From strolling along the waterfront resident of Novorossiysk seized a crocodile
Moscow. July 3. INTERFAX.RU Employees environmental Prosecutor’s office confiscated a crocodile from a resident of Novorossiysk, when he was walking the predator on a leash on the promenade.
“The citizen 30 June walked along the waterfront of Novorossiysk with a crocodile on a leash, which caused buzzing, including with law enforcement agencies. Currently, the reptile seized and turned over to the zoo in the city of Anapa,” — said “Interfax” on Monday in a press-service of Prosecutor’s office of Krasnodar region.
The inspection conducted by the staff of the Azov-black sea environmental Prosecutor’s office, confirmed that documents on the crocodile Novorossia no. He could only provide a receipt from a pet store for 10 thousand rubles. To ascertain the validity of the purchase has failed because the store has already closed.
The Prosecutor also noted that, according to the owner, the crocodile lives in his house in a large aquarium. The man assured that he never offered to tourists to be photographed with the predator and not exported it to the beach.
Currently, employees of environmental agencies establish the identity of the hero of the video hit the social network in late June. The witnesses captured a man with a crocodile on a leash on one of the beaches of Anapa surrounded by numerous families and children.
“While one cannot argue that Novorossiysk taken the same crocodile that was in Anapa. But to exclude this version also is not necessary”, — said the employee of Prosecutor’s office.