Daghestan
Endangered pelicans die en masse in Daghestan
The exact number of dead birds has not been specified, and conflicting reports have been made regarding the cause of death.
Animal Welfare
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Caucasus Datablog
Datablog | Are Georgians becoming more concerned about stray animals?
Data from an October 2023 CRRC/NDI survey found that 22% of people listed stray animals as a top public priorities issue.
Georgia
Controversy after Olympian films video with lion cub in Tbilisi
Two-time Olympic gold medal winner Lasha Bekauri videoed himself playing with the cub while driving a Porsche through one of Tbilisi’s main avenues.
Animal Welfare
Blood and democracy: the fight for animal rights in Azerbaijan
In Azerbaijan, animal rights activists have been protesting the illegal shooting of dogs by municipal authorities, but are doing so in the face of legal challenges and police brutality. ‘We often see blood on the streets,’ says Kamran Mammadli, a 27-year-old vegan activist. Mammadli has been engaged in animal rights activism since the movement began to gain momentum in Azerbaijan, around four years ago. He tells OC Media that state violence against stray dogs played a driving role in the mo
Animal Welfare
Activists protest alleged dog-killings by shelter for strays in Baku
Animal rights activists staged a protest in front of the Toplan Centre for Stray Dogs in Baku. They have claimed that rather than taking care of the stray dogs the centre kills them. The 8 July protest was attended by roughly two dozen protesters, who held up signs and chanted ‘don’t kill dogs’. Shortly after the demonstration began, police broke up the protest and detained five participants. Nijat Ismayilov, one of the detainees, told OC Media that police took the activists to a police sta
Animal Welfare
Hundreds of endangered seals wash up dead on Daghestan’s shores
Hundreds of seals listed in Russia’s Red Book of endangered species have been washing up dead on the Caspian coast in the Daghestan in what activists warn could amount to an environmental disaster. On Wednesday, ecologists found the remains of 125 Caspian seals on the shores near the capital, Makhachkala — a record for a single day. Ecologists and scientists studying the Caspian Sea have said that around 17–30 corpses are washing up per day. Footage of beaches littered with dead animals rel
Animal Welfare
Baku police disperse protest against ‘systematic killing’ of stray dogs
Police in Baku have broken up a small demonstration by animal rights activists angered by the killing of stray dogs. Activists reported that six people were detained during the protest on Monday, with police not reporting the reasons for the detentions. One of the protesters, Sanay Yaghmur, told OC Media that there were around 15 people at the demonstration and that police intervened as soon as it began. She said that one of the organisers, Nijat Ismayilov, was detained in his home by police
