Cornerstone animal cruelty case begins in Moscow
Published: 02 September, 2009, 13:31
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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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.
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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.
Residents of the Kosh-Agach region of Altay, in Russia’s Siberia, have decided to give up hunting animals for 10 years.
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A gamekeeper in the Russian region Udmurtia has committed suicide after he failed to pay a fine for killing a bear in the taiga.
17.01.2010, 14:39
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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
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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.
20.10.2009, 10:48
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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.
Published: 02 September, 2009, 13:31
A Moscow court has begun hearing the case of a man accused of shooting stray dogs over the course of a year.