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LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky urged to ban Russians to have as Pets wild animals. On Wednesday, 25, January, reports the news Agency Regnum.
“We will try to pass a law to ban keeping wild animals at home. The lynx started, leopard, soon, the bear will keep at home. So it is impossible”, — said the politician.
Zhirinovsky admitted that he himself had the experience of keeping wild animals. “I had the bears in the country, I’m in the circus gave one in Moscow, the other in Bryansk, and one escaped. But they are small, two-year,” — said the politician.
According to him, the bears gave him, although he did not ask about it. “Do not touch animals, do they live there [in nature] — let them live”, — said the leader of the liberal Democrats.
On January 22 the head of the Duma Committee on ecology Olga Timofeeva during the Congress of the party “United Russia” said that the draft law on the protection of animals it is necessary to study the European experience of chipping Pets.
In August 2015, the state Duma Deputy Vadim Solovyov of the Communist party has proposed legislation to limit the number of animals in the apartments. It’s not just about cats and dogs but also other Pets. According to the MP, the regulation of this matter for the regional authorities.