“Employees of the Organized Crime Control Department discovered an illegally kept lion cub. A 27-year-old Astana resident kept a wild animal in a utility room of a service station,” reads the report.
The lion’s cub has been seized, and it is planned to be transferred to a zoo in the near future.
A criminal case has been registered on this fact under the article on illegal handling of rare and endangered animals. An investigation is underway.
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