Gyumri Zoo Animals Find Final Shelter

The issue of the animals of Gyumri private zoo has found a final solution. It is already clear where the bears and lions will travel.

Deputy Minister of Nature Protection of Armenia Khachik Hakobyan mentioned in a press conference at “Armenpress” media hall that the bears will travel to Romania and Lions to Great Britain.

“Two bears and three lions had appeared in sever conditions as a result of economic worsening of the zoo owner. Today the issue has been fully solved thank to the “Foundation for the preservation of wildlife and cultural assets”, and cooperation of international and local partners”, Khachik Hakobyan said, adding that the bears are currently at Yerevan Zoo and the lions in Khosrov Reserve for rehabilitation.

According to the director of the British “Peak Wildlife Park” Zoo Colin MacDougall, the lions will be taken to that zoo, but in the words of the founder of the “Foundation for the preservation of wildlife and cultural assets” Ruben Khachatryan, it is not known yet when the lions will be able to travel as one of the has respiratory problems and is now recovering but the bears will be transported within the coming month.