Image: Stock Photo. FreeImages.com/Vee Bee Animals as well as humans have suffered from greed and neglect across the former Soviet Union, animals-rights activists say. Some of the worst offenders have been organizations owned by the government, such as zoos and circuses. A film made secretly in 2013 showing St. Petersburg State Circus trainers abusing animals sparked a national debate on the question of animal cruelty in Russia. Meanwhile, starvation of animals at an Armenian zoo and the flood deaths of animals at a Georgia zoo — both in 2015 — have raised the issue of inhumane treatment of zoo animals. …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
