Six Tigers Found in Abandoned Kyiv Club (Video)

Animals in terrible conditions.

At an abandoned Kyiv club called Tiger Club, located on Vodnikov Island, six adult abandoned tigers were found in cramped enclosures filled with mud, water and feces. The corresponding video was published by lawyer and animal rights activist Yevgenia Prokopenko.

«There are three tigers in an enclosure about 8 meters long, practically knee-deep in water, mud and feces, without even a chance to find a dry spot. They drink the same water they live in. One big tiger is in an enclosure of 1.5 m by 2 m, and two more tigers are in a slightly larger one,» she wrote.

According to Prokopenko, the abandoned territory was previously a closed club with exotic animals. She also added that the property belonged to a «well-known person in Ukraine» who is currently not in the country and is unable to keep the animals.

Police filed a report under Article 299 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (cruelty to animals).

Ukrainska Pravda journalist Yaroslava Koba wrote that the owner of the tigers is Kyiv businessman Volodymyr Bulankov, who was also previously referred to as the «society tiger».

«If it were not for volunteer Yevgenia Prokopenko and my friend Iryna Olkhovska , they might have died there. Their owner, the «society tiger» Bulankov — is not in Ukraine,» she writes.

According to her, Bulankov promises to return to Ukraine on January 3 and transfer the tigers to Feldman EcoPark in Kharkiv. Koba noted that if he still does not come, then «the fences of his estate will have to be broken and the animals removed by force».

Earlier, photos appeared online of Verkhovna Rada deputy Nestor Shufrych posing against the backdrop of killed animals — a rhinoceros, a leopard and a hyena.

Shufrych confirmed that he hunted wild animals in Africa, but only «with permission from the bodies authorized by the national government».