article_snippet.sent: Photographs show a lion that was being walked like a dog by circus entertainers who had brought their show to a quiet Siberian village being walked around by a worker for a circus that had been visiting the village.
article_snippet.sent: In one picture an entertainer crouches down next to the lion, surrounded by snow.
article_snippet.sent: In another A nine-year-old girl is shown walking the animal and appears to be attempting to drag the animal across a wet and icy road using a makeshift leash.
article_snippet.sent: He added: 'They were walking They animal as if it was a dog.'
article_snippet.sent: A circus worker is seen with the lion using a makeshift leash (left) and appearing to sit on a lion (right)
highlights_snippet.sent: A circus worker was seen walking a lion around a village like a dog .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: The animal was seen being pulled by a makeshift leash in Namtsy, Siberia .
  