SIRIN Charity Animal Assistance Foundation, (SIRIN),, is a Russian not for profit     organization, working in Moscow to resolve problems between people and animals     in the most humane way. Its main objective is to prevent cruelty to animals .SIRIN was     established in 1992 in Moscow Russia, by a group of professionals, who hold degrees     in ecology, psychology and veterinary science ,and who are standing by the roots of     animals protection movement in Russia, to work for animal protection and enviroment .     The group's main efforts are directed to change the current situation with animals in     Russia, by developing structural, economic and legislative prerequisites by solving exis-     ting problems between animals and people. SIRIN is currentlyworking to develope the     enviroment laws and regulation of NGO's activities for the Russian Federation in col-     laboration with the Moscow and Federal Goverment.     In 1996, the Moscow city Goverment sponsored SIRIN to condact research and ana-     lysis of the current ecological situation in Moscow and to develope methods to resolve     problems under a program called "Animals in the City".     For the program, "Animals in the City", SIRIN's scientists also monitored animal mig-     ration in the city and completed a sociological study of public opinion toward homeless     and other. Mr.Kirill Goryachev, the president of SIRIN, has been involved in animal     protection movement for over eight years and the chief scientist Dr.Andrey Poyarkov,     a biologist , has studied the life homeless dogs and cats for the last twenty yeears .     With the support of a scientific team of 30 people, SIRIN made a unique and scientific     discovery which proves that killing animals (such as homeless cats and dogs) is not     resolving overpopulationissue but, in fact, making the fauna of the city even worse.     The foundation's study were presented to the Mayor's office for the alternative solution     to resolve animal overpopulation through providing registration, vaccination and steri-     lization of animal. RASPA's program "Development of Animal Welfare in Russia" will     assist SIRIN in the accomplishment of the program "Animals in the City".