Doghunring – a particular phenomenon of modern Russia. In 2011 this movement got
an official support when St.Petersburg authorities invited doghunters to
eliminate street dogs and cats, and promised to pay 800 rubles (about 20 €) for
each … dog’s or cat’s head. What kind of authorities we have which cooperate
with people who enjoy cutting off dogs’ and cats’ heads? This year the wave of doghunters’ activity
got a new force. Only in Moscow more than a thousand dogs were killed. Recently
a internationally well known dog-diver
was poisoned in Vladivostok.
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| Bonifaciy - a dog-diver His master Sergey Gorbunov |
It seems at a first glance that doghunters are
maniacs and sadists. It is true. However, a few questions emerged relating to
these dramatic events. Poisons – each year more and more sophisticated – are
rather expensive, poison is put into meat, which is also rather expensive. All
the activity is well organized and needs a lot of time. Doghunters have weapons.
Who stands behind the scene? Where is the inexhaustible financial source? And
why the police does not even make an effort to stop this inhumane activity? And – the final question – whether dogs and
cats are the key goal of these actions? Or the poor creatures are only the
instruments for reaching some other purpose?
