Vladmir Putin gifts lion and bears to North Korean zoo
Russia has gifted more than 70 animals to the Pyongyang Zoo, building on the growing bilateral cooperation and friendship between the nations of recent months.
Russia transferred more than 70 animals, including an African lion and two brown bears, to a zoo in the North Korean capital Pyongyang from Moscow’s zoo, the Russian government said on Wednesday.
The animals were “a gift from (Russian President) Vladimir Putin to the Korean people,” the government said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a welcoming ceremony in Pyongyang on June 19, 2024.Getty ImagesAlexander Kozlov, Russia’s natural resources minister, oversaw the relocation of the animals, which were transported by plane to the Pyongyang Central Zoo accompanied by veterinarians from the Moscow Zoo.
Pictures published by the Russian government showed a white cockatoo traveling in a crate and Kozlov receiving a tour of the Korean zoo from local officials.
A bird is unloaded in a wooden crate upon arrival in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang. Russian Natural Resources Ministry / AFP - Getty ImagesRussia in April donated birds, including eagles, cranes along with parrots to the Pyongyang Central Zoo.
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