JOHN TICKLE: Russian animal protection organization Vita has requested that the country’s federal government take control of an investigation into the alleged mass murder of thousands of dogs and cats captured in the Irkutsk region. The organization has called for the prosecutor general, the chairman of the investigative committee, and the minister of internal affairs … Continue reading FROM RUSSIA, A MASSACRE: More than 50,000 stray dogs and cats may have been murdered in Siberia shelter