Police are examining documents and interviewing factory and zoo employees to establish all the circumstances of the case.
A dead lion was found on the territory of the Kostopol waste disposal plant. Law enforcement officials have begun an investigation. The press service of the Rivne region police reported this on Sunday, October 27.
The photo of the motionless animal lying in the middle of a pile of garbage went viral on social networks.
“In view of this fact, the information was immediately entered into the Unified Register of Statements and Messages and an investigation was immediately initiated. The preliminary investigation team confirmed that the animal died as a result of cancer,” officials said. of law enforcement.
Police are examining documents and interviewing plant and zoo staff to establish all the circumstances of the case.
In the Instagram community of the Kostopol region, users also noticed that other dead animals were noticeable in the photo – a monkey and a stork.

Dead lion in the trash. Photo: panda_pavlik/Instagram
We remind you that on October 24 in Zaporozhye there was a fire in the Khvostiki animal shelter, as a result of which five dogs were burned alive.
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