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STRAY DOGS IN A MEGAPOLIS

Brief report on videomonitoring of stray dogs in Moscow

Topic 6.
A large percentage of stray dogs and homeless cats: gets injured, is in a state of stress, is handled in an inhumane fashion, experiences suffering, pain, fear, dies an excruciating death, propagates in an uncontrolled manner and disappears in an uncontrolled manner.
Section 6.2
The percentage of injured and deseased stray dogs is high.
The high rate of injury and deseases among stray dogs as well as evidence of stray dog corpses on the carriage-way, plus the cases of killing of stray dogs by people indicate that stray dogs experience suffering and pain, which does not meet the European standards and requirements to the conditions of humane handling of pet animals and of humane regulation of their population, formulated, inter alia, by the European Convention for the Protection of Pet Animals.

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