Urged
in early September by President Basescu to legalise mass killing of
stray dogs, the Romanian Parliament reacted immediately. On September
10th the plenary granted local authorities the license to start killing
the dogs immediately. The President's demands arose after a recent and
well-covered tragedy. This decision has no ethical, technical or
financial ground. In the past, the government has culled 140,000 dogs
using public funds and still the situation remains unsolved. The new law
sends Romania back to the stone age.
In the meantime, animal haters have start the torture and killing of
stray dogs. Authorities are tolerating these actions. FOUR PAWS'
veterinarians are being forced to stop neutering and treating injured
strays, but they are bravely continuing their work and trying to save as
many dogs as possible. Over 100,000 friendly dogs have been neutered
and released by FOUR PAWS' Stray Animal Care teams in the last decade.
The authorities want to kill them too.
Stray dogs have been
part of urban and rural Romania for decades. So far, there have been few
incidents where humans and strays have come in conflict. Unfortunately,
when these incidents occur, it is often due to lack of public awareness
and proper management of the situation by the local authorities.
About one million dogs will be killed in the upcoming days and months,
gratifying the country's leaders and baying public. However, this
unethical and reactive decision is far removed from the real solution to
manage the stray dog situation in a humane way.
-FOUR PAWS
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"Images of horror on the streets in the center of Suceava. Most dogs lay dead on the sidewalk last night and some were dying in pain.
People blame the local authorities and say the animals were poisoned. Hall rejects the accusations, while those from the Sanitary-Veterinary say they can not do analysis to find the cause of death because the corpses disappeared overnight.
Among the victims were dogs with masters, who had been taken out for a walk and, after eating something off the floor, died in agony.
Representatives Hall reported that none of their subordination has spread poison on the street.
Most of the Sanitary-Veterinary say they can not be accused of anything without evidence. Dogs who died Wednesday night disappeared.
Most of the city's sanitation companies announced however that they did not raise corpses. Worse is that it's not the first time, in Suceava, poisoned dogs die on the streets."
