A macabre find has been made of 30 bags containing the remains of 'dogs' with all their skin and hair removed.

While in another incident bystanders shoot a cell phone film of a man drowning, not thinking to call the emergency services.

Schoolgirls found the kittens on waste land in Novosibirsk, and built a shelter.

A man became infected from a cow, and only called for medical help a week after contracting the deadly disease - by then it was too late. 

A shocking image of a tortured dog - killed after being tied to a rope and pulled by a car around a village - has appalled Siberians.

The fatality occurred after the unnamed man handled the carcass of an infected cow in the Tselinniy district of Altai territory.

Residents of a Urals town noticed the dog standing completely still on a frozen pond for 36 hours.

Seven year old Raul Kutliakhmetov was trying to rescue his best friend - a stray dog - stuck in three-metre deep roadside service shaft.

Mongrel trapped for three years in a tiny cold and dark cavity gets new start in Germany after our story about her plight went around the world.