An escaped circus lion terrorized an Italian town for hours before finally being sedated and captured.

State and local police officers, in addition to the Carabinieri, descended on the town of Ladispoli, a suburb 28 miles west of Rome, in an attempt to corral a circus lion who had escaped captivity and wandered the streets of the busy town for “hours,” according to a report from NBC News.

Cameras captured footage of the lion, named Kimba, strolling the town, calmly walking through residential areas and acting seemingly unbothered by the presence of police on his tail.

[“Hey! Leave the cannoli!” Lion on the lam. Did you see that smirk on his face in the still shot in the story? You know he ate well. ~ Beege]