BERLIN (Reuters) – The droppings of one creature may be the treasure of another, as the German Crown Circus invents during the new coronavirus pandemic.
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Lion tamer Lacey poses with Lion King Tonga and a glass of lion wicks in Munich
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Lion tamer Lacey breasts Lion King Tonga in Munich
Home to 26 lions and tigers, the circus has found an unusual side income and raised money despite coronavirus-related restrictions: selling pots of big cats’ droppings.
Customers have told lion tamer Martin Lacey that they swore at the goods.
“I’m told it keeps cats in the yard, and since then we’ve learned that it also keeps the animals in the car, where they eat all the electrical cables,” Lacey said.
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Lion tamer Lacey poses with a glass of lion wicks in Munich
The circus pop-up shop is also a way to give people a few laughs, Lacey says as the circus waits to be allowed again.
The pots each sell for 5 euros, with some of the money going to a charity to improve the living conditions of captive animals.
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Pots of lion apples are displayed in Munich
And if you do not have a problem with garden pests, but find your neighbors pesky? – “Put something in the garden, and the neighbors will leave,” grins Lacey.
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Lion tamer Lacey poses with Lion King Tonga and a glass of lion wicks in Munich
(Report by Ayhan Uyanik; Written by Tanya Wood and Michael Nienaber; Edited by Hugh Lawson)
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