Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

Dear supporters; 

We have had the following mail from Daniela who is involved with the stray dogs issue in Romania.  

It must be said now that we give full support to Daniela and FRPCA in the 

actions they are undertaking.

We hope that this case will draw attention to the stray animals issue both within EU nations and those who are currently non EU members but hoping 

to gain accession.  We also hope that the actions here will provide us 

and other animal welfare organisations with many ideas, suggestions 

and guidance as to what can be done for the future with regard legal 

actions against authorities who are not undertaking enforcement of 

their own national legislation.

Finally, Daniela asks in her mail:

“We kindly ask you to join & support our action, by sending letters that will be attached to our dossier, speaking about the international 

experience in many countries, and about results of the spay-neuter 

programs”.

Whilst we understand the feeling that people have about the stray animal situation and the ways animals are suffering, we would like to say that 

the data and evidence presented to Daniela will be used as evidence 

in a Court of Law; and so we ask please that if any data is presented, 

it is kept polite, respectful of those who will be reviewing it, and very 

importantly, constructive in the information that it provides 

– ie. That No Kill spay and neuter, vaccination and identificaion is the only 

way to deal with the issue of stray animals population management; combined 

with an effective public education programme about the responsibilities of 

animal ownership. 

Lets remember, not all strays that are on the streets are offspring of other un-owned strays; many ‘strays’ are the direct result of 

OWNED but UN-STERILISED animals being allowed to go loose and 

roam the streets every day by their owners who should be taking much 

more responsibility for their own animals.

Public education about sterilisation of owned animals and the responsibilities of all pet owners to have this undertaken on their 

pets is a paramount issue for stray animal population numbers reduction.  

If owned animals are not sterilised, then the reproduction rates given in the 

graphics at the end of this post are typical of the additional numbers of animals 

that can end up on the streets.

Please only send information to Daniela which will be of use in a court of law.

We all wish Daniela every success with this action.

SAV.

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Here is the message from Daniela:

Dear All,

You might be aware of the street dog situation in Braila - Romania, and our efforts since 2006 to convince the local administration they 

must spay&neuter, neuter&spay, since the dog culling and killing will 

never remove the dogs from streets.

Since January 2008 the Romanian law for animal protection 9/2008 bans the euthanasia of healthy street dogs. The city hall of Braila pays a 

dogcatchers NGO (for 'animal protection') that 'store' about 1000 - 1500 dogs 

a year in conditions hard to describe (fertile males and females together, 

overcrowded, strong and weak dogs together, without food, infants and puppies 

separated from their mothers), maltreat them, cannot justify where the dogs 

(and money) vanish, insult people that visit the dogpound to rescue their  dogs. 

Upon complaints,  the animal organizations are banned from visiting the 

dogpound - even in the presence of police.

So the law for animal protection has no effect in this dogpound where hundred dogs are impounded.  

This NGO (Horez) never did a single spay or neuter - their veterinarian 

is only on papers, to put his stamp. 

They got 8,5 billion lei (over 200,000 Euro) in 28 months (Aug 2006 - Dec 2008) 

from city hall to kill and maltreat animals.

You (ie. Many International Animal welfare organisations / NGO’s) have a great deal of experience and examples of how sterilization programs 

work; you know details about the situation in Braila - FPCC, RAR, 

Vier Pfoten, Save the Dogs - since there were many attempts to convince the 

mayors to rethink their policy.

Here are more details, articles, photos and films:

http://protectiaanimalelor.ro/caini/caini_braila.htm

Now FRPCA sued the mayor of Braila, Aurel Simionescu, and another 3 representatives of the local administration for the faulty 

management of street dogs, for the lack of efficiency in spending 

public money, without solving the street dog problem and for animal cruelty.

The mayor refuses any solution, excepting this illegal NGO and its dogpound (it works without sanitary veterinarian authorization and is paid 

from taxpayers' money).

We kindly ask you to join & support our action, by sending letters

that will be attached to our dossier, speaking about the international experience in many countries, and about results of the spay-neuter programs.

Please speak about how the law for animal protection is enforced in your countries, and about penalties for maltreating animals.

Vier Pfoten offered Braila administration help to solve the problem, many times, without costs, though the mayors refused the solution 

proposed by animal organizations.

The address of Braila Mayor, Mr. Aurel Simionescu

aurelsimionescu@primariabr.ro

It is important that the letters from animal organizations to reach me, since we want to use all arguments in court, in this trial: 

danydrag2001@yahoo.com    and    danadrag@gmail.com

Please spread this message to all animal organizations to support our action - remember that the letters will be used in court. 

For more details, please contact me.

Daniela Dragomir – FRPCA

Today's articles:

The mayor of Braila sued for the street dog management

http://www.ziaruldebraila.ro/deschidere/primarul_simionescu_reclamat_penal.htm   

the city where the absurd is mayor.

http://www.ziaruldebraila.ro/editorial/orasul_unde_absurdul_este_primar.html

http://www.protectiaanimalelor.ro

 "Earthlings" - documentary narrated by Joaquin Phoenix

http://www.ecomagazin.ro/video-cruzimea-oamenilor-fata-de-animale-earthlings/