Despite ongoing tuberculosis-zoonosis probe, Yerevan Zoo wants to help animals found at arrested MP's decadent private zoo in Ejmiatsin
YEREVAN, JUNE 18, ARMENPRESS. The Yerevan Zoo has expressed readiness to assist the initiative of FPWC - Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets – in caring for the animals which were found in the private zoo of the arrested MP Manvel Grigoryan’s compound in Ejmiatsin, if needed.
The conditions at the private zoo and the treatment and care level is still unclear.
Yerevan Zoo said the deputy mayor of Yerevan, Aram Sukiasyan, has assigned a task force to head to the town and inspect the conditions and determine if the animals need to be transported to Yerevan.
It is noteworthy that Yerevan Zoo itself was under significant media spotlight recently regarding an earlier tuberculosis outbreak among animals.
Many animals, including eight lamas, were euthanized by the zoo as result of the outbreak.
Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan