The lion cub, Kharis, was finally taken away from Surgut blogger Amirhan Magomedov.

The lion cub is currently being temporarily kept at the Parus Tourism and Recreation Center zoo in Nefteyugansk region. Negotiations are underway with zoos Tyumen, Yekaterinburg и Chelyabinsk, To find a new home for the animal, said the deputy head of the North Ural Department of Rosprirodnadzor Vladimir Kaigorodov.

The most To Amirkhan Magomedov At the same time, they allowed him to visit Kharis. The lion cub is now a year old. The blogger said that he raised him from the age of three days - Kharis was given to the Surgut resident during a trip to Chechnya.

Last week, Magomedov's neighbors complained about the conditions in which Kharis was being kept. They said the lion cub was very weak and covered in sores, living "in some kind of shed, eating cheap cat food." Police launched an investigation.

On July 9, riot police arrived to pick up the lion cub. "To prevent Harris from getting injured, I loaded him into the cage myself," - Amirkhan explained then.

Yugra residents reacted to the lion's removal in mixed reactions. Some believe the owner tortured the animal and deserves punishment, while others expressed sympathy for the blogger.