I love Armenia but at least during the two years I lived there (1995-97) the country had a terrible record when it came to animal cruelty. In 1995 I was taken to a bar in Yerevan full of caged monkeys where the patrons would get the monkeys drunk on beer then put their cigarettes out on their out stretched arms. The fact that there is a caged lion in Gyumri probably means it will starve to death as soon as it becomes unprofitable to feed it, if it hasn’t already. My prayers go out to that poor soul, what a hellish fate.