Dogs in an enclosure at a homeless animal shelter. Archival photoKRASNOYARSK, January 25 The authorities of Buryatia banned the return of stray large and dangerous dogs to the wild after catching, the press service of the government of the republic reports. On Sunday, the head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin instructed to prepare ideas on how to legally people from stray dogs. Recently, there have been several attacks of stray dogs on people. The most resonant of them was the incident in the village of Domna in Transbaikalia, where on Saturday animals killed a seven-year-old girl. On Monday, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said that the State Duma, together with the regions, animal rights activists and regulatory authorities, will prepare amendments to the legislation during February that will solve the problem of attacks by stray dogs on people. the health of residents of the republic from stray dogs. A ban has been established on the return to their former habitats of animals caught and received in shelters without owners included in the list of potentially dangerous dogs, including their mestizos, as well as animals without owners with a height of more than 25 centimeters at the withers», The press service said that the list of potentially dangerous dogs was approved by the Government of the Russian Federation. The Regional Ministry of Agriculture was instructed to bring into line the regulations on the operation of shelters and the procedure for the implementation of activities for the treatment of animals without owners by February 7. It is reported that the head of Buryatia, Alexei Tsydenov, supported the initiative of the Governor of the Trans-Baikal Territory, Alexander Osipov, to amend the federal law on catching neglected animals.
