“I am positive about this initiative.

Penalties for dumping a pet should be mandatory,” she said.

The RT interlocutor added that the mandatory registration of pets is also necessary for efficiency.

“It can be chipping or applying indelible marks.

Until we know whose dog was thrown out, we will not be able to fine anyone, ”Sharoikina is sure.

She clarified that it is also important to consider the issue of fines for self-walking animals.

“We often come across situations when it’s not stray dogs that attack, but the owner’s dogs, on their own,” she said.

Earlier, the first deputy chairman of the Duma Committee on Ecology, Vladimir Burmatov, proposed punishing pet owners who decide to throw them away with fines.