Stray dogs in Romania
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What are we talking about? High numbers of stray dogs for several decades
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What are we talking about? High numbers of stray dogs for several decades Bucharest 65,000 stray dogs Welfare and health issues for the dogs
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Stray dogs in the streets
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Overcrowded shelters
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What are we talking about? High numbers of stray dogs for several decades Bucharest 65,000 stray dogs Welfare and health issues for the dogs Welfare and health issues for humans
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ZoonoCc diseases
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Many dog bite incidents
Hundreds of Romanians have demonstrated in support of a plan to kill stray dogs in the capital after a four-year-old boy was mauled to death.
BBC news - Sep 2013 vrijdag 23 mei 2014
Bucharest dog cull plan divides Romanians - BBC news
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Opinion polls suggest supporters of the plan outnumber the opponents by as much as 70% to 30%.
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New legislaCon in september 2013 stray dogs are subjected to euthanasia after 14 working days, unless the funds which would permit the keeping of the animals for a longer period would become available (either through long distance adoptions or being included in the municipal budget).
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New legislaCon in september 2013
It also introduces mandatory registration for dogs and harsher penalties for owners who abandon their animals.
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Anecdotal? What is really going on?
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The Delegation found that there was a major discrepancy between what the authorities had told them during their first visit and what they found on site during their second visit.
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Press conference February
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Shelters Evidence of brutal and inhumane handling in shelters Shelters located in remote and inaccesible areas Shelters mostly closed ‐ limited public access Difficult to adopt a dog or find a lost dog CondiCons of the shelters: ‘I was shock at what I saw.’ Undernourished, unprotected for the cold, not given appropriate care
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Killing Killing carried out in the streets In public ‐ in front of people and childeren I have reasons to believe that the allega0ons are accurate
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Mandatory sterilisaCon of pets owners are mandatory to sterilise their pet on their own expenses ‐ financial penalty poor owners will abandon their dog ‐ more stray dogs
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System is based on commercial profitable acCvity Detain and kill a stray dog cost 100‐200 euro per dog Hences causes of abuse
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ReducCon of the populaCon should be based on sterilisaCon, adopCon and in parCcular cases humane euthanasia
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RepeaCng rumours corrupCon and false cerCficaCon Stray dog management industry Long distance adopCon
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Reports show that euthanasia will not solve the problem
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Stray animals in Europe
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‘Stray animals ‐ our senCent fellow creatures’ April 10 Brussels
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The meeCng was a]ended by MEPs RepresentaCves of DG "Health and Consumers" in the European Commission, Members of the Permanent RepresentaCons of the EU member states and RepresentaCves of NGOs.
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Main Topics European Framework ‐ status quo and outlook Animals in society, law and enforcement Best pracCces in Member States SoluCon strategies Sustainable opCons for dog populaCon management in Europe
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MeeCng ended with a declaraCon
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The workshop coincided with the vote of the European Parliament on a European Commission proposal for a new Animal Welfare law.
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Stray animals will no longer be treated as wild animals but as "domesCcated species without owners" new opportuni@es to control their popula@on
By the beginning of 2018 all member states should have their own system of compulsory idenCficaCon and registraCon of dogs, and should provide reports on its implementaCon. This will contribute to the beBer traceability of animals and the control over their reproduc@on, trade and keeping.
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What about the veterinary profession? What is our posiCon? Should we be involved? Should we be more proacCve ‐ support our colleagues? What about our image when it comes to stray dogs? vrijdag 23 mei 2014
FECAVA posiCon paper
PosiCon paper UEVP/FVE
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Integrated strategy Euthanasia CondiCons: when, how, by whom
Neuter and release Shelters AdopCon I & R Responsible ownership vrijdag 23 mei 2014
Legal framework NaConal level Companion animal welfare
Europe
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What about the veterinary profession? What is our posiCon? Should we be involved? Should we be more proacCve ‐ support our colleagues? What is our image when it comes to stray dogs? vrijdag 23 mei 2014
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