When Sochi officials hired a company to cull hundreds of the stray dogs that have longed roamed the city’s streets, a shelter backed by a Russian billionaire fought back in a last-ditch attempt to save some of our “best friends.” Here, a look at some of the survivors meandering through Olympic Park, just as the Games get underway.
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Stray dogs are take a rest by a Gorky Gorod 960 hotel prior to the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at the Mountain Cluster on February 3, 2014 in Sochi, Russia.
