Leninsky District Court in Minsk sentenced the Director of Housing and Utilities Administration № 82, Elena Makhnitskaya, to a two-day administrative arrest for abusive handling of animals. On August 5, 2009 workers of Housing and Utilities Administration № 82 immured cats and kittens in the basement of house № 12 in Rokossovskogo Avenue, Minsk. One of the kittens died. Animal protectors submitted an application to Leninsky District Administration, appealing for an administrative procedure (Clause 15.45 of Administrative Offences Code of the...

Those who have at least once visited the temporary shelter «Fauna Goroda», located in Gurskogo Str., will never forget their visit. It seems that no person that has seen the eyes of the animals, full of despair and hope, will be left untouched. But it has turned out that there is such a person, and the irony of it is that he is the director of the temporary shelter. A brief lead-in: since the new director of Municipal Animal Control Organization «Fauna Goroda» А.V. Tamashevsky entered the office on January 19, 2009, volunteers have been sending letters to...

In retaliation for the criticism aired in «X-Zone» programme (click to watch), the director of «Fauna Goroda» gave instructions to euthanize the pets patronized by volunteers. Animal protectors are once again appealing to Minsk citizens with a request to save the remaining animals. «Е», just like many other editions, has already raised the problems facing Minsk enterprise «Fauna Goroda» with the arrival of the new director. The deplorable situation, which was earlier associated with capturing and keeping stray and lost animals...

Volunteers of Minsk Municipal Temporary Shelter for Animals "Fauna Goroda" approached mass media with an open letter, in which they appeal to general public to render assistance in settling the current state of affairs at the enterprise. The proclamation was signed by more than eleven hundred people. As the proclamation puts it, the "critical" situation at "Fauna Goroda" took shape after the new director Alexander Tamashevsky entered into service on January 19. "The arrival of the new director put paid to all animal protection activities, volunteer...

The changes introduced by the new administration of the organization which deals with capturing and keeping stray animals are becoming more and more frightening. «Е» has already written about the threat which was looming over the inmates of «Fauna Goroda» last week. As it transpired, it was only the first sign of the approaching disaster. First, the dogs that had been sterilized and needed special care were shifted to the cold outdoor cages. Then, the new director flatly prohibited sterilization of the inmates at «Fauna Goroda», even if carried out...