Saveljić: The situation with the lion cub is serious, an intense problem with the smuggling of exotic animals

Saveljić explained that they decided to help the police and the environmental inspection in finding the lion cub by organizing their volunteers, drones...

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That lion is a cub today, but they are growing fast and in two or three months they will start eating dogs, cats, people, and the situation is quite serious, said Darko Saveljić from the Environmental Protection Agency.

During his guest appearance on TV Vijesti's "Colors of the Morning", he pointed out that in recent years, Montenegro has had "terrible problems" with the smuggling of exotic animals, and that this can be seen day by day thanks to social networks.

Saveljić said that the Agency came to know that there is a lion cub in the hinterland of Budva, and that it is the Agency that issues import and export permits, and permits for keeping.

"We looked at our documentation, such an animal was not reported to the Agency for crossing the borders of Montenegro," Saveljić pointed out in Colors of the Morning.

He explained that they decided to help both the police and the environmental inspection by organizing their volunteers, drones...

"Also, the municipality of Budva has initiated citizens to look at their yard, there are also firefighters, there will also be a Protection and Rescue Service," said Saveljić.

He adds that he is not a fan of zoos, and that he believes that they are "some kind of dungeons where animals really suffer, because wild animals, especially animals of the open spaces, suffer in cages."

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