In Orenburg, a flock of stray dogs bitten and killed a child. In this respect reported Press service of the regional department of the Investigative Committee.
“On April 16, the body of a minor boy with cuts and bite wounds was found near the garage cooperative on Koltsevaya Street in the Orenburg Industrial District,” the report says.
The investigation is now evaluating the actions of officials responsible for arranging a series of measures to capture stray animals in the city, including those of a contractor.
A criminal case was initiated under Part 2 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (negligence, negligence resulting in the death of a person), paragraph “c”, part 2 Art. 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (provision of services that do not meet safety requirements, resulting in the death of a person due to negligence).
Details of the tragedy were not reported by the UK. However, local media are publishing photos from where the body was found. They show the boy lying on the ground with bloody footprints behind him – apparently the boy was trying to escape from a pack of dogs.
Details of what happened appeared on social networks and Telegram channels. The boy was walking with the other children not far from the garage co-op. A flock of stray dogs, consisting of six to nine individuals, followed them. The victim tried to escape from the animals, but they caught him among the garages, knocked him down and bit him badly. The boy died before the ambulance arrived.
The boy looks about seven years old. Now law enforcement is looking for his family. According to the witness, first a dog on a leash and chain rushed to the children, and then several more animals joined him.
“The identity of the boy has not yet been established. The true cause of death has not been established. Law enforcement learns about his identity, parents and the circumstances of his death. All information will be known after the Orenburg mayor’s office, investigative measures and the conclusion of the forensic examination, ”he added, adding that the head of the city administration was aware of what had happened. .
According to this kp.ru, the problem of stray dogs continues to be relevant for Orenburg for many years. The question of creating a municipal animal shelter was repeatedly raised, but it was never built. There is a private shelter in the city, which exists only with donations and the efforts of volunteers and is about to close.
Only the third time the Orenburg mayor’s office was able to hold a tender and conclude a contract for trapping homeless animals – none of the contractors wanted to take on these obligations.
Residents of the area where the boy died complained to local journalists that herds of stray animals were constantly noticed there. And this isn’t the first time dogs have attacked humans. They gather in flocks of up to 20 individuals.
“No matter how much they write or how much they search, it doesn’t make any sense. They come to catch from 6-10 people, as they say on the phone. I personally accompanied the children going to school on the street. It was impossible to pass by, ”Zhukovsky wrote on social networks, one of the residents of Orenburg.
One of the local residents said that an aggressive pet shepherd was constantly running around the area and collecting a lot of other dogs.
First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Ecology Committee Vladimir Burmatov said in an interview with socialbites.ca that, according to Russian law, the release of aggressive stray animals from the shelter after capture is prohibited. He also recalled that a year ago, against the background of several similar cases, the federal center delegated additional powers to regions to combat dog attacks on humans.
“Districts have the right to prohibit self-walking so that owner animals do not breed, because their offspring fill an army of stray animals. Adopt regional laws to protect the life and health of citizens from stray animals,” Burmatov explained.
He believes that if measures were not taken to catch and place the dogs in the shelter, the targeted expenditure of the budget funds allocated for this should be controlled.
“Maybe money was stolen, as in Astrakhan, where there is also a tragic story. Then it turned out that they stole the 28 million rubles allocated for it, ”the deputy added. According to Burmatov, authorities often consider fighting stray dogs a secondary task, but it has the same function as road repair.
In early April, Burmatov’s colleague in the State Duma, Deputy Sardana Avksentyeva, launched a vote on social networks, where she invited Russians to choose what to do with stray dogs. 54% of respondents voted to give people the right to decide for themselves how they deal with stray animals. The current practice (capture, inoculation, sterilization and release) was only supported by 19%.