado esta noche de un #circo in #Madrid.
Agents of the UPR🚔 los han localizado y custodiado para que pudieran volver sanos y salvos.#WeLoveAnimals💙 pic.twitter.com/4bX5T9cICf
– Policía Nacional (@policia) November 5, 2021
The animals were safely escorted back to the nearby Quiros circus, to which they belong. The circus denounced an act of sabotage and accused animal rights groups. Thanks be to God, nothing happened, ”said one of the circus managers, Mati Muñoz. “We think it was a sabotage of these animal rights groups that come to demonstrate every year,” she accused, saying that cables of the electric fence had been cut to allow the exit. animals.
The circus has filed a complaint and an investigation is underway.