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Llama drama: Circus animals snarl Dublin traffic
[October 02, 2009] DUBLIN (AP) -- Dublin's traffic is often snarled, but this could be the first time that llamas are to blame.
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Five of the South American animals accompanied by two goats ran rampant Thursday on the Irish capital's major ring road, the M50, causing 5-mile (8-kilometer) traffic jams. Police eventually corralled the animals safely into a trailer. Circus owner Alexander Scholl says his animals bolted when fuel deliverymen failed to shut a gate. He rejects rival circus owners' claims that he deliberately loosed the llamas on to the highway to gain attention for his Circus Sydney, which has previously lost elephants and a wallaby. "There's no way this was a publicity stunt. If these llamas hit a car and killed somebody, who are they going to arrest, me or the llamas?" Scholl said. |
