Bezoar Goat Kept at Home Confiscated — Environmental Protection and Mining Inspection Body

Employees of the Environmental Protection and Mining Inspection Body, together with the Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, discovered a bezoar goat being kept in a private home in the Areni community of Vayots Dzor Province.

Within the framework of the initiated administrative proceedings, it was established that a resident of Aghavnadzor, was keeping one specimen of a bezoar goat that he had found in the wild.

The illegally acquired animal was confiscated and transferred to the National Center for Zoology and Hydroecology of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia.

The damage caused to wildlife was calculated at 15,000,000 AMD. Based on the materials of the administrative proceedings, a report on an alleged crime has been submitted to the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Armenia.