Experts have confirmed the presences of poisons in the bodies of animals that did recently at Kyiv zoo, the press service of the zoo reported on Wednesday, June 3.
"Yesterday specialists of the physiology department, who were present during an autopsy, confirmed the presence of toxins that damaged the organs of an elephant and a female camel. The autopsy, conducted by zoo specialists, also showed massive hemorrhaging in the body of a bison, the reason of which could be the acute form of intoxication by an unknown poison," reads a report by the press service.
The press service of the zoo also said that samples of tissues of the bison were transferred for a toxicochemical and histological examination.
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Kyiv zoo: Dead elephant was poisoned
The only elephant in Kiev's zoo, 39-year-old Boy, died onApril 23in his enclosure, apparently after being poisoned, the zoo's director said.
"This morning at 10.45 a.m. he let out a terrible cry and fell. I have the conclusions of veterinarians ... It was a poisoning," zoo director Svitlana Berzina told Reuters.
Boy, a 6 1/2 tonne Asian elephant, arrived in Kyiv zoo in the mid-1970s.
"It was a tragic and sudden death," she said. "The animal was in stable condition and nothing indicated any trouble. It was an instantaneous death."
Berzina said there had been an earlier attempt to poison Boy in the 1990s. "On that occasion, we managed to save him," she said. The circumstances of this previous attempt to poison Boy were not clear.
"The reasons for his death will be the subject of an investigation by veterinarians and law-enforcement bodies," Maria Azoryan, a Kyiv city administration official, said.
Berzina said the preliminary reason for the elephant death was acute heart and lung deficiency.
The zoo had called for help to prosecutors and independent experts to investigate, Berzina said.
Boy's corpse remained covered by a tarpaulin inside his open enclosure on Monday. Zoo authorities said there would be an autopsy on Monday night.
"This morning at 10.45 a.m. he let out a terrible cry and fell. I have the conclusions of veterinarians ... It was a poisoning," zoo director Svitlana Berzina told Reuters.
Boy, a 6 1/2 tonne Asian elephant, arrived in Kyiv zoo in the mid-1970s.
"It was a tragic and sudden death," she said. "The animal was in stable condition and nothing indicated any trouble. It was an instantaneous death."
Berzina said there had been an earlier attempt to poison Boy in the 1990s. "On that occasion, we managed to save him," she said. The circumstances of this previous attempt to poison Boy were not clear.
"The reasons for his death will be the subject of an investigation by veterinarians and law-enforcement bodies," Maria Azoryan, a Kyiv city administration official, said.
Berzina said the preliminary reason for the elephant death was acute heart and lung deficiency.
The zoo had called for help to prosecutors and independent experts to investigate, Berzina said.
Boy's corpse remained covered by a tarpaulin inside his open enclosure on Monday. Zoo authorities said there would be an autopsy on Monday night.
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