The law on the state of emergency has become a formal cover for the extermination of dogs in Karachay-Cherkessia.

The removal of the bodies of euthanized dogs beyond Karachay-Cherkessia is an attempt to conceal mass killings of animals, animal rights activists believe. The introduction of a state of emergency effectively created a legal mechanism to bypass federal norms in the republic and formally legalized the killing of animals, activists and lawyers pointed out.