The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs reported the detention of a 43-year-old resident of the capital, who tried to poison the leopards and Lynes in the Moscow Zoo. According to the police, the man threw the valerian tablets for predators. He himself claims to do this with the aim of “bringing them to life.” According to the media, with reference to law enforcement agencies, the Muscovite is registered with the neuropsychiatric dispensary with the diagnosis of schizophrenia. Law enforcement officers detained a man who tried to poison Lynes and Leopards at the Moscow Zoo. This was announced in its Telegram channel by the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Irina Volk. He is suspected of unlawful acts, which was committed on the territory of the Moscow Zoo on Bolshaya Georgian Street, ”she wrote. The police detained the offender as soon as possible and delivered him to the internal affairs department. According to preliminary data, a man threw a tablet with valerian extract into cells with predators. The packaging with the drug was taken from the detainee and sent for research. At present, law enforcement officers set up motives for a man’s actions. Based on the results of the audit, a procedural decision will be made. Irina Volk also published records from the surveillance cameras from the zoo and a video interrogation video. Answering the question of the reason for the detention, the man admitted that “he threw Valerian Koshachy – a leopard and a lynx.” “I bought a valerian near my house, arrived at the zoo and threw 20 pills of Valerian to the aviary towards Leopard and Lynx. I wanted to bring them to their senses, ”said the Muscovite. TASS, citing law enforcement agencies, said that the detainee was registered with a diagnostic dispensary with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Also, on Russian.rt.com, residents of the Moscow Region were talked about actions in case of meeting with moo on a resonant offense became known on the eve of May 27. The General Director of the Moscow Zoo Svetlana Akulova said that during a planned inspection of aviaries with trot and leopard Mizer, scattered tablets of unknown origin were discovered. CCTV cameras clearly recorded the moment when the offender threw them through the fences. “This is not an accident, not a prank – this is a conscious, cold -blooded attempt on the life of animals under our defense,” Akulova emphasized. On the same day, the zoo began an internal investigation and initiated interaction with law enforcement agencies to initiate a criminal case. The institution conducted a full verification of all the aviars and an urgent examination of the discovered substances. The general director noted that some drugs even in small doses are deadly for animals, and if the employees did not find a threat in time, the consequences could be irreversible. All animals will be additionally examined, and safety in the territory will be strengthened. “I as a director declare with all responsibility: we will not leave this crime without consequences. The one who decided to do this must answer. The perpetrators will be found and punish. The Moscow Zoo will achieve the most strict application of the law in relation to those who encroach on the life and health of our animals, ”Akulova assured. What threatens the violator in an interview with RT by the Honored Lawyer of Russia, Professor Ivan Solovyov. He said that he could threaten the detainee for trying to poison animals in the Moscow Zoo. In the first place, the lawyer recalled that the Law of December 27, 2018 No. 498-ФЗ “On Responsible Management of Animals” is in force in the country. Also, on the topic, the prosecutor’s office put on control the investigation of the emergency in the Moscow Zoo Presnenskaya Interdistrict Prosecutor’s Office put the establishment of the circumstances of the incident in the Moscow Zoo. “In accordance with this law, the attitude in the field of animal management, in order to protect animals, as well as strengthening morality, compliance with the principles of humanity and ensuring the safety of other rights and interests of citizens when treating animals,” he explained. He explained to the Moscow zoo – a clear violation of this law, which means that a serious punishment threatens the criminal. “Administrative and criminal liability has been established. Administrative liability is established in Art. 8.52 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of Russia – abbreviations with animals, if this action does not contain signs of a criminally punishable act. For an individual, this is a fine of 5 thousand to 15 thousand rubles, ”the expert said. And the criminal liability implies a fine of 100 thousand to 300 thousand rubles or imprisonment for a term of three to five years.“ Here the qualifying attribute is very important – if all this entailed the death or injury of the animal. Only in this case there is criminal liability, ”added the interlocutor RT.
