The criminal charges brought against Zoo Fauna Art LLC over the import of two monkeys into Armenia and their subsequent death have been dropped. The case was investigated by the Investigative Department of Armenia’s Finance Ministry.
According to the information of Armenian News – NEWS.am, the law enforcement authorities didn’t receive any evidence on that Khachatryan, who dealt with the import of exotic animals, did anything wrong.
The main scandal round the import of bonobo apes to Armenia was related to the conjecture that the primates might have been carriers of Ebola virus. It was later established that the animals had died for a different reason.