In Cuba 's socialist wonderland even the stray dogs are issued with identification cards and provided with state sponsored accommodation and health care . More than a dozen state institutions have 'adopted ' a stray dog , which is then issued with an official state identity card bearing its photograph name and where it lives . Five of the dogs live at Old Havana 's Museum of Metalwork and regularly patrol the streets after hours . When not patrolling , each of the dogs can be found sleeping underneath the institution 's grand stairway . Vladimir the former street dog now lives at the Old Havana Museum of Metalwork in Havana , Cuba . Each of the street dogs is given an official identity badge with its photograph and contact details . Security Guards Dary Valdes , left , and Margarita Garcia , right , enjoy looking after their unusual colleagues . The dogs , Vladimir , Canela , Aparicio , Leon and Carinoso spend the days avoiding the hot Caribbean sun among the museum 's artworks . All of the dogs afforded the special status are immune from the attentions of Havana 's dog catcher . Yarisbel Perez , who works in one of the historic buildings in Plaza Vieja , in the centre of the old city , said : ' I do n't like dogs but I 've really developed a soft spot in my heart for them . ' Ms Perez and her colleagues are responsible for two dogs , Nina and P9 , who is named after a bus line in the city . Ms Perez feed her dogs half-eaten pork chips and left-over chicken and rice from a nearby restaurant . Ordinarily , all animals are banned from workplaces in Cuba with the exemption of guard dogs . Nora Garcia , President of the Cuban Association for the Protection of Plants and Animals said the dogs were afforded their special status after a guard was awoken one night by a barking dog who noticed some people were looking to steal an air conditioning unit . Guard Yarisbel Perez said she did not initially like the dogs but has since developed a soft spot for them . The dogs are afforded special protection from Havana 's dog catcher because of their security role . Leon , Canela , Vladimir and Aparicio pictured are four of the five dogs at the metalwoork museum . Ms Garcia said : 'There was a public ceremony in which the dog received an award for saving the air conditioners . ' Some security guards adopt the dogs to alleviate the boredom of protecting buildings in a city with little crime . Victoria Pacheco , who works in the metalwork museum said : 'They do n't eat bones . They eat cold cuts , mincemeat , hotdogs and liver . ' The animal protection society maintains a list of 21 dogs living in state institutions , including a Communist Party gas station , offices of the Cuban Journalists ' Union and a mechanical workshop of the Ministry of Public Health . Dalia Garcia , caretaker of a public toilet has taken responsibility for two of the dogs . 'They stay here and nothing happens to them . Everyone takes care of them , no one hits them . They do n't bark and they do n't bite anyone . ' Each of the dogs is provided with free healthcare and accommodation by the state institutions invovled . Dogs without the special name tag face being detained by the dog catcher and possibly destroyed . Other dogs have n't been so lucky , including a group snatched by the dogcatcher from Havana 's University of Arts while their student protectors were home on vacation , Garcia said . 'They 're official for us but the state does n't always look so kindly on them , ' she said . 'When they come and say there ca n't be any dogs here , they have to go . ' Similarly sad fates await street dogs who are n't chosen for special treatment by state workers , including some of the dogs who wander , matted and skinny , through groups of quasi-official dogs on the streets of Old Havana . 'Sometimes we feel bad and we give them something to eat , ' Perez said . 'But if we start taking care of all of them , it would get to be a zoo around here . '
Dozens of state police in turkey have decided to hire a stray dog . The dogs are provided with their own special identification cards with identification . The dogs were appointed after they foiled attempts to steal a / c units .