Romanian parliament has voted – death for 3 million dogs

The Camber of Deputies has voter 168 votes for and 111 votes against giving romanian municipalites the option of euthanasia. With this decision the Romanian Parliament ignores the advice given  by the European Parliament.

Since the end of the communist regime of Ceausescu EU member state Romania developed a serious stray dog problem. For decades authorities failed to intervene properly. Dogs were inhumanely caught and killed randomly.

In the 90′s The World Health Organization proved scientifically that killing dogs has no effect on the root cause of the problem. The W.H.O. stated spay/neuter is the only effective way to reduce the number of free roaming dogs besides informing the citizens about responsible dog ownership. Stray dogs are not the problem itself; it’s the irresponsible dog owners who continuously deliver new fertile dogs in combination with corruptive authorities which sabotage spay/neuter projects to make money.

Besides the fact spay/neuter is the only effective way to deal with a surplus of dogs, it is humane and much cheaper than the endless catching and killing of free roaming dogs.

In Romania stray dogs are seldom euthanized humanely. Dogs are being caught violently and beaten to death with baseball bats, shot, poisoned or starved to death.

The last decade Romania has spent 40 million Euros on tax payer’s money on the stray dog problem, but due to corruption the money ended up in private pockets. The stray dog problem turned into a very profitable business for many politicians and their relatives.

There still are some petitions to sign if you want to show you disagree with this barbaric decision:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/3/appoint-an-independent-audit-of-any-eu-funds-slated-for-the-purpose-of-animal-welfare-in-romania/

http://www.change.org/petitions/european-union-get-romania-out-of-the-eu-now?tm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition&utm_term=friends_wall

http://www.change.org/petitions/the-world-says-no-to-the-2012-euro-dog-show-to-be-held-in-romania

http://www.change.org/petitions/demand-romania-either-ends-its-horrific-cruelty-to-animals-or-give-eu-citizens-their-millions-back

http://www.change.org/petitions/romanias-strays-its-image-and-the-euecs-mission-statement-does-anyone-care

http://www.eu-protest1-en.aerztefuertiere.de/

Poor souls…