Little Nina (1988)

Nina Perebeeva is the owner of the only private animal shelter in Kazakhstan. Together with her mother, she keeps about 70 dogs. While Nina Vasilyevna spends her tiny pension on food and medicines for her numerous pets, a small truck of skinners is prowling around the city in search of another victim. They grab everyone: mongrels, domestic dogs and even cats, all will do, you can benefit from all of them. Someone can be given to a Korean restaurant, someone for fur, and a couple of unfortunate mongrels can be given to Nina Vasilyevna, she will give at least the last money for them.

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