The zoo is located in the Armenian town of Gyumri - the place where the family of Armenian-American superstar Kim Kardashian and her sister Khloe stems from - but it has been over two years since it saw a paying guest. Just three lions, two bears and two guinea pigs live out their sorry existence there, banging their heads against their cage wall, staring forlornly through the bars in the desperate hope food may come their way or simply huddling on the floor, a broken shadow of their former selves.
They are the residue of a billionaire's whim, bought as entertainment by an Armenian oligarch to underwrite his ego and parade before his friends in themed jungle parties. But the parties, along with the cash to care for the poor beasts, vanished at the same time as their owner, leaving them to display all the signs of creatures slowly being driven mad by their unnatural existence. See more photos below..
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| Pensioners Hovhamnes and Alvina Madoyan try their best to care for the animals after they were abandoned |
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