Pay Up or Fluffy Gets It Thu Oct 2, 9:50 AM ET MOSCOW (Reuters) - For a Russian electricity company, pets are not just for Christmas -- they are for ransom. Russia's First Channel television reported Dalenergo, an electricity company in Russia's Far Eastern city Vladivostok, is so frustrated by customers who owe around $10 million that it has decided to kidnap their pets and hold them for ransom. "Let the father answer his daughter's question as to why her favorite cat or dog has been taken away," Dalenergo Director Nikolai Tkachyov told First Channel. Dalenergo's plan includes sending the customer a picture of the pet, along with a letter saying the pet will be killed if the past due bill is not paid.
The story is from Reuters wire service, here is a link to it... http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=573&e=15&u=/nm/20031002/od_nm/utilities_dc
No more information about the article is given, other than a story written by some fella without credentials, references, and/or responsibilities for sincerity: QUOTE Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon. The article continues with: QUOTE Dalenergo's parent, Unified Energy System (UES), disowned the pet-snatching plan. "Dalenergo will not take away Vladivostok residents' four-footed friends," it said in a statement. Oh, and here's a picture they found on a google search posted to further convince you that the Russian government is cruel, inhumane and abusive: *Don't believe everything you read* *Question everything* *Educate yourself* *Media = BS* (Edited by llIndigoll at 10:35 pm on Oct. 3, 2003)
