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For the past two years Naturewatch has maintained an intensive international campaign against the poisoning and killing of stray animals in Ukraine, regularly exposing mass killings of stray animals by the four Ukrainian host cities of the EURO 2012 Football Championship, allegedly to clean the streets in preparation for the massive influx of foreign football supporters.
To mark World Animal Day on 4 October, World Animal Day Ambassadors, representing 62 countries around the globe, signed a joint letter to Ukraine's President supporting the Naturewatch call for an end to the barbaric killing of stray dogs before EURO 2012. In addition, thousands of letters were sent to UEFA's President by Naturewatch supporters.
 With just six months remaining before the Championship begins, on 13 November Naturewatch representatives met with the Minister of Environment, Mr Mykola Zlochevsky, to discuss the matter. The meeting was a great success! The Minister agreed to adopt amendments to the Ukrainian legislation regarding the treatment of stray animals, and acted upon a further Naturewatch request of an immediate moratorium on the killing of stray animals to be implemented in each of the four cities hosting EURO 2012. On 17 November, this wonderful news was announced to the media by The Environment Minister.
Image: Mr Mykola Zlochevsky, Environment Minister, with Mr John Ruane, Naturewatch Director.
Below you will find links to two of the 100's of media articles published around the globe about this wonderful achievement for Ukraine's stray animals. If you would like to see more articles, simply search 'ukraine naturewatch' in the News section of Google.
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