PRO ANIMALS

"The more helpless a creature the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of man" Mahatma Gandhi

CITY HALL’S ACTIVITY – from 1999, the activity of the City Hall didn’t change at all. Even nowadays, after joining the European Union, the municipality still use the same rudimentary tools for catching dogs and still practising the same programme. Although for all this years, their methods didn’t reduced in any way the stray dogs number, they just keep on going in the same direction. Unfortunately, our mayor didn’t understand that catching, dumping at the outskirts or killing is not the solution of stray dogs overpopulation.

POISONING CAMPAIGNS – one of the methods used for reducing stray dogs’ number is mass poisoning. Besides stray dogs, there die also dogs with owners, cats and pidgeons. Baits with poison had been left in different part of city, including near blocks, parks and playing garden for children.

DOGS AS HUNTING PREYS -during the years hundreds of stray dogs, but also dogs with owners, were merciless killed by hunters. Illegal huntings,but unfortunately for years, the authorities didn’t take any measures againts those who did such things. Despite our intimations and proves, despite mass-media involvement the Police didn’t find anyone responsible for this slaughters.

COOPERATION CONTRACT - of "Neuter and Return" was officially signed in 2006 with TG-Jiu City Hall, after years of trying to persuade mayor that not killing is the solution to stray dogs’ overpopulation, but neutering. After submitting other cooperation contracts in the past, but had been rejected, this time we really thought that things will work out and the mayor, Florin Carciumaru, finally realised that the methods used along time had no effect, as Tg-Jiu still has thousands of strays wandering the streets. But,we were wrong…………..

STRAY HORSES that are found wandering the streets, all alone, are collected by the Municipal Catching Service ( the same which handles stray dogs) and brought to a place. Officially, after the municipality’s declarations , the horses are kept in good conditions, are well fed, and in nobody comes to recover them in 8 days, they are brought to slaughter houses. Let’s take a look inside and see what we discovered….

LOCAL ZOO - In Tg-Jiu, exists for some time a small fenced area with some stables, situated in the local park, considered by the local authorities to be a Zoo. Following the example of the big cities, which have big Zoos, with lots of animals, our municipality decided to create an attraction point for the citizens. When we visited it, there were only three ponies and several pidgeons………