Sochi culling stray dogs ahead of Olympics

[Holly_Hobby]

SOCHI — The city of Sochi has quietly hired a private company to kill as many of its stray dogs as possible ahead of the upcoming Winter Olympics, ABC News has learned. The city’s move came after it publicly backed off plans to do so last year amid outrage from animal rights groups.

The owner of the company, Alexei Sorokin, told ABC News by phone that he did not know how many dogs his company has culled so far and would not say when it was hired by the city of Sochi. He suggested the strays posed a threat to the games.

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Sorokin said his company generally uses poisons and traps, but denied suggestions of animal cruelty. He said his company is the largest of its kind in Russia, but the practice of hunting stray dogs has become common throughout the country.

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“Let’s call things by their real name. These dogs are biological trash,” he said.

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http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/01/sochi-culling-stray-dogs-ahead-of-the-olympics/

I understand the rabies threat, but isn't there another answer? My heart hurts.

[tblue]

1. NOOOOOOO!!!!

I hope the rescue orgs there are stepping up their game and getting more doggies off the street. You can't just murder doggies!!!!

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. poor dogs

[msongs]

3. perhaps the "animal rights groups" can come get these poor dogs & give them a home nt

[Holly_Hobby]

4. Kick n/t