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19.04.2010, 09:54 2 comments

Illegal animal trade continues to plague Moscow

Keeping a cat or dog as a pet is nothing unusual in Russia, but for those who want a less common companion, there is a whole exotic black market for animals in Moscow.

30.04.2009, 10:42 1 comment

Outrageous animal cruelty shakes Kaliningrad

A string of attacks on animals in the Russian city of Kaliningrad has caused outcry among locals. The killings are thought to have been carried out by savage fighting dogs in training.

06.03.2009, 21:00

Russia gets tough on poachers

Residents of the Kosh-Agach region of Altay, in Russia’s Siberia, have decided to give up hunting animals for 10 years.

10.03.2009, 09:55

Eco-groups call for hunt on high profile poachers

Wild life activists in Russia are calling on the government to punish officials who they claim were poaching rare animals in Siberia. The practice only came to light after a helicopter carrying the hunters crashed.

10.05.2009, 01:33

Dog meat seller curbed

A dealer who for years has sold dog meat to Moscow restaurants was captured in the town of Oryol in Western Russia.

26.04.2010, 13:48 2 comments

Desperate gamekeeper takes his life after killing bear

A gamekeeper in the Russian region Udmurtia has committed suicide after he failed to pay a fine for killing a bear in the taiga.

AFP Photo / Grigory Sobchenko 17.01.2010, 14:39 3 comments

Slaughterhouse-N, or the Dogs Crusade

Stray animals have long been an unpleasant reality in Moscow. Now some are trying to resolve the problem with massive killings right on the city’s streets.

19.07.2010, 19:09 10 comments

Police find parasailing donkey

Police in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region have found the donkey that a leisure firm launched into the sky in a parasailing advertising stunt on July 15 and identified its owner.

Toozik at his arrival in the U.S. 20.10.2009, 10:48 9 comments

Disabled dog finds home in America

After being hit by a car, a dog called Toozik lost the use of his back legs. Thanks to the care of Russian vets, two wheels have given him a new lease of life, and that life has now taken him to America.

Cornerstone animal cruelty case begins in Moscow

Published: 02 September, 2009, 13:31


AFP Photo / Sergey Shakhidjanian

A Moscow court has begun hearing the case of a man accused of shooting stray dogs over the course of a year.

 
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