Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin. File photoMOSCOW, Jan 23Chairman of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin instructed to prepare proposals for changing the legislation due to cases of death of people after attacks by stray dogs, according to the agency's website. similar incidents in different regions and work out proposals for improving the current legislation in order to increase the safety of the population and exclude such facts,» the message says.The head of the administration of Chita supported the idea to change the law on trapping dogs a legal assessment is already being given to the actions or inaction of employees of local administrations and organizations responsible for trapping neglected animals. On Saturday, in the village of Domna, Chita district, the body of a seven-year-old girl was found with traces of animal attacks. Presumably, the child was bitten by stray dogs, Bastrykin instructed to report to him on the progress of the investigation. The Governor of the Trans-Baikal Territory, Alexander Osipov, said that he would raise the issue of changing the federal law governing the trapping of stray animals. According to him, now the document has flaws in the law that do not allow «to remove dogs from the streets of settlements.» The press service of the head of the region said that an additional bus would be allocated in Domna to transport people to school, and issues with unlit streets and dogs in the village would be resolved in the near future. The head of Transbaikalia will ask to change the law on trapping stray animals
