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    Posted June 10, 2012 by
    Cierpinski
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    Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
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    Eye on Poland

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    Ukrainian animal rights activists protest during EURO 2012

    By Cierpinski  |  Posted June 10, 2012  |  Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
     

    CNN PRODUCER NOTE     Cierpinski says Ukraine has a huge problem with stray dogs, and the country does not offer animal shelters for them. Ukrainian animal rights activists protesting in this iReport report that more than 250,000 stray dogs have been killed by the government. Many of the people demonstrating for animal rights and awareness in Ukraine were between the ages of 20 to 30, according to Cierpinski. 'In Ukraine, hundreds of thousands stray dogs just walk on streets. It is still unpopular to adopt such an animal. It is more prestigious to buy it. There is also serious problem with lack of responsibility of owners of animals as well. Pets are not sterilized and that is why their quantity was so huge,' Cierpinski says.
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    On Saturday, June the 9th in many Ukrainian cities (including Ukrainian capital - Kiev ) animal right groups protested against extermination of hundreds of thousands stray dogs. They demanded to stop killing "in the name of UEFA championships preparations" and to start building shelters for animals instead.
    In Ivano-Frankivsk (Western Ukraine) members of a local NGO "Dim Sirka" had a demonsration in a city centre. Young Ukrainians demanded to start use European experience in solving stray dogs and cats problem and stop cruelty. They argued, that UEFA championships in Ukraine can not be excuse for killing hundreds of thousands (they estimate their number as 250 000) of helpsess animals.

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