In 2020, the images of the lion Jon in his circus in Eure made an impression. Less than a month after the release of confinement, the affair hit the headlines.
Jon's condition is chilling: emaciated, covered in numerous wounds, without a claw and ground teeth. Trainer Steve Gougeon, whose "charged judicial past" was noted by the president of the court, was found guilty. He was sentenced Monday to two months' suspended prison sentence, five fines of €150 (one per animal)