News: Russia orders killing of stray dogs

Gabriel_Spears

Quote:

A pest control company which has been killing stray dogs in Sochi for years told The Associated Press on Monday that it has a contract to exterminate more of the animals throughout the Olympics.

Alexei Sorokin, director general of pest control firm Basya Services, said his company is involved in what he described as the "catching and disposing" of dogs. Sorokin refused to specify whether they shoot or poison dogs or say where they take the carcasses.

Thousands of stray dogs are roaming the streets of Sochi, Sorokin said, and some of them are "biting children."

Sorokin said he attended a rehearsal of the Olympic opening ceremony last week and saw a stray dog walking in on the performers.

"A dog ran into the Fisht Stadium, we took it away," he said. "God forbid something like this happens at the actual opening ceremony. This will be a disgrace for the whole country."

Stray dogs are not uncommon in Sochi and the surrounding area, and many tend to gather near construction sites where they are likely to get food and shelter from workers. They have even been able to get inside the Olympic Park.

Sorokin's company operates in the Krasnodar region, which encompasses Sochi and the neighboring area. Sorokin refused to say how many dogs they kill a year, calling it "a commercial secret."

Sergei Krivonosov, a lawmaker from the Krasnodar region, last year supported the dog culling.

Krivonosov said taking the dogs off the street was Russia's "responsibility to the international community and that their elimination is the quickest way to solve this problem." He conceded, however, that this is "not the most humane way" of dealing with the problem and said that authorities should encourage dog shelters.

Sochi city hall last year announced a contract "to catch and dispose" of stray dogs in Sochi but animal activists vehemently protested the move. Authorities pledged to give up the practice and build animal shelters for stray dogs instead.

Activists say there is no evidence that a shelter has been built. The city hall would not immediately respond to the AP's calls and emails seeking comment.

Shooting stray dogs has been common practice in many Russian regions despite activists' efforts to push authorities for more humane ways of dealing with the issue.

Buddy!

Haunted.

nooo

Cyanide

Russia.....

psychodj

RihannasVeryOwn

Do the dogs have rabies? Otherwise I see no reason to kill them

rihannabiggestfan

Florida who?

Changes

Goosey

Don't be daft, y'all have never experienced packs of stray dogs. This is normal.They are shot in Europe and America and wherever they may be. They are stray dogs.

A big deal out of nothing... trying to demonize Russians. How silly.

ItsJim

that's terrible!omg.

AMENHOOKER

Ascension

Quote:

Originally posted by Cyanide

Russia.....

The vast majority of the news that comes from that part of the world has me either

or

...I don't understand this.

I Am Music

Just make a ****ing shelter then.

Team_Minaj

Good, I hate stray dogs.

heidimontag

I hate this country

heidimontag

Quote:

Originally posted by Team_Minaj

Good, I hate stray dogs.

itsaphrodisi

But the dogs didn't do anything

ManDown

Russia is the new country to hate thanks to American media and government. There will be so many more news articles about things like this, until something major happens where we just have to go to war with Russia.

This happens in America, too. It's sad, really. I hate to see animals being harmed. But why is this news worthy? We need to worry about the animals in America being killed and homeless. Even PETA kills their animals.

Holy Fool

Just bump up the Olympic stadium's security for god's sake they're just dogs

Element

This country needs to just stop.