A dog in an enclosure on the territory of a homeless animal shelter . Archival photoMOSCOW, January 23 State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin after incidents with stray animals suggested introducing liability for officials responsible for the situation on the ground. Earlier, dogs killed a seven-year-old girl in the village of Domna in Transbaikalia. A criminal case has been initiated. The governor of Transbaikalia then announced that he would ask to change the federal law regulating the trapping of dogs. «This case exposed a problem that exists. Proposals began to be made to change federal legislation,» Volodin wrote on the Telegram channel. considers the problem a priority, while the number of stray dogs is increasing. «In this regard, it is right in this matter to introduce responsibility for officials responsible for the situation with stray animals on the ground,» he added. and local budgets need to «develop measures to support civil initiatives.» Such an initiative, he adds, could be exemption from land tax for private shelters, the purchase of food, sterilization or the allocation of a grant for the construction of places for keeping animals. we will work out proposals,» Volodin stated.
