The Moscow police detained a 43-year-old local resident “suspected of resonant illegal acts in the Moscow Zoo,” said Irina Volk, official representative of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs on May 28. According to her, the suspect was detained by the police of the Presnensky district of Moscow. According to the police, the detained man threw into cages, where there were lynxes and leopards, valerian extracts. A packaging with the drug was removed from the detainee, she was sent for examination. During the interrogation, a resident of Moscow said that he was detained “for throwing a leopard and lynxes.” Answering the question of why he did this, the man said: “I wanted to bring them to your senses.” According to Kommersant, a native of the Stavropol Territory Emil Azaev, who lives in Moscow for about 12 years, was detained. It consists of psychiatric accounting, previously convicted twice. The director of the Moscow Zoo Svetlana Akulova, the day before, reported that one of the visitors tried to poison the lynxes and leopards, throwing unknown origin to them at the aviary. This moment hit the video. “This is not an accident, not a prank – this is a conscious, cold -blooded attempt on the life of animals under our protection,” said the director of the zoo. Valerian’s excitement causes strong excitement in cats, their behavior may change, including them can show aggression. (Tagstotranslate) News
