Russia killing strays ahead of the World Cup

[Catherine]

Just like the Sochi Games, the World Cup has triggered a rush of cleanup jobs in various Russian cities. One of the biggest jobs is cleaning up the stray dog problem. The local governments pay companies to kill the dogs. Inhumane methods are acceptable and are routinely used. None of this is against the law in Russia. The same companies that were criticized during the Sochi games are being awarded contracts again.
The only thing that helped protect dogs in Sochi was outside publicity. So once again we are making a stray dog atrocity public.

https://deadspin.com/the-world-cup-is-co...1826012469

I am sure we will find other articles and petitions. I will keep looking. Be sure to pass this on. The countries going to the games should know and should be protesting this. I hope the players themselves become aware and try to do something. This kind of cull is never acceptable.

https://themoscowtimes.com/articles/as-f...dogs-61228


https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-stray-dog...76479.html

I found the petition.

https://www.change.org/p/stop-killing-ho...-fifa-2018

We should have known to look for this sooner.