The public focused its attention at the living conditions of 2 bears and 3 lions kept in Gyumri`s private zoo after “The world’s saddest zoo“ publication of the British The Daily Mail.
On December 2015, the FPWC with the support of Brigitte Bardot Foundation and the Ministry of Nature Protection of the RA organized the rescue and transportation of the two bears: Masha and Misha to Yerevan Zoo quarantine station. On March 23 2016, the FPWC implemented the transportation of two bears to the Libearty Bear Specialized Sanctuary of Romania.
In the beginning of February 2016, the FPWC and the Worldwide Veterinary Service (WVS) organized the rescue and transportation of the lions: Mary, Zita and Gita to the quarantine station of the Wildlife Rescue Center (WRC). Now they live in one felidae with other African lions of the Yerevan Zoo.
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