Homeless Animals Poisoned to Death in Ukraine
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Animal rights activists in Ukraine are calling on the government to act to bring down the spate of lethal animal poisonings there. The number of poisonings has grown rapidly in recent years and some activists see the construction of more animal shelters as a key part of the solution.
Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, has recently seen a dramatic jump in the number of animals poisoned to death.
Residents of one district in Kyiv are calling in between 6 and 8 such cases to the Humane Society every day.
That's a major jump from a few years ago, when they reported only one case in three months.
[Asia Sierpinskaya, President, Kyiv Society of Animal Welfare]:
"Poisoning with isoniazid has become increasingly poвpular. This is a drug that is freely available in all pharmacies. It is also called tubazid. For people it's a medicine, but for animals it's a terrible poison. The animal dies within 30 minutes in horrible pain: the bloody foam, terrible cramps."
It is impossible to determine who's poisoning the animals, but animal-welfare advocates blame the government for the problem.
They say that the authorities have not built additional animal shelters.
And if things don't change, animal-welfare activists promise protests.
[Tamara Tarnavsky, President, Society for Animal Welfare «SOS»]:
"If the government does not heed the opinion of animal rights defenders and the normal citizens in this country and abroad, we will initiate a broad protest abroad at Ukrainian embassies in European capitals."
The city runs only one shelter. But animals rights activists set up and manage such facilities by themselves.
Asia Sierpinskaya has been running an animal shelter in a village near Kyiv on her own for over 10 years.
And she's been footing the bill for it herself.
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Animal rights activists in Ukraine are calling on the government to act to bring down the spate of lethal animal poisonings there. The number of poisonings has grown rapidly in recent years and some activists see the construction of more animal shelters as a key part of the solution.
Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, has recently seen a dramatic jump in the number of animals poisoned to death.
Residents of one district in Kyiv are calling in between 6 and 8 such cases to the Humane Society every day.
That's a major jump from a few years ago, when they reported only one case in three months.
[Asia Sierpinskaya, President, Kyiv Society of Animal Welfare]:
"Poisoning with isoniazid has become increasingly poвpular. This is a drug that is freely available in all pharmacies. It is also called tubazid. For people it's a medicine, but for animals it's a terrible poison. The animal dies within 30 minutes in horrible pain: the bloody foam, terrible cramps."
It is impossible to determine who's poisoning the animals, but animal-welfare advocates blame the government for the problem.
They say that the authorities have not built additional animal shelters.
And if things don't change, animal-welfare activists promise protests.
[Tamara Tarnavsky, President, Society for Animal Welfare «SOS»]:
"If the government does not heed the opinion of animal rights defenders and the normal citizens in this country and abroad, we will initiate a broad protest abroad at Ukrainian embassies in European capitals."
The city runs only one shelter. But animals rights activists set up and manage such facilities by themselves.
Asia Sierpinskaya has been running an animal shelter in a village near Kyiv on her own for over 10 years.
And she's been footing the bill for it herself.
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