Stop the mass poisoning of dogs ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest!

Ukraine is getting ready to host the 2017 edition of the famous Eurovision song contest in between the 9^th and 13^th of May. Authorities are doing everything in their power to ensure this event will go as smoothly as possible and have deployed special troops to deal with all potential threats: all street dogs have been included in this category.

It is a pool of blood in Kiev right now. Dozens of harmless dogs are unfairly targeted by the authorities as we speak: some are shot, some are baited with poisoned food and end up suffering tremendously before their passing, others are hit in the head with bladed objects. It doesn’t really matter what method is used, as long as they are taken off the streets. Few canines are lucky to escape; even if they make it alive at the end of the day, no one can tell if they will survive the next one.

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We, the undersigned, are completely outraged by the way authorities have handled this issue. The world will not remember that Kyiv was not filled with stray dogs, but rather the methods used to dispose of these helpless animals. Just because they don’t have a home does not give anyone the right to harm them.

We urge authorities to immediately stop this disgusting campaign and implement humane methods to deal with the stray dog overpopulation, such as implementing spay-and-neuter campaigns, building shelters to house these animals and setting up adoptings schemes. This is the right course of action, long-term solutions that have proven to work in such situation!

Please take action to help the stray dogs of Kiev, they need our help more than ever! Thank you for caring.