In the Khorezm region, in the city of Urgench, "Ashkhobod" neighborhood, it was discovered that a lion was being kept illegally in a building. The Ministry of Ecology's information service reported this.
During a raid conducted in collaboration between the Department of Ecology and the Police, a protocol was issued against the violator according to article 92 of the Administrative Responsibility Code. He was fined five times the base calculation amount — 1 million 700 thousand Uzbek som.
It is noted that the lion has been temporarily handed over to a zoo located in the city of Nukus, Republic of Karakalpakstan, for safekeeping.
An investigation has been initiated to clarify the situation and to figure out how the lion ended up in the citizen's possession.
