Yakutia 24 TV channel: A criminal case under the article “Excess of official powers” was brought against the Yakutsk Veterinary Medicine Department Head.
In March 2020, 201 animals were killed at the Yakutsk kennels facility. “This happened by the order of head of the Yakutsk Veterinary Medicine Department, who, in violation of the established sanitary and veterinary rules in the case of detecting rabies, decided to kill all dogs and cats suspected of illness without constant monitoring, rabies vaccination and isolation,” the message says.
The prosecutor’s office also made submissions to the head of the Municipal Unitary Enterprise “Zhilkomservice”, the department of veterinary medicine of the republic. The law enforcement authorities decided not to institute criminal proceedings. The prosecutor’s office of the republic checks the legality of the decision.