Police Arrest Man for Throwing Pills Into Moscow Zoo Enclosures

Police Arrest Man for Throwing Pills Into Moscow Zoo Enclosures

Law enforcement authorities said Wednesday that they arrested a man caught on video tossing pills into lynx and leopard enclosures at the Moscow Zoo.

Man tries to poison lynx and leopards at Moscow Zoo

A visitor to the Moscow Zoo tried to poison several lynx and leopards, General Director Svetlana Akulova announced in a statement on May 27, after a routine inspection revealed “scattered pills of unknown origin” in the animals' enclosures. Surveillance cameras captured footage of an unidentified man throwing the pills over the enclosure barriers. “This was not an accident or a prank; this was a deliberate, cold-blooded attempt on the lives of a…

In Moscow Zoo, an unknown man tried to poison rats and leopards with pills, as reported in his television channel by the Director General of Svetlan Akulov.

The man threw potential poison - pills into animal volleys; now he's wanted by the local police.

Man tried to poison wild cats at Moscow zoo: photoAn unknown man threw pills into the enclosures of lynxes and leopards. Police are looking for the bald attacker, who was captured on surveillance cameras.