In April, concerned locals and animal advocates were finally allowed to enter Bano Eco, an animal “shelter” in the Veshnyaky district of Moscow. What they discovered there was like a scene from a horror film; dogs and cats buried in mass graves; newborn animals suffocated and disposed of in plastic bags in rooms where others were still living; animals with untreated infections; and dogs cut open with organs hanging out. In short, an “animal concentration camp.”

Thanks to the hard work of local activists, all remaining, barely-alive animals were rescued, and the shelter has been closed down.

But the horror doesn’t stop here…

Bano Eco Director Vera Vladimirovna Petrosyan runs a chain of animal shelters. Bano Eco is contracted by the state to take in every animal off the street – no matter their condition or age. Once in Bano Eco’s clutches, the dogs and cats have little chance, since they are not offered for adoption. Conditions are reportedly terrible across the board, with dirty water and inadequate food – if it’s provided at all, – no enrichment or exercise, injured or ill animals abandoned to starve and die a slow painful, death.

By not spending taxpayer funds to care for and re-home the animals, the money can be pocketed by shelters. It is believed that around $5,000,000 has been laundered through Bano Eco since 2014.

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