The sorry bastards-in-power in Sochi have ordered the murder of 1000s of stray dogs

[kpete]

Sochi City Hall Orders Killing Of Stray Dogs

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SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Thousands of stray dogs have been living amid the mud and rubble of Olympic construction sites, roaming the streets and snowy mountainsides, and begging for scraps of food.

But as the games drew near, authorities have turned to a company to catch and kill the animals so they don't bother Sochi's new visitors — or even wander into an Olympic event.

Alexei Sorokin, director general of pest control firm Basya Services, told The Associated Press that his companyhad a contract to exterminate the animals throughout the Olympics, which open Friday.

Sorokin described his company as being involved in the "catching and disposing" of dogs, although he refused to specify how the dogs would be killed or say where they would take the carcasses.


http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/sochi-orders-killing-of-dogs

[NYC_SKP]

1. I never really cared for the olympics, as they've been run. It's just a commercial joke, IMO.

A ploy, and excuse to make money, the actual events are incidental to the economic angle.

Fuck Sochi, and fuck them all.

[TwilightGardener]

2. Obviously they're afraid of bad PR due to their stray problem.

This will help...

[Gidney N Cloyd]

3. Sochi seems to be a clusterfuck even beyond past olympic clusterfucks.

If we have to go on with this charade every 4 years then we need to pick a permanent winter and summer site and put the athletes back in the spotlight and less of the horseshit we always seem to get.

[SMC22307]

4. Those poor dogs.

This sickens me.