Investigation of animal cruelty

The growth of public danger of this type of criminal acts is caused both by the development of digital technologies, which are used for the distribution of negative content in the telecommunications network Internet, and by the emergence of such a negative phenomenon as the anti-social movement "doghunters", who on their own initiative destroy stray animals in various ways. Its representatives actively create online websites with potentially dangerous content, promoting their views and directly challenging public animal advocates and law enforcement agencies. Often doghunters' criminal actions are aimed not only at animals, but also at their owners, as well as at animal holding places organized by volunteers.