Instead, his family's traveling circus has been parked on a plot of land in southern France.

His lions and tigers are confined to their pens on his main tent is packed up.

Carriage can only guess when France is locked down, one of the toughest in Europe will ease, and he'll be allowed to start entertaining.

The crowds again.

Way are a fundamental of culture.

We usually the first show someone sees in their life.

We go to the circus before we could go to the theater or the cinema.

So it's important that circuses continue.

This French tradition carriage feels abandoned by the state, even though it spent tens of billions of euros propping up businesses.

He received financial support of €2 a day per animal during the spring lock, down a fraction of what was needed on nothing since.

Even then, his livelihood faces another threat.

A proposed ban on wild animals in circuses.

So Sundays anymore, diminish.

Parliament is debating the draft legislation, which is likely to be passed.

If approved, the ban will be phased in over five years.

The the minister's announcement seem arbitrary to us.

We could lose our animals.

Our professions are structures on our traditions.

That's what we're afraid off for, something that's quite arbitrary carrots.

His daughter, Cassandra, has performed all her life.

She dismissed any suggestion the families animals were mistreated.

E can't see a circus without animals.

For me, it's impossible.

I grew up with them or the animals.

For me, a part of our family.

Hippopotamus is the same age as my brother.

I grew up with him.

And so it's true that taking our lives away from us will be the most difficult part if this actually passes.