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Russian Ambassador to Australia

His Excellency Mr Alexander V. Blokhin
Russian Ambassador to Australia
Russian Embassy
78 Canberra Avenue
GRIFFITH ACT 2603

Email:rusembassy@lightingpl.net.au
rusemb@dynamite.com.au
rusconsul@lightningpl.net.au

Fax: +61 6 6295-1847

Dear Ambassador As you undoubtedly know, there is no Federal Act to protect animals from cruelty in Russia. Extermination is today the only official way of dealing with stray animals practiced by the government of the majority of Russian cities and towns. In the run-up to the July summit, St Petersburg authorities exterminated street animals – both strays and not – with utmost cruelty. This ongoing effort is administered by Spetstrans, a Government-run unitary company that reports to City Hall’s Committee on Roads and Improvement. Spetstrans staffers exterminate street animals on the spot using dithylinum (succinyl choline), a powerful curare type poison banned everywhere in the civilised world. Dithylinum paralyses the respiratory system, so the animal dies slowly and silently of asphyxiation, experiencing great suffering and agony, which may last up to an hour. The City has earmarked 2,237,000 rubles ($US83,000) more this year for animal extermination (under the guise of “control”) than last year. From July, the “catching” of strays using dithylinum, is officially forbidden but Spetstrans goes on “working”. It is absolutely evident that Spetstrans staffers who have been practicing cruel extermination of strays for many years are not able catch them in a humane way. This must be done by some other company. After many years of fighting cruelty towards animals, animal rights activists in September 2005 finally convinced St Petersburg City Hall to adopt a Policy on Stray Animals in St Petersburg, replacing extermination with more humane control methods such as sterilisation, pounds, and returning animals to their former habitats after social adaptation. The head of the Veterinary Authority, Mr Yuri Andreev is, however, a proud animal hater who makes no effort to hide how much he hates homeless animals. He insists that he will not allow the return of sterilised animals to their former habitats after social adaptation. This means that the city authorities continue to kill after the Summit because the pound they’ve promised to open at Bolshoi Smolensky Prospekt in August is not enough for such a big city as St Peterburg. We are shocked to learn that the militia (Russian police) received an order to kill stray dogs on the spot near Konstantinovsky Palace, the Summit venue. This practice makes Russia unworthy of being called a “civilized” country. Please, use all your authorities to stop genocide of stray animals in Russia in general, and in St Petersburg in particular. Yours Sincerely Name, City, Country, Date, Email Address

Australian Ambassador to Russia

His Excellency Mr Robert Tyson
Australian Ambassador to Russia
Australian Embassy
10A/2 Podkolokolny per
Moscow 109028, Russia

Email: dima-moscow@dfat.gov.au
postmaster@australianembassy.ru

Fax: +7 495 956 6170

Dear Ambassador You may or may not be aware that Russia has no Federal Act to protect animals from cruelty. Extermination is today the only official way of dealing with stray animals practiced by the government of the majority of Russian cities and towns. In the run-up to the July summit, St Petersburg authorities exterminated street animals – both strays and not – with utmost cruelty. This ongoing effort is administered by Spetstrans, a Government-run unitary company that reports to City Hall’s Committee on Roads and Improvement. Spetstrans staffers exterminate street animals on the spot using dithylinum (succinyl choline), a powerful curare type poison banned everywhere in the civilised world. Dithylinum paralyses the respiratory system, so the animal dies slowly and silently of asphyxiation, experiencing great suffering and agony, which may last up to an hour. The City has earmarked 2,237,000 rubles ($US83,000) more this year for animal extermination (under the guise of “control”) than last year. From July, the “catching” of strays using dithylinum, is officially forbidden but Spetstrans goes on “working”. It is absolutely evident that Spetstrans staffers who have been practicing cruel extermination of strays for many years are not able catch them in a humane way. This must be done by some other company. After many years of fighting cruelty towards animals, animal rights activists in September 2005 finally convinced St Petersburg City Hall to adopt a Policy on Stray Animals in St Petersburg, replacing extermination with more humane control methods such as sterilisation, pounds, and returning animals to their former habitats after social adaptation. The head of the Veterinary Authority, Mr Yuri Andreev is, however, a proud animal hater who makes no effort to hide how much he hates homeless animals. He insists that he will not allow the return of sterilised animals to their former habitats after social adaptation. This means that the city authorities continue to kill after the Summit because the pound they’ve promised to open at Bolshoi Smolensky Prospekt in August is not enough for such a big city as St Peterburg. We are shocked to learn that the militia (Russian police) received an order to kill stray dogs on the spot near Konstantinovsky Palace, the Summit venue. These practices make Russia unworthy of being called a “civilized” country. You are Australia’s representative to the Russian Government and its authority bodies. As such, I ask you to do EVERYTHING in your power to urge the Russian Government to stop these unevolved, medieval and barbaric practices. Immediately. I respectfully request your response to my email. Yours Sincerely Name, City, Country, Date, Email Address

President of the Russian Federation

Please send an email and a registered letter to the President of Russia via the Governor of St Petersburg, Mrs Valentina Matvienko.

Please note, sending a letter to Russia is more effective than an email. However, an email will still be seen and so is still worth sending, if you can't send a letter, or both.

Please sign and date your correspondence, and include your name and postal address.

If you're sending an email or fax only, please send to:

Mrs Valentina Matvienko
Governor of St Petersburg

Email: gubernator@gov.spb.ru.

Fax:
(0015) 7 812 576 7827 or
(0015) 7 812 576 7955.

If you're sending a registered letter, please post to:

President of the Russian Federation
Staraya Ploshad 4
103000 Moscow
RUSSIA

Click here to read the verbatim translation from Russian to English, using Yahoo's Babelfish translation tool. (Note: Russian, like many languages, does not translate in a perfectly sensical way, if translated word by word).

"In March the unknown sadists used this dog for boxing. His feet were tied to the branch of the tree, he was hanging with his head first. All his body was covered with bruisses. He was dying. Animal rights activists found him by chance and brought him to a clinic of Yuri Mikityuk. The dag was saved. Our Militia (Russian police) are not looking for the sadists. The Article 245 of the Russian Penal Code, Cruely Towards Animals, exists on paper only."

"In March Spetstrans came to kill this puppy and his family that were living in the basement of the house 14/4 Bulvar Razvedchika two times. Twice the people who took care of them managed to save them. At last they found owners for all the puppies. It was very difficult to do. In St. Petersburg, there is no pound to adopt such puppies."