Dogs shot by hunters….
"People who kill animals will kill eachother. He who sow pain is naturally not able to reap fruits of joy and love" Pythagoras
After so many years, even after joinig European Union, shooting dogs is still considered as a normal and "legal" way for reducing stray dogs’ number. Unfortunately, despite our proofs, witnesses, mass-media involvement,the authorities in charge, Police but also Tg-Jiu Court of Law, didn’t take any measure against this huntings.
We have heard that this huntings that represent "silent" approval between Public Institutions.
The outskirts of the city , including the woods nearby, are full of dogs brought by the municipality’s catchers who collect them from Tg-Jiu streets. For years, hundreds or even thousands of dogs had been shot to dead, and many of those huntings were organized "legally" between the County Association for Sportive Hunters and Fishermen and different Public Institutions.
Many said that with this images we make a bad image to our country, and maybe they are right, but the cruelties and coruption is just inacceptable, and we will continue to do everything is in our power to stop this atrocities and fight for a time when the Authorities
2008
Being announced by some persons that at the Tg-Jiu rubbish dump there took place a hunting of dogs, we ,together with a journalist went there and we found a terrifying image: pregnant females, puppies and other dogs lying in the snow.
Witnesses said that three hunters came and started to shot dogs,despite that many people were around. One woman asked ahunter not to shot anymore as there were dogs she was feeding, but in reply she was threatened to be shot also.
The local mass-media had a big interest in this case, presenting images and witnesses’ statements. The representatives of a local Tv post, deposed even an intimation to the Police asking to start searching for those who are responsible for such cases. Our association did the same and now we are waiting for Police answer.
Here is the answer that we received from Police. Although there were lots of witnesses and they appeared also on TV and in mass-media, the Police said that " we communicate you that after we made investigations, what you stipullated in your intimation are not confirmed ; the quardian and other persons that are daily in that area, declared that they haven’t seen dead animals in the area".
2006
On 3th of May, in the afternoon, we have received a phone call informing us that in a village near Tg-Jiu a hunter is shooting dogs. We went there as soon as possible, and caught the hunter shooting dogs, and when he saw he is filmed he tried to go away . You can see him in the first photo, while he was leaving with the gun in his back. He was together with an inhabitant who was showing him where to find dogs. There were dead puppies, but also pregnant females and as a practice used by the hunters in order to show that they sued the bullets, they cut the nose, paws or ears of the dead dog ( or some may be even alive). There was a hard verbal fight between us and the inhabitants, who asked the hunter to come and shot the dogs.
As it was an illegal action, according to the Romanian Laws and European Conventions our country signed also, we called the Police who told that they will come in several minutes. After 10 min. we have received a phone call from the Police telling us, with a mocking voice, laughing " dont wait us anymore, we will not come, we know about this action and it is a legal one". We couldnt belive what we heard: A LEGAL ACTION TO SHOOT DOGS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE VILLAGE!!!
After other harsh discussions with a representative from the Police, they decided to send three policemen there,to make some photos.
After we collected the dead bodies and brought to Sanitary Veterinary Direction for analises, the SVD confirmed officially that the dogs had been shot.
We made the intimations against the hunter and send it to the Local Police, but also to the Hunters National Agency and National Police Inspectorate. After the reply of the Police – who was favorable for the hunter – we deposed an intimation to the Court of Law Tg-Jiu, who said that " the hunters was authorized and during his working time as a quardian and fight against harmful animals he shot two stray dogs because they were attacking the chickens and the animals of the inhabitants ".
We hoped that having European Union joing in front of us, at least this time, the Police will taken the right measures against those who respect no Law and who belive that by shooting a dog they do a service to the community.
But, unfortunately, although we had numberless proofs, witnesses, photos and videos of this kind of tragedie – including last year in the same area – despite all our complaints, this Public Institutions are just covering one another, taking no measure against those killers, making their own Law.
2005
Stray dogs shot, with their noses cut, were found at the outskirts of Tg-Jiu city. Together with an inspector form the Sanitary-Veterinary Direction Gorj, we went in several places and found many shot dogs having their noses cut – a practive used by the hunters. Puppies, pregnant females, and all kind of dogs were lying dead, just near some blocks and private companies.
Journalists wrote articles about what we discovered and also had a negative position towards the local auhtorities, who dont want to have a co-operation with us, as we have in many other cities from Gorj.
2004
Near the rubbish dump, we were told by the people who are living close, that flayers come and abandon dogs – or kill them directly – and the hunters come and shot them once or twice every week. We found this poor dog, having his entire body riddled by bullets. We realized that he had been shot by the hunters, as it was their practice: they cut the nose and the four paws in order to demonstrate to their superiors they that’ve killed the dog, demonstrating also that they’ve used the bullets.
Although we sent numberless intimations to the Government, The Ministry of Agriculture, the National Veterinary Authority, the Public Prosecuter’s department, Police, local authorities etc regarding the illegal slaughter committed above the stray dogs in Tg-Jiu, no one took any measure for punishing those responsible. At this moment we have trials against some of the people we consider responsible for this tragedies.
We tried many times to meet the mayor of Tg-Jiu, Florin Carciumaru, in order to find a way ro co-operate, to make him understand that killing dogs is not a solution for reducing their number on long term , but only a program of neuter and Return. Unfortunately, we were refused everytime we tried .
2000-2001
