The lifeless body of Zeusand león 14 years old, was thrown outside the Chilean presidential palace, in the center of Santiagoas a protest after a failed control procedure in a zoo.
After the animal did not wake up after being anesthetizedthe owner of the private zoo where he was staying took his body and moved it to the center of Santiagoto leave it in one of the accesses of the presidential palace of The coin.
“Why are we protesting? Because they made us kill an animal. They made us stain our hands with the blood of our little animals just to read the chip,” César Chanampa, owner of the Los Angeles City Zoo, told local media, 500 miles south of Santiago.
The image of the dead animal spread rapidly through social networks and aroused the curiosity of hundreds of people who were passing through the center of the chilean capital.
“It was not necessary to anesthetize the lion”
The Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG) ordered on Thursday anesthetize to the animal in order to proceed to read the chip or information storage device and thus identify the león and confirm that the zoo was in good standing.
According to Chanampa, the zoo warned SAG about the danger of the procedure and the risk of death for that 14-year-old animal: “It was not necessary to anesthetize the lion,” he said.
In a statement, the Agricultural and Livestock Service explained that the sedation process “is required to carry out a safe review process that safeguards the physical integrity of both the animals and the personnel participating in the procedure.”
The agency added that the practice was carried out within the framework of a sanctioning administrative process against the private zoo, “for serious irregularities derived from inadequate handling of the animals that are in this establishment.”
After spending a few hours outside the Chilean presidential palace, the body of Zeus it was retired. (AFP)
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