NEWSLINK: British zoo's race to save abused circus lions facing homelessness in no deal Brexit

The ongoing uncertainty of Brexit is threatening the final stage of a complex rescue effort of circus lions in Spain. Brothers Vigo and Kumba, five, are currently being held at a rescue centre in Alicante after they were saved from a lorry where they lived with three other cats.

But they can't stay at the rehabilitation centre AAP forever, as the sanctuary must make room to save more abused animals. The lions were due to be rehomed at the Isle of Wight Zoo where they would join the five tigers rescued by Chris Packham and Mirror readers, but time is running out.

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