A suspect in the theft of kangaroo chicks from the zoos of Kaluga and Yaroslavl was detained
Law enforcement agencies have revealed details of the abduction of little kangaroos from Russian zoos. The thief of exotic animals turned out to be a repeat offender, 31-year-old Ivan Nekrasov, originally from the Vologda region. During interrogation, he admitted that he had kidnapped kangaroos for further sale.
The man began stealing as a teenager, starting with mobile phones and small amounts of money. His height, which is less than 1.5 meters, helped with this – he could easily get into apartments and houses through cracks in doors and windows in attics. In 2017, Nekrasov was caught for the first time, but he managed to escape prosecution. Two years later, he received a suspended sentence and was put on the federal wanted list for home invasion theft.
He decided to kidnap a kangaroo after finding buyers for the animals in advance. After discussing all the conditions with them, the criminal went to the Yaroslavl and Kaluga zoos.
One kidnapped baby kangaroo did not survive
In total, Nekrasov managed to steal three baby kangaroos. One of them is law enforcement found in a large checkered bag, which was with the kidnapper at the time of his arrest on the train in the Vladimir region. The second animal did not survive, and the third kangaroo is currently being sought; the thief managed to sell it.
The healthy baby kangaroo has already been brought back to the Yaroslavl Zoo. He is under the care of veterinarians. The criminal was detained and taken to the police station. A case of theft has been opened against him.
A recidivist dwarf had an unusual dream
Nekrasov explained that he took up the abduction and subsequent sale of kangaroos in order to acquire a rare macaque – this was his dream. At the same time, the man was seen with other exotic animals. How it became knownpreviously he tried to move to live in Sochi with a crocodile. In 2020, Nekrasov brought the predator to the Ministry of Internal Affairs department so that they could sign a permit for transportation, but the crocodile was seized and handed over to veterinarians.
At the same time, as the man’s neighbors said, before that he had been noticed for cruelty to animals – he drowned cats.
The thief was asked to bring maximum responsibility
The suspect in the kidnapping of kangaroos admitted to the crimes. As the Ministry of Internal Affairs said, the 31-year-old criminal stole the first animal in the Zavolzhsky district of Yaroslavl on September 27 – a baby kangaroo named Krosh was stolen. He stole two more animals three days later in the Kaluga region.
The situation with the theft of small animals that have just left their mothers’ bags has worried many Russians. State Duma deputies asked to look into it. In particular, they were directed a request to the Ministry of Internal Affairs with a request to bring the kidnapper to maximum responsibility – up to five years in prison if at least one kangaroo does not survive.
How note experts, now there is indeed a demand on the black market for red-gray wallabies (a type of kidnapped kangaroo), since marsupials have hardly been transported from abroad lately.
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