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U.S. Olympians adopting stray dogs from Sochi
Amanda Bird already was missing her Australian shepherd puppy Sammy when she arrived for the Sochi Olympics.
Then her first sight stepping out of the airport was of one of the many stray dogs around the Olympic Park in Adler and even here in the mountains whose safety has become a cause among animal rights supporters and some athletes such as American ski slopestyle silver medalist Gus Kenworthy.
Kenworthy is arranging for a litter of four puppies to return with him to the United States for adoption. Bird, U.S. press officer for bobsled/skeleton and former athlete in those sports, also plans to adopt a dog, sparing it from exterminators hired by the government to rid the Olympic area of pets left behind when families were forced to move for construction and a population swelled by lack of spaying and neutering.
http://www.nwcn.com/lifestyles/pets-and-animals/US-Olympic-team-adopts-Russias-stray-dogs-245691451.html?c=n&fb=y&can=n