“Based on the results of a pre-investigation check of information about the attack of stray animals on a juvenile resident of the city of Orenburg, posted in the media, a criminal case was initiated on the fact of the negligence of officials of the housing and communal services department of the Orenburg city administration,” the statement said on the website of the investigative department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Orenburg region. areas.

Officials are accused of poor-quality organization of catching, transporting and keeping neglected animals.

Earlier in the Yaroslavl region, a woman died as a result of an attack by a pack of stray dogs.

The head of the Russian Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin instructed to report on the progress of the investigation into the incident.

First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Ecology, Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Vladimir Burmatov, in an interview with RT, called steps to resolve the problem with stray dogs.