Russian bailiffs threaten to seize pensioner's puppies to pay debt

Russian bailiffs have threatened to take what is most precious from a Russian pensioner who has failed to pay a debt - her three Shar Pei pedigree puppies, they said on Friday.
The pensioner, who bailiffs did not name, owes 350,000 roubles (£7,249) to an individual in her home town in Russia's volcanic Kamchatka region in the Far East.

"If she does not fulfill her obligations (to pay back the debt) within 10 days, the puppies will be sold by the Federal Agency for State Property Management," bailiffs said in a statement.

In Kamchatka, Shar Pei puppies fetch 15,000 roubles each. But bailiffs said they will try sell them for 5,000 roubles to attract more potential buyers. They added that the famously wrinkled Shar Pei puppies have been allowed for the time being to remain with the pensioner, who breeds them as her sole source of income as she has no property.