A zoo in Kharviv, Ukraine says it may have to to euthanize some animals after Russian shelling destroyed enclosures. Feldman Ecopark is trying to relocate animals, but if that option fails, some animals, like lions and tigers, will have to be put to sleep.
"Feldman Ecopark doesn't exist anymore," the zoo's founder Alexander Feldman said in a video statement. The zoo was subjected to a bombardment that basically destroyed it, he said in the video, which was posted on Facebook.
Animal enclosures were badly damaged, and Feldman warned some animals could enter the streets. While the bears were in bad condition"by sheer miracle,"Today we are deciding ... we have time 'till evening, whether to put them all down or transport them somewhere else," Feldman said. The zoo's team was working in Chutovo, trying to find a way to save the animals, he said.
Экопарка больше нет. Сейчас об этом можно говорить совершенно определенно. Вчера и сегодня он снова подвергся массированным обстрелам и бомбардировкам. Инфраструктура разрушена, вольеры разрушены. Самая большая проблема – это крупные хищники. Их вольеры пока еще чудом сохраняют целостность, но еще один обстрел – и обезумившие от страха львы, тигры, медведи могут оказаться на воле и пойти в сторону Харькова или в близлежащие поселки. Мы этого допустить не можем. Решения проблемы на сегодня нет.
Still, there is an issue of how to move the large animals."Such an operation requires the presence of special transport and the participation of a fairly large number of people. Which with a high degree of probability will attract the attention of the enemy, who, as a rule, responds to activity on the territory of the Ecopark with shelling," the statement reads.
On Tuesday, the zoo was able to move Ukraine's only family of tapirs – a herbivorous animal with a short trunk – and some other exotic animals from Kharkiv. They are at a temporary home in the Poltava region,
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