To: Vladimir Putin, president of the Russian Federation State Duma of the Russian Federation ministrer of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation PETITION AGAINST HOUNDING We- the citizens of Russia- appeal to the world society and ask to support our demand for the ban of hounding – the training of hunting dogs for killing living animals allowed by the Russian legislation. it is real sadism and obscurantism. There are lots of training centers in Russia, where the prisoners - wild animals, are kept and victimized. They are bitten and torn up by hunting dogs for money .The hounding is a kind of business. Foxes , bears, raccoons, wolves, boars, badgers, squirrels, hares, martens and their cubs are sacrificed, as well as other animals , lions, for example, for people hunting in other countries. The federal legislation allows training on living animals all the year round, and does not mention the biological special features of the animals. They live in hell. They are kept in tight, dirty cages with their excrements. The cages are so small that the animals can hardly move or change their positions. They are so hungry that they do not have enough strength to protect themselves against the dogs. They only leave their cages to be bitten or tortured by dogs. If they are wounded or crippled, they are not cured but used for dogs training again and again till they die from wounds, shock, or are shot like a thing without which can’t be used for this bloody “school”. These training centers are advertised as very thorough for training hunting dogs on living preys, even if they are not going to be used for hunting. This sadism is advertised in hunting books, hunting websites etc. For the bringing up of dogs and the development of aggressiveness, they recommend to use stray cats and fox cubs at first. The hunting dogs «trainings” take place not in training centers only. After a female bear or a female fox has been killed, they recommend to train the dogs on killing their cubs. In the book “ “Hunting dog breeding” written by V. Leontiev this is recommended: “On a forest meadow they should bind a wolf. A hunter with helpers delivers and holds a pack of dogs 100 steps away from a wolf. The pack surveys the rushing wolf and attacts it. The hunter comes to the pack and encourages the dogs: “Take it, take it!” (=it means “Tear it) After they have finished with the wolf the dogs should be kept attached…… two days later, the hunting should be repeated on another wolf without 2 or3 of the most aggressive dogs as the less aggressive dogs could tear the wolf up (=fix him).” They put a wooden stick into the mouth of the wolf and bind the mouth. They use 8-10 month old wolves. In the “Great Encyclopedie of the Hunt” (Ripol Classic, Moscow, 2010) they recommend to train a puppy for the hunt on animals burrows. “ At first, they use a fox with bound mouth and bound back legs with a rope. Then, the fox is pushed with a stick into a burrow, till the hunter commands : “Look!”… The puppy will find the animal and begin to bark at the command “Take it!” Soon, the dog will start to tear the fox up”. The more aggressive and more malicious the dog is the more valuable it is and is used for breeding. The hunters conduct competitions among the hunting dogs where the hounding animals are attacked during several days. For example, if a laika bites the back legs of bears – they are the most soft and sensitive places for the bear- the better the laika is. Russian Kynological Federation wrote hounding rules for each dog breed on all wild animals which are used as an object for hunting. There is not a single word in the Russian legislation about how the wild animals should be treated and kept. The tragic story of the small bear Motya is known worldwide. He was an Ursus Arctos Isabellinus- a rare subspecies of the brown bear, declared critically endangered in the Red List of 3 states and in the List if CITIES . The Perm zoo garden (in the town of Perm) sold this 2-years old bear to hunters what is a common thing there.. In the document made by veterinary inspectors, is written about Motya: The bear examined by us has a height of an one-year-old brown bear, disproportionate development (a big head and a small little body with undeveloped muscles of the pelvis ), below normal fatness. Because of the small size of the cage and the lack of daily cleaning, the bear is wet and soiled with excrements. This bear is growing up in constrained conditions and is obviously exhausted intentionally, so that it is easier to handle and use him. He is used as a mean for training hunting breeds dogs, which is not in contradiction with hunting rules... Thousands of people and many organizations fought for his rescue. In vain. Motya was martyred to death in the hunting torture-chambers near Perm. At his place, a young female brown bear suffers now ……... Russian people, well-known scientists and artists expressed their opinions against the hunting law and the hunting rules which legalize the hounding. They required and require – the hounding should be banned. In 2013, 2 petitions against hounding were signed in Russia. However, public opinion is not taken into account in Russia. The government, officials and prosecutors write absurd, meaningless and incompetent answers. The officials hunt on the animals which are in the Red List from helicopters with impunity , shout females with cubs. In the Far Eastern of Russia the slaughtering of the brown bears, Asian bears, Amur tigers take place and their dead parts are sent to China. Bear is a symbol of Russia. The brown bear is included in IUNCH Red List as species in danger. Russia is a member here. In the Bern Convention about the protection of the wild fauna, flora and nature environments in Europe, the bears (Ursidae) are included. Russia is an observer here. In the Convention CITES brown bears is in Appendice II. Russia is a site here since 1992. Bears are tortured at many biting stations . In the year of the Olympic Games 2014 in Sochi, we remember the symbol of the Olympic Games in 1980 in Moscow – the female bear Katya who was as a jester in the circus and who has been living without being able to move in a very tight cage in an old rusty bus, without light or ventilation. The famous bear Masha, who worked for many years in a circus, has been torn up by hunting dogs in the biting center of Fryazevo near Moscow. We ask you to require of Russia the total legislative ban of hounding and the closure of the biting centers. BALTIC ANIMAL CARE, Saint-Petersburg The photo of the IA TASS To: Vladimir Putin, president of the Russian Federation State Duma of the Russian Federation ministrer of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation PETITION AGAINST HOUNDING We- the citizens of Russia- appeal to the world society and ask to support our demand for the ban of hounding – the training of hunting dogs for killing living animals allowed by the Russian legislation. it is real sadism and obscurantism. There are lots of training centers in Russia, where the prisoners - wild animals, are kept and victimized. They are bitten and torn up by hunting dogs for money .The hounding is a kind of business. Foxes , bears, raccoons, wolves, boars, badgers, squirrels, hares, martens and their cubs are sacrificed, as well as other animals , lions, for example, for people hunting in other countries. The federal legislation allows training on living animals all the year round, and does not mention the biological special features of the animals. They live in hell. They are kept in tight, dirty cages with their excrements. The cages are so small that the animals can hardly move or change their positions. They are so hungry that they do not have enough strength to protect themselves against the dogs. They only leave their cages to be bitten or tortured by dogs. If they are wounded or crippled, they are not cured but used for dogs training again and again till they die from wounds, shock, or are shot like a thing without which can’t be used for this bloody “school”. These training centers are advertised as very thorough for training hunting dogs on living preys, even if they are not going to be used for hunting. This sadism is advertised in hunting books, hunting websites etc. For the bringing up of dogs and the development of aggressiveness, they recommend to use stray cats and fox cubs at first. The hunting dogs «trainings” take place not in training centers only. After a female bear or a female fox has been killed, they recommend to train the dogs on killing their cubs. In the book “ “Hunting dog breeding” written by V. Leontiev this is recommended: “On a forest meadow they should bind a wolf. A hunter with helpers delivers and holds a pack of dogs 100 steps away from a wolf. The pack surveys the rushing wolf and attacts it. The hunter comes to the pack and encourages the dogs: “Take it, take it!” (=it means “Tear it) After they have finished with the wolf the dogs should be kept attached…… two days later, the hunting should be repeated on another wolf without 2 or3 of the most aggressive dogs as the less aggressive dogs could tear the wolf up (=fix him).” They put a wooden stick into the mouth of the wolf and bind the mouth. They use 8-10 month old wolves. In the “Great Encyclopedie of the Hunt” (Ripol Classic, Moscow, 2010) they recommend to train a puppy for the hunt on animals burrows. “ At first, they use a fox with bound mouth and bound back legs with a rope. Then, the fox is pushed with a stick into a burrow, till the hunter commands : “Look!”… The puppy will find the animal and begin to bark at the command “Take it!” Soon, the dog will start to tear the fox up”. The more aggressive and more malicious the dog is the more valuable it is and is used for breeding. The hunters conduct competitions among the hunting dogs where the hounding animals are attacked during several days. For example, if a laika bites the back legs of bears – they are the most soft and sensitive places for the bear- the better the laika is. Russian Kynological Federation wrote hounding rules for each dog breed on all wild animals which are used as an object for hunting. There is not a single word in the Russian legislation about how the wild animals should be treated and kept. The tragic story of the small bear Motya is known worldwide. He was an Ursus Arctos Isabellinus- a rare subspecies of the brown bear, declared critically endangered in the Red List of 3 states and in the List if CITIES . The Perm zoo garden (in the town of Perm) sold this 2-years old bear to hunters what is a common thing there.. In the document made by veterinary inspectors, is written about Motya: The bear examined by us has a height of an one-year-old brown bear, disproportionate development (a big head and a small little body with undeveloped muscles of the pelvis ), below normal fatness. Because of the small size of the cage and the lack of daily cleaning, the bear is wet and soiled with excrements. This bear is growing up in constrained conditions and is obviously exhausted intentionally, so that it is easier to handle and use him. He is used as a mean for training hunting breeds dogs, which is not in contradiction with hunting rules... Thousands of people and many organizations fought for his rescue. In vain. Motya was martyred to death in the hunting torture-chambers near Perm. At his place, a young female brown bear suffers now ……... Russian people, well-known scientists and artists expressed their opinions against the hunting law and the hunting rules which legalize the hounding. They required and require – the hounding should be banned. In 2013, 2 petitions against hounding were signed in Russia. However, public opinion is not taken into account in Russia. The government, officials and prosecutors write absurd, meaningless and incompetent answers. The officials hunt on the animals which are in the Red List from helicopters with impunity , shout females with cubs. In the Far Eastern of Russia the slaughtering of the brown bears, Asian bears, Amur tigers take place and their dead parts are sent to China. Bear is a symbol of Russia. The brown bear is included in IUNCH Red List as species in danger. Russia is a member here. In the Bern Convention about the protection of the wild fauna, flora and nature environments in Europe, the bears (Ursidae) are included. Russia is an observer here. In the Convention CITES brown bears is in Appendice II. Russia is a site here since 1992. Bears are tortured at many biting stations . In the year of the Olympic Games 2014 in Sochi, we remember the symbol of the Olympic Games in 1980 in Moscow – the female bear Katya who was as a jester in the circus and who has been living without being able to move in a very tight cage in an old rusty bus, without light or ventilation. The famous bear Masha, who worked for many years in a circus, has been torn up by hunting dogs in the biting center of Fryazevo near Moscow. We ask you to require of Russia the total legislative ban of hounding and the closure of the biting centers. BALTIC ANIMAL CARE, Saint-Petersburg The photo of the IA TASS
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