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Stray dogs turn green in Russia's Urals

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A pack of some 20 stray dogs has turned green after scavenging for food at an illegal dump on the outskirts of Russia's Urals city of Yekaterinburg

A pack of some 20 stray dogs has turned green after scavenging for food at an illegal dump on the outskirts of Russia's Urals city of Yekaterinburg

© RIA Novosti . Pavel Lisitsyn / Go to the mediabank

A pack of some 20 stray dogs has turned green after scavenging for food at an illegal dump on the outskirts of Russia's Urals city of Yekaterinburg

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A pack of some 20 stray dogs has turned green after scavenging for food at an illegal dump on the outskirts of Russia's Urals city of Yekaterinburg

© RIA Novosti . Pavel Lisitsyn

"Either local residents or a factory have been dumping some kind of chemical waste there," a police spokesman told RIA Novosti.

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"Either local residents or a factory have been dumping some kind of chemical waste there," a police spokesman told RIA Novosti.

© RIA Novosti . Pavel Lisitsyn / Go to the mediabank

The spokesman said police had asked the local council to take steps to clear up the site.

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The spokesman said police had asked the local council to take steps to clear up the site.

© RIA Novosti . Pavel Lisitsyn / Go to the mediabank

One of the first people to see the green hounds, believed to be former guard dogs, was Alexei Bukharovsky, from the village of Shuvakish.

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One of the first people to see the green hounds, believed to be former guard dogs, was Alexei Bukharovsky, from the village of Shuvakish.

© RIA Novosti . Pavel Lisitsyn / Go to the mediabank

"I go past those dogs every day," he said. "They are usually reddish...but then I saw, running along the white snow, an almost completely emerald dog."

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"I go past those dogs every day," he said. "They are usually reddish...but then I saw, running along the white snow, an almost completely emerald dog."

© RIA Novosti . Pavel Lisitsyn

"At first I thought someone had been playing a joke," he added.

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"At first I thought someone had been playing a joke," he added.

© RIA Novosti . Pavel Lisitsyn / Go to the mediabank

A pack of some 20 stray dogs has turned green after scavenging for food at an illegal dump on the outskirts of Russia's Urals city of Yekaterinburg.

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A pack of some 20 stray dogs has turned green after scavenging for food at an illegal dump on the outskirts of Russia's Urals city of Yekaterinburg.

© RIA Novosti . Pavel Lisitsyn / Go to the mediabank

A pack of some 20 stray dogs has turned green after scavenging for food at an illegal dump on the outskirts of Russia's Urals city of Yekaterinburg.

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A pack of some 20 stray dogs has turned green after scavenging for food at an illegal dump on the outskirts of Russia's Urals city of Yekaterinburg.

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