Animal Lover Keeps Lions at Home

Reece Oliver is an animal lover in Nottinghamshire, a town in the United Kingdom.

He often rescues animals and sometimes raises them at his home.

Recently, however, he brought home a pair of animals that shocked his neighbors.

It turned out that Oliver rescued the two lions from a circus.

Oliver then asked the town council for a permit to keep the big cats.

However, his neighbors found the lions threatening and expressed concerns.

One council member called Oliver's application the most unusual request he had ever seen.

But to the astonishment of Oliver's neighbors, the town council surprisingly approved the application.

"It's the best feeling in the world," Oliver said.

But unlike in zoos, people will not be allowed to visit the animals.

 

• turn out  모습을 드러내다[나타나다] (→관련 명사는 turnout)   (일·진행·결과가 특정 방식으로) 되다[되어 가다]

• keep the big cats  ~ 기르다

• rescue  ˈreskjuː   (위험에서) 구하다, 구조[구출/구제]하다  /  구출, 구조, 구제

• permit  pə|mɪt  허용[허락]하다   (어떤 일을) 가능하게 하다[허락하다]

• astonishment  ə|stɑːnɪʃmənt   깜짝[크게] 놀람 (=amazement)