Alexei, an animal activist who would only give his first name, carries a stray half-breed Labrador to his car after finding it at a cafe’s back door.
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Alexei, an animal activist who would only give his first name, checks on a stray dog before picking it up and carrying it to his car, Monday, Feb. 10, 2014,…
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A stray dog looks on as Alexei tries to call over another stray.
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Some of the dogs were kept in safe houses before Alexei picked them up and moved them to his car.
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This half-breed Labrador was one of the lucky dogs of Sochi that Alexei was able to save.
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Alexei pets one of the strays as he waits for his wife, his accomplice on the dog rescue mission.
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Another animal activist, Igor Airapetian, carries a stray dog to his car.
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Airapetian loaded many of Sochi’s stray dogs into waiting cars at a rendezvous point 75 miles from the Olympic area.
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Stray dogs brought out of Sochi by activist Yulia Krasova, second from left, wait to be transferred to the car of fellow activist Igor Airapetian, left, at a rendezvous point…
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Animal activist Igor Airapetian loads stray dogs into his car brought out of Sochi by fellow activist at a rendezvous point 120 kilometers away from the Olympic area in the…
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