The municipality has clarified the speculations surrounding Gagik Tsarukyan's animal relocation.
10-07-2026 16:06 Armenia A comment
The press secretary of the Mayor of Yerevan has written on his Facebook page.
«The proposal of the municipality to transfer Gagik Tsarukyan's animals to the Yerevan Zoo was the top topic of speculation over the last two days:
The main thesis was to link the investigative actions concerning the businessman and the leader of the political force with the proposal to provide, at this stage, perhaps the most suitable and safe haven for the animals, and, what was most absurd, to present the unfortunate fact of one animal's death as a political vendetta:
Yes, it was very unfortunate that one of the animals, specifically the female lion, did not wake up after sedation, but this is a professional discussion within the realm of actions and possible mistakes, which could have been assumed and subjectively or objectively contested, but at least it was not difficult to predict that the fact of the lion's death would be politicized, attributed to intent, generating an entire theory of conspiracy, which is no longer so much compassion as it is manipulation, a tool for quickly packaging a sad incident and targeting people, a clear demonization.
Setting aside the disputed provision regarding the right to keep numerous animals in private spaces, let us note one fact: due to the legal process, the animals needed to be transferred to a space that is the only one in our country where they could be reintegrated and be under the constant care and supervision of specialists; this was the only non-political, exclusively environmental motivation for the proposal and transfer»:
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