When Sochi officials hired a company to cull hundreds of the stray dogsĀ 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 sit outside the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park course, a venue for the snowboarding and freestyle competitions of the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Sochi, Russia, Monday, Feb. 3, 2014.