The real situation

In Bucharest, killing of stray dogs goes on. The same teams, the “vets”, the same director of ASA, Razvan Taru, are deciding how and when the dogs are killed.

If a dog is caught, it will be brought to Pallady or Chiajna. In accordance with the law anyone can adopt a dog from these bases. The dog has to be sterilized, vaccinated and will have a plate and a tattoo with an identification number.

In April 2002 was adopted the Law for adopting the Emergency resolution no 155/2001 regarding the administering of the stray dogs. The law has some modifications that promised to improve the way these animals will be treated in future in City Hall bases.

Trusting the laws and the authorities in Romania, people whose dogs have been taken go to City Hall bases to take back their dogs.

At the site, things are pretty different. Most of the times the access inside the bases is forbidden without an explanation. Chiajna base on Friday is not opened for the public. Supposing that the animals inside the bases are fed and well taken care of from Friday to Monday, we wonder why adoptions are not allowed as in this way money from the local budget would be saved. The animal lover pays a tax, takes his/her dog home to care for it. Why is not allowed a thing as simple as that?

The ones that manage to get inside face a sad sight. The dogs are watching, weakened, sad and passively the people who pass by. The way dogs look like clearly show that they are not fed. They do not even receive water. If they would receive water and food they would make the cages dirty. Then the “army of caretakers” would have to move.

If someone wishes to adopt a dog they are postponed. When they come to take it at the established date, the dog is gone. No one knows for sure if the dog have been claimed or killed.

The law is violated by the employees of the City Hall of Bucharest, paid by the citizens of the city. The City Hall pays, no one knows why, for mocking and cruelty. The dogs and people remain the victims.