DOGS – POISON – AUTHORITIES

IS THERE ANY CONNECTION ?

Unfortunately the poisoning campaigns against stray dogs haven’t ended in our city. The public authorities, although never recognized any involvement,indirectly have continued using this method a as a way of reducing stray dogs number – with no will of understanding that the real method of reducing stray dogs number is neutering not killing. There died also dogs with owners, cats but also birds. Every time there had been a poisoning campaing, we made it public in the local and national newspapers. When we informed also the City Hall, the former spokeman told that those dogs " died of natural dead". Funny and ironic, no? Tens or hundred of dogs died of "natural death" all together in the same morning, in different part of the city.

Poisoning campaign had been organized several times every year, hundreds of dogs dieing in pains sometimes under the eyes of the children and animal lovers that taken care of them. Almost every time, we took dead bodies to the Sanitary Veterinary Direction in order to find out the substance that killed all those animals
After obtaining those bulletins from the Sanitary-Veterinary Direction, we deposed intimations to the Police urging them to start searching and find those responsible for all this senseless killings. But, no one has ever been found quilty.

2008

On 27th of February, we were announced that stray dogs lay dead in different parts of the city, looking like being poisoned.  Journalists also filmed the scenes and made news about this. Also, animal lovers called us and told us about this cases but also owners whose beloved animals went for a walk in the Center and died all the sudden.

We picked up two dead bodies and brought them to Sanitary Veterinary Direction for analises and they discovered that the substance used for killing those dogs was " Carbofuran – furadan". 

We deposed intimations to the Police asking them to investigate.

2007

Despite the fact that from 1st of January 2007, Romania has joined European Union and had to ………….. one of the methods of reducing stray dogs number was poisoning. During 2007,hudreds of stray dogs, but also dogs with owners, cats and pidgeons were the victim of poisoning.There were poisoned dogs that we neutered and released,being identified by an earclip, as well as dogs that were taken care of by animal lovers and were identified by collars.

During year,other poisoning cases were reported in Tg-JIU. In the right photo, there was a poor female, who may have had puppies, who was lying poisoned in the center of the city, having convulsion and suffering, but people were just passing near her, without any reaction. We received this photo by e-mail, and got us full in tears.Until we could arrive to her, the municipality’s catchers came there, threw her in their van, still alive and in agony. We called the chief of the Catching Servive asking him to give us the female , maybe there were chance to save her by taking her to the vet , but he said that they threw her at a rubbish dump.

We collected the dead bodies and brought it to the Sanitary Vetereinary Direction for analises and the substances used were "warfarine" and "carbofuran".

After getting the analise bullentins obtained from the S.V.D. ,we deposed intimations to the POlice asking them to start investigating and find those who are responsible. Their answer was "that after the investigations made at the specialised units resulted that this substances weren’t merchandised on the area of Tg-Jiu, being pulled out of the market since 1991"

2005 – 2006

Because of a tragic event happened on the night of 31th of January in Bucharest, when a Japanese died because of a dog bite, the National Authorities declared war to the stray dogs. Although there was no proof that the man was bitten by a stray dog, there were even rumours that the man was killed with intention by using a fighting dog, the Police and the Authorities found it easier to blame a stray dog. There had been a trial for saving from death the dog called " Bosquito" supposed to have bitten the japanese.Since that moment, there had been a real madness in entire Romania, the mass-media amplificated this event and created a real isteria between people.

In Tg-Jiu city poisoned stray dogs have been found since the night of 31th of January, on the streets; animal lovers who took their dogs for a walk could see their dog dying in pains because of poisoning.

On the night of 2th of February we were called by animal lovers and told that stray dogs were found dead by poisoning and others were in agony. We went there, called also some mass-media representatives and the Police. Unfortunately, the stray dogs found in agony died after hours of terrible pains.

Our association have collected a dead dog and brought it to the Sanitary Veterinary Direction for analises to see the substance used. And there had been discovered that the dogs were intoxicated with "furadan".

On the base of the S.V.D. analise bullentin, we sent an intimation to the Police and their reply was that: ".…on Tg-Jiu area there are no economic agents authorized to detain and to use this product…………it is possible that the dead dog could have been brought from other localities or counties."

There were nightmare images, happening in a country that pretends to be civilised and wants to join European Union. We sent intimations against this cruelties all over asking animal lovers to send petitions to Romanian authorities and Europeans.

2003-2004

In September, it was organized a poisoning campaing. There were also poisoned even some dogs that we neutered some time ago and let them in the care of the people who were working at the hospital. People complaint that many animals died, animals that they were taken care for years. People complaint that many animals died, animals that they had been taking care for years.
We brought one of the dead dogs to analises and it was proven that was poisoned. Generally dogs died immediatelly in terrible pain and they vomited a pink substance. Of course, the authorities deny that it is their action although the cathers were seen by people when leaving poison. The bad part is that the people dont have courage to give a testimony in front of the Police.We made this public in the press and even deposed intimations to the competent authorities.

2000-2002