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Petition: RUSSIA - OLYMPICS - STOP THE KILLING OF STRAY ANIMALS
Animals  (tags: Sochi, Russia, stray dogs and cats, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalcruelty, animalrights, animals, crime, death, dogs, cats, ethics, humans, killing, law, pets, protection, sadness, SIGN PETITION! )

Desanka
- 4 days ago - mesopinions.com
In preparation for 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, the municipality launched the campaign to exterminate all stray dogs and cats. Let us mobilize to prevent this massacre. SIGN TO SAVE LIVES!
15 comments
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Russian Olympic City Cancels Tender to Cull Strays!
Animals  (tags: GoodNews, Russia, Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalcruelty, animalrights, animals, dogs, cats, pets, cruelty, ethics, humans, killing, law, protection, society, GOOD NEWS! )

Desanka
- 17 days ago - rianovosti.com
RUSSIAN NEWS AGENCY Ria Novosti claims Sochi has dropped plans to exterminate all its strays ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Fingers crossed this is true, but let's keep up the pressure to show them the world is watching.
24 comments
SIGN PETITION!!!!!!Stop Animal Abuse in the Russian Federation-Activism-Online Petition
Animals  (tags: animalcruelty, animalrights, russia, sadness )

Magda
- 65 days ago - activism.com
We respectfully ask that you address the issue of the terrible treatment that is administered to the stray, ie homeless animals in the Russian Federation. This is barbaric and totally unacceptable.
56 comments
State of Emergency in Siberia: Russian Republic to Hunt Down 3,000 Wolves
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, wolves, killing, Russia, protection, suffering, death, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 132 days ago - rt.com
A Siberian republic has ordered more than 3,000 wolves to be killed in three months, due to increased attacks on livestock. Authorities declared a state of emergency and summoned hunting parties, promising six-figure rewards for the top hunters.
19 comments
18 Beluga Whales Need YOU! ACTION
Animals  (tags: whales, belugas, animalrights, endangered, Russia, Georgia, US, protection )

Nancy
- 239 days ago - peta2.com
The Georgia Aquarium has applied for a permit to import 18 wild-caught beluga whales from Russia as part of an initiative to breed them for exhibition at aquariums and marine parks across the country.
50 comments
Horrible Treatment of Bears in Tomsk (Russia)-Petiiton
Animals  (tags: bears, russia, tomsk, zoo )

Jutta
- 391 days ago - petitionbuzz.com
Please help to initiate an international call of support of the animals. I therefore petition mayor Nikolay Nikolaychukto and local governor Sergey Zhvachkin to immediately cancel Starkov's license and transfer the bears to a safe place.
22 comments
New Home for World's Rarest Wild Cat
Animals  (tags: endangered, protection, wildanimals, amur leopard, Russia )

Nancy
- 396 days ago - worldwildlife.org
Just around 30 Amur leopards are believed to still exist in the wild. Today, the majority of the species has found a haven in the newly established Land of the Leopard National Park in Russia's Far East.
27 comments
Stop Vanity Tattoos for Cats in Russia ACTION
Animals  (tags: cats, Russia, animal tattoos, animal cruelty, suffering, animals )

Nancy
- 443 days ago - forcechange.com
Cats are sedated for hours at a time and given elaborate tattoos, causing them unnecessary pain and putting them at risk for infection. Tell the Russian government to outlaw this dangerous new trend.
38 comments
Major Victory as Russia Bans Trade in Harp Seal Skins!
Animals  (tags: GoodNews, Russia, seals, shut-down, animalwelfare, animalrights, wildlife )

BarbKnigh
- 517 days ago - ifaw.org
I'm thrilled to tell you that the door to one of the largest markets for seal products has now been slammed shut - the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan, and the Russian Federation has banned the the import and export of harp seal skins.
96 comments
Death Knell for the Canadian Seal Hunt: Russia Bans Trade in Harp Seal Pelts
Animals  (tags: animalrights, animals, animalwelfare, environment, GoodNews, wildanimals, seals, russia )

Paola
- 517 days ago - legalaction4animalrights.net
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is applauding the news that Belarus, Kazakhstan, and the Russian Federation have banned the import and export of harp seal skins.
30 comments
Protect Russia's Animals!!! TAKE ACTION!
Animals  (tags: russia, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, cats, cruelty, death, dogs, humans, killing, pets, law, protection, suffering )

Lindsey
- 579 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
The situation with outcasts is getting worse every day. They are considered to be trash and dog hunters are killing them cruelly with a strong belief that they are cleaning streets.
40 comments
Moscow Activists Demand Protection For Stray Dogs
Animals  (tags: dogs, animalrights, Russia, protection, Moscow, Dmitry Medvedev, stray dogs )

Naoko
- 581 days ago - mdn.mainichi.jp
Animal rights activists urged Russia's president Wednesday to reject a plan by Moscow authorities to send 26,000 stray dogs to a facility outside the city that critics say will be cramped, spread disease and mean certain deaths for many of the canines.
8 comments
ACTION ALERT: No More Animal Cruelty At Circuses ! PLEASE SIGN !
Animals  (tags: animals, welfare, anti cruelty laws, animal circuses, russia, animal protection )

Simone
- 588 days ago - theanimalrescuesite.com
Russia does not have any federal animal cruelty laws, and that's why we need to come to the rescue of these poor circus animals. Write to the Russian government asking them to enact federal anti animal cruelty laws so performing animals don't suffer.
51 comments
ACTION ALERT: Tell Moscow Mayor S.Sobyanin to Prevent the Deportation of Dogs! PLEASE SIGN !
Animals  (tags: russia, moscow mayor, controversy, stray dogs, disappear, killed, authorities, outrage )

Simone
- 612 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Everyone knows that the deportation of dogs from Moscow shelters to the Yaroslavl Region - away from human eyes - would mean killing them, as a tenth of dogs, at best, will get there alive, and no one will ever see the rest of them ...
27 comments
Woman Swims Naked With Beluga Whales Beneath the Waves
Animals  (tags: Beluga Whales, threatened globally, Arctic, Cook Inlet, endangered species, narwhal, Russia, diving, natalia avseenko, photographer Viktor Lyagushkin, aquariums, animalwelfare, conservation, ethics )

Rosemary
- 694 days ago - environmentalgraffiti.com
As white whales frolic beneath the waves, a strange presence becomes apparent in their midst: a woman is swimming naked beside their flukes in the icy cold waters of Russia's White Sea. She cavorts with the whales, an alien in an underwater world ...
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