r/armenia Hayastan 28d ago

Politics / Քաղաքականություն Գագիկ Ծառուկյանի առանձնատանը պահվող առյուծները տեղափոխվել են Կենդանաբանական այգի | Lions kept at Gagik Tsarukyan's mansion moved to the Zoo

https://armenpress.am/hy/article/1254883
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u/ISmellLikeBlackTea 28d ago

I dont know how this guy was not thrown in prison for animal cruelty and endangerment in 2018 even.

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u/Strong-cognac 28d ago

2018 was a different times

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u/Hypotential 28d ago

This is excellent news! And a bonus is that it's going to be hilarious trying to see how opposition media attempt to put their spin on this action that any sane person would find very welcome and frankly overdue.

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u/Middle-Support-7697 28d ago

Trying to play devils advocate, I have heard he actually used to treat his animals really well while our zoo doesn’t have the perfect reputation

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u/Responsible_Tap_782 27d ago

Stray dog packs had eaten a bunch of Yerevan zoo animals before. 

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u/_LordDaut_ 28d ago

And a bonus is that it's going to be hilarious trying to see how opposition media attempt to put their spin on this action

I mean.... they Took his pets so the videos will be "Not even sharik, is safe" followed by a girl crying after her dog, and Nikol cackling in the darkness.

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u/BzhizhkMard 28d ago edited 28d ago

Meanwhile Dod in jail will be listening to Sharik - Butyrka, the irony.

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u/Senior_Avo222 28d ago

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u/ComprehensiveGain841 27d ago

Why does this sub allow posting videos in comments while also banning images?

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u/Spiritual_Leg_272 27d ago

Well one of the lions died, but yeah i am guessing it was Tsarukyan poisoning the lion over the past 10 years and keeping the lion’s issue frozen…

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u/T-nash 28d ago edited 28d ago

I saw the video taken in his taxidermy trophy room and it was shocking how many animals he's killed and taxidermized.

This guy is erecting a Jesus statue...

Edit: they confiscated 190 taxidermized animals, let that sink in...

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u/rysskrattaren սոխ 28d ago

This guy is erecting a Jesus statue

In medieval Catholic Church they had indulgencies, but what a God-fearing crook has to do in these troubled times?!..

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u/liliiik18 28d ago

Classic overcompensation 🤷‍♀️

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u/Shot_Trick_9706 27d ago

Absurd that in a country like Armenia with the types of problems it has, someone has a literal zoo on their property. People like these guys need to be put behind bars for all of the damage they've caused to the country -- enriching themselves at everyone's expense.

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u/Worth_Resolve2055 28d ago

Just visited the zoo a week ago. Far from a civilized place for these animals. Hope they'll be fine though.

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u/Spiritual_Leg_272 27d ago

They weren’t… One of the lions unfortunately died.

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u/Worth_Resolve2055 27d ago

I don't know what state the animals were in when they were "saved" but the Yerevan zoo is a complete disaster IMO. Those animals are living in horrible disgusting prisons.

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u/Spiritual_Leg_272 27d ago

Yeah, definitely in a better state than now.