{"id":38220,"date":"2025-07-04T14:00:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T14:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/38220\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T14:00:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T14:00:13","slug":"watch-viral-video-shows-russian-boxer-giving-e-cigarette-to-orangutan-sparks-public-outrage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/38220\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Viral video shows Russian boxer giving e-cigarette to orangutan; sparks public outrage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/122245735.jpg\" alt=\"Watch: Viral video shows Russian boxer giving e-cigarette to orangutan; sparks public outrage\" title=\"(Video credits: X) \" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> Russian boxer Anastasia Luchkina is facing widespread criticism after a video went viral showing her handing an e-cigarette to an orangutan at the Taigan Safari Park in Crimea, as reported by the New York Post.The orangutan, named Dana, later displayed \u201cdisturbing\u201d behavior, according to Russian outlet zamin.uz. Dana has reportedly lost her appetite, refuses to interact with others, and \u201clies motionless throughout the day.\u201d She has lived at the safari park since 2018.In the video, Luchkina is seen vaping herself before offering it to Dana and then smoking again. It is feared that the orangutan may have swallowed the e-cigarette cartridge, which contains between 2.5\u20133 ml of nicotine liquid.<\/p>\n<p>Poll<\/p>\n<p>Which measure is more effective in preventing animal mistreatment in parks?<\/p>\n<p>Veterinarians are continuing to examine Dana, with test results expected in the coming days.Dana belongs to an endangered species of orangutans listed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.\u201cI didn\u2019t know Anastasia was a smoker,\u201d Luchkina\u2019s coach, Vladimir Akatov said. \u201cShe is currently on vacation. We will definitely discuss this matter when she returns.\u201dThe incident sparked outrage on social media.One user on X commented: \u201cThis is animal abuse. It shouldn\u2019t be celebrated in any way.\u201dAnother wrote: \u201cHas there been any action yet, or are they waiting for the orangutan to file an official complaint against Anastasia Luchkina?\u201dPETA UK vice president Mimi Bekhechi told SunSport as quoted by NY Post: \u201cAnastasia Luchkina must have received a few too many knocks to the head if she thinks it\u2019s a lark to give an orangutan a vape\u2026a violation of this intelligent, gentle ape\u2019s welfare.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Russian boxer Anastasia Luchkina is facing widespread criticism after a video went viral showing her handing an e-cigarette&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":38221,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[30870,30872,27240,30868,30871,30867,159,30875,30869,67,132,68,30873,30874,837],"class_list":{"0":"post-38220","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-animal-abuse-outrage","9":"tag-endangered-species-orangutans","10":"tag-new-york-post","11":"tag-orangutan-e-cigarette-video","12":"tag-peta-animal-welfare","13":"tag-russian-boxer-anastasia-luchkina","14":"tag-science","15":"tag-social-media-backlash-anastasia-luchkina","16":"tag-taigan-safari-park-crimea","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-vaping-and-animals","21":"tag-viral-video-animal-welfare","22":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114795332209527214","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}