BelKA later, the Dnepr rocket suffered an engine failure and crashed, destroying the satellites. The name BelKA is thought to be an allusion to the dog, Belka, who, together with Strelka orbited the Earth and returned safely on Sputnik 5 in 1960. BelKA BelKA (an acronym from Belarusian: Беларускі Касмічны Апарат, Belarusian Cosmic Apparatus) was intended to be the first satellite of independent Belarus. It was a remote sensing satellite that utilizes the Victoria universal satellite bus, developed by Belarusian researchers and Russian Rocket and Space Corporation RSC Energia for National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus as the
Safe Humane Chicago groups of volunteers rallied together to lobby against the unjust treatment of dogs that were being euthanized without given a chance for rehabilitation or adoption. In 2010, city officials allowed Safe Humane Chicago to take Court Case Dogs through their training program to rehabilitate the animals and give them a loving home. Since then, Safe Humane Chicago has rehabilitated Court Case Dogs into comfort animals for veterans, created training programs to engage at-risk youth with animals, and has adopted out over hundreds of dogs into new families. In addition, Safe Humane Chicago has advocated for dogs when encountering local law