The police have not yet taken legal action against developer Charles Polidano, known as Iċ-Ċaqnu, over illegalities related to the animal park at Montekristo Estates six months on from a government complaint.

Last April, the Animal Rights Parliamentary Secretariat wrote to the Police Commissioner with instructions to take legal action against Mr Polidano after two warning letters were ignored.

The breaches relate to the keeping of wild animals in an illegal zoo, as well as the inadequate conditions in which they are being kept.

A warning letter was sent to Montekristo Estates on December 12, 2012, and another was sent two years later, on April 4, following a site inspection in which it was noted that nothing had changed. 

When this newspaper checked last week whether any action had been taken against Mr Polidano, the police said investigations were still ongoing.

Meanwhile, the lion, lynxes, pumas and jungle cats housed at Montekristo were moved to bigger homes last August.

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