Wild dogs turn green after scavenging at illegal dump

Photos have emerged of wild dogs in Russia that are reported to have turned bright green.

The pack of some 20 dogs were spotted roaming the outskirts of the Urals city of Yekaterinburg.

While wild dogs aren't unusual in the area, this pack in particular were reported to the police after fears they had become contaminated scavenging for food near and illegal dump.



"I go past those dogs every day," villager Alexei Bukharovsky said.

"They are usually reddish ... but then I saw, running along the white snow, an almost completely emerald dog."

A police spokesman said the local councils had been ordered to clean up the site.

There's a photo gallery here.