The theft of zoo animals from the recently liberated Ukrainian city of Kherson - raccoons, wolves, peacocks, llamas and a donkey – has prompted anger across the West.
Video of a private Russian zoo owner and his aides “inexpertly” dumping raccoons into cages and parading animals stolen from Ukraine horrified viewers in the West Sunday. Taigan Lion Park owner Oleg Zubkov – who according toalso refers to himself as the ‘Lion Man’ – was given special access by the Kremlin’s designated leader of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, to travel to the liberated city of Kherson to take the animals, he claimed.
showed Zubkov mishandling the raccoons before throwing them in cages, while warning of retaliation over the brazen robbery. It also noted the Russian military’s reputation for theft during its occupation of Khersona port city of Ukraine that was liberated by Ukrainian troops on Friday. Items that were stolen include historic artifacts such as the bones of the lover of Empress Catherine II.
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