PRO ANIMALS

 

To Motru

Was trying the hunting of the dogs

Gorjeanul, 6 February 2002
Like to the others cities City Hall of Motru was made a lot of things, but the problem of stray dogs is still exist. They were trying to hunt them , a dangerous thing because can happen disasters, shooting of the children who want to defend the dogs. City Hall hasn’t money for the shelters , but the dogs are solving themselvs the problem, in the night they are sitting on the stairs blocks .Journalist: Vasile Balan

 

 

 

Catching action of the municipality’s catchers (I)

Gorjeanul , 05 March 2002

What means an aggressive dog? Last day, I saw a citizen throw up with rocks to a dog who passed in a very silence way on the street. Maybe if the dog will barked him tomorrow, that person should be revolt?
Extermination: Another citizen are expressing his desire on TV, that all the dogs should be exterminate, no matter in which way . Maybe is an employer of a butcher house or someone who dreamed to work in this kind of place? I ‘m wondering if this “exterminator” of dogs, did he do a good action for the children or the old people who need it?
People without soul but also illegalities too
I read in another local newspaper: “ In Matasari city the stray dogs problem is solve by the shooting”’, we let them out the cruel aspect of these fact but also was commit an illegality too because the Urgency Ordinance of the Govern no.155/2001 concerning the treatments of stray dogs, allow only the shooting of the animals who put in danger the hunter found, so the hunters can shot these animals only in woods and not in the courtyards and streets in the city. What tells the Mayor of Matasari city- who has the duty to respect the law ….will be he punished?
Another illegality
It was a scene in the middle of the city . The municipal catchers tied with the chain a dog until he died under the citizens eyes , who announced the local authorities and one of them fixed the sad images on the camera. When Marius Ionescu the technical director of the City Hall, was question about this, he answered that will be open a research and eventually a fairing of the municipal catchers. But who will pay the sanction of 20 – 50 millions lei? Journalist: Grigore Grigurcu

 

 

 

 

Catching action of the municipality’s catchers ? (II)

Gorjeanul, 07 March 2002

The technical director of the City Hall , told that the precedent action , when a dog was kill by catchers, was a singular case. It is not truth. We have signals that the catchers killed many dogs and the image of the city had suffer. Celebrating Brancusi Year ( our famous local, national and international sculptor ) and watching the cruel images, some important persons of the City, had expressing their unhappiness ,the Ministry of Culture and another person who admire the works of Brancusi were impress in a negative way and refused to salute anymore the local authorities.Is settled up in Tg-Jiu , an animals protection Association PRO ANIMALS . The persons who manage it don’t realize any profit, even if they are not one of the rich persons , they spend very much from their own pockets to accomplish their noble aims. They don’t take account about their energies, working many hours every day and sometimes the nights too. They passed throw the difficulties, offenses and humility, they a have a battle with the indifference, mal intention and cruelty of some people and local authorities against stray dogs. The authorities of the city will be receptive of this kind of offerty?

Project. Finally ,grace of the Pro Animals Association efforts which seems to open a perspective for the stray dogs problem from our city, some important persons from the animals protection domain: Pontini Laura the president of the Animals Protection International Organization (Italy) , Robert Smith the President of Stray Dogs Foundation (England) and some persons from another foreign society, they offered themselves to finance and organize in Tg-Jiu city a catching , sheltering, neutering and carrying operation of the dogs, respecting the European standards, with help of qualify persons.Is a unique opportunity for our city and for Romania too. The local authorities will be receptive to this proposal? we can’t forget the failed of Vier Pfotten Association discussion, who leave the Tg-Jiu when they were refuse for the first time…so we will see…Gorjeanul, 07 March 2002, Journalist: Ion Soldea

 

 

 

Catching action of the municipality’s catchers (III)
Cynism and pain to the dogs bungalow

Gorjeanul, 19 March 2002

Saturday afternoon I received a strange and alarmed phone call. It was a lady neighbor with our redaction . She told us that she was to the dogs bungalow where Gufa ( the dog of the redaction) was taken by the municipality’s catchers . The lady told that Gufa is crying and we must save her until tonight because in this evening will be killed another dogs. She told us that the dogs are hungry, they live in very bad conditions and the guardian doesn’t allow the entrance of persons to get food to the dogs and if is need it he will use the gun. Journalist: Ion Soldea

 

 

 

Free show

Gorjeanul, 27 March 2002

The morning begin with a daily fact happened under my window . Is past on 5.00 , I’m still sleeping and I ‘m assisting to Mr. Ionescu show offered by the municipal catchers. They are two primitive people with rudimentary elements , noose of wire to extremities. They run like the Red Skins between the cars aggressing two helpless dogs with collars to their necks .

- Oh, no! This is our REX, scream a woman appeared on her pajama, taking the dog on her arms for calming him.
The two primitive persons run to another dog who is a pregnant female dog. But it was decided the fate of pregnant females, they will not be taken by the municipal catchers, but it seems that they don’t know this.
- No that one, because she has puppies, scream the women ….the hunters abandoned the action whiling in doors of the cinema are barking another 5 dogs…..it seems that they are angry and sick when they see the municipal catchers car…They know something…. Gorjeanul, 27 March 2002

 

 

 

Hello from Gufa

Gorjeanul 2002

Someone with soul gave us Gufa come back , but without her collar . She passed through the Hell in that days inside of the supposed dogs shelter. After that, three days she sited beside my home and she doesn’t belief that she is alive , seeing with fear and jumping for each time when she hear steps, convinced that they will come to pick up her. She is fearing to bark ….Someone gave her some food and she wanted to drink water to the tap he expected that I leave, but I didn’t do this . She was surprised when I helped her to drink water . She drank easy, and confident and then she move her tail in sign of gratitude. .. Is very difficult to get back the confidence to the people…Gorjeanul, 2002

 

 

 

Over the shelter of the nice words

Gorjeanul, 28 March 2002

“ Love the dogs ! “ is the prayer -of our musical interpret Mihai Constantinescu- in one of his songs which was en vogue in the last years….I ‘ m thinking to propose the audition of this song near of the City Hall from Tg- Jiu, in the morning, in the afternoon and maybe in the break time for the lunch.

Saturday in the morning , I received one of our local newspaper, where I saw the article: “ The temporarily dogs shelter is prepared to function according with the norms into force.” Signed by the technical director of the City Hall, Marius Ionescu.
Finally a good thing , I told,…..the stray dogs have their deserve rights. The author present us details about the comfort of the cages , the sizes , surgeries and analysis room .”The employees were trained by the vet to recognize the illness signs and inform or…” the food for the animals , always is fresh and it is allocate once a day because in the shelter are only dogs past one year old.” or…” the kennels are washing, cleaning and disinfecting every day. There is a car for animals transport and the driver is trained for according the first aid to illness animals” or….” The catching of the dogs is made it by qualified employees with adequate instruments.” Or…” Euthanasia will be made it only by the vets, using anaesthesia etc. It deserve that we write about this . Don’t think the persons from the City Hall that we have something with them…I didn’t finish my words and the phone ring continuously ….there were many persons whom the municipal catchers took their dogs , who knows where let them. Another persons invited me to the dogs shelter seeing the mess where are hungry dogs, biting one each other and the citizens who passed from there are socked about this macabre view.
In the beginning of the week redaction was assaulted by the persons who were upset and stupefied not only by the Mr. Ionescu article but also by the contrarily reality of the situation. They forwarded ten of memories and protests , asking to stop this cruelty treatment against stray dogs. What was it in Mr. Ionescu mind when he wrote that article? It were much better if he didn’t wrote it. Why? We will see in the next episode.Gorjeanul, 28.03.2003, Journalist: Ion Soldea

 

 

“The dogs are biting one each other “

Tell us a citizen from Tg-Jiu that it was taken a female dog at 7.30- 8.00 o’ clock . The women waited all day, but the dog didn’t appear. In the evening the women called on the City Hall operator who told her for coming in the morning. In the morning she discussed with Mr. Toma, the vet, her situation, but he told that the dog is not on the shelter, because they didn’t bring dogs from three days…The women discussed with Mr. Dragomir too and he send her on the shelter. The women told them that it is a neutered female and she didn’t bite someone ever and she has the dog from 7-8 years and the neighbors fed her. The women was to the shelter looking in every kennel, she called her but without any result. She discussed with one boy from there, who told her that it is possible to be in the wood, the women asked in witch wood because she will go to find her. The boy told that for many times are taking dogs and let to another country, Valcea, nearby, because another persons bring dogs from another localities to our woods.” Another aspect … They are bitten one each other , they were hungry and angry…with water calm them The women told that if they will taken all the neighborhood and she will not go again there…She explain that exist around that shelter , a lot of garbage and dead bodies of dogs , but doesn’t notice anybody and they are taking our dog who is neuter and carrying .

“ To the shelter was a disaster …“
Tell us another lady from another neighborhood of Tg-Jiu that it was taken a dog who was raise by her when he was a puppy and a car hit him. She was at the supposed shelter taking her dog. There, the vet talk very owful …he scream on the lady even if the vet was mate with her daughter …. She describe the atmosphere from the shelter….it was a disaster… the big dog ate the small ones …Ms. Carmen jump the fence … it was Sunday and she goes to get some food.
I hope that the authorities don’t action in force in that way that Mr. Ionescu told….I shouldn’t try my forces with him, because is easier for him to demolish…but this mean to go out the dogs from the shelter, or kill them, dogs that we are feed them for a long period of time. There are speculations that we have this battle for this cause , for receiving some financial support. Is totally false. We want to announce that we are ready to show at any citizen the documents to see witch are the money received and how were distributed and if the person who made the affirmation doesn’t prouve it , he will be call in Justice for calumny.Gorjeanul,2003, Ion Soldea

 

 

“ They didn’t gave them neither a piece of bread “

Gorjeanul, 02 March 2002

Told us Mr. Mircea Serbanoiu from part of Pro Animals Association : “ Referring of the article from the “City Hall Courier” concerning the temporarily shelter for dogs we are bewildered about this article. Firstly, didn’t reflect the reality and we are wondering if the others articles are reflecting the reality. Firstly, the picture it is from the dogs shelter , but the persons are the members of the Pro Animals Association, the food get it by them , dogs carrying by the Association so they don’t refer ,showing the second face ,the dog shelter in witch are keep the dogs catch by the City Hall. Refer of the employees , I don’t think that it was trained because are the same persons who killed that dog now few weeks in the middle of the city under the children and citizens eyes. The food for the animals is not so fresh and it is not enough , because are bring almost 10 liters of food over is put 50 liters of water. The kennels are cleaning maybe every day but are not disinfecting every day. The shelter has a car witch didn’t correspond to the ordinance and the driver is not trained to offer the first aid to illness animals and he hasn’t the interest to do this think. Catching is made by the employees who I don’t think that are trained for this activity and don’t use the adequate methods for catching. Surprisingly , they are referring to euthanasia. We know that must be use anaesthesia but until now, wasn’t euthanized any dog through these legal methods, if they were killed by another methods is something else! In the shelter are not only dogs for one year old, are dogs for few months, two months, one month old and many of them died grace of not hygienic conditions , absence of medical assistance and food.
To the last week meeting , the technical director of the City Hall, Mr. Ionescu, told that he buy some….bread. We know that is not like this . We will not surprise to find that they were buy toothbrushes, shampoo or others accessories. Should be difficult to imagine this kind of things. The people don’t have a call number, where they can express their opinion and asked their dogs , according with the ordinance into force. And the municipality catchers are continuously to the streets . So they are catching continuously dogs… Journalist: Ion Sodea

 

 

 

Carrying of the dogs is reflecting the civilization grade

Gorjeanul, 03 April 2002

Concerning this situation , Mr. Grigore Grigurcu wants to make some appreciations :” Firstly, disappeared a part of the dogs aren’t find to the shelter. This means that they are kill or they are taken somewhere to the margins of the county in the woods. Where, they can be kill by the hunters. Secondly, the shelter is totally inadequate, concerning a lot of aspects. It is a small space where the dogs are crowd over any reasonable limit. Then the food which they are receiving is only symbol one. The veterinary assistance is a poor one and is very funny the affirmation of some officials that the municipality catchers or the car driver take care of the dogs health. I heard that the municipality catchers, besides that they are using primitive tools like in the Medium Age, they don’t hesitate to hit or maltreated the dogs.
It is a testimonies series who can prove our affirmations . Like a general opinion , it is saying that the preoccupation for the dogs is some kind of deviation for the principal our duty witch is the carrying for the institutionalized children or for the old people. Or in the reality it isn’t any concurrence between the two preoccupation , they are complementary because they are representing a care for the society. Because the dogs too are representing a social problem and the carrying for the dogs reflecting the civilization grade. It is still talking that the dog lovers are a few. This think can be discussed because in the reality the dog lovers are concerned and often quiet and they are manifesting themselves only if they their own dog is taken. Mr. Ionescu made a declaration to the Local Television concerning that the municipality catchers who killed a dog in the middle of the town, they will be interrogates and they will be dismissed .It seems that nothing was made in this way and also what is the answer to the question: “ Who will pay the fine of 20- 50 millions lei for infringe of this. Gorjeanul, 03.04. 2002, Journalist: Ion Soldea

 

 

For us is another sign of question

Gorjeanul, 04 April 2002

She come in discussion Ms. Carmena Serbanoiu – the last Saturday I had a meeting with a delegation from England represented by a famous bussines man who sustain this activity in a civilize way according with the Ordinance nr. 155, so actually , he develop his activity in Campina City and Oradea City .To this meeting was establish a connection, fallowing that in a short time to be signed a concession contract of this activity by the respective foundation. Mr. Mayor assured us that the things will be more calm, until be signed the contract, fact that wasn’t happened because were a lot of incidents of this kind. They were promised us that will not bring anymore dogs to the shelter because is very difficult for us to feed them. So, is very crowd the shelter, more than 150 dogs , for us is very difficult to offer them the veterinary assistance and also the necessary food. For us is another sign of question the fact that it isn’t respect what was decided the last Saturday. I hope ,from all my heart that will not be the same thing like to the others foundations and also Brigitte Bardot who didn’t had at least an answer to her letter.
So, the people who aren’t convince by the related facts , I want to invite them to the shelter anytime, to see what is the difference between the shelter manage by us and the shelter manage by the City Hall , which are the dogs reactions for that shelter, grace of veterinary assistance absence and starving. The people who knows that they lost their dogs or they were taken, will be indicated to pass to the shelter. Maybe it is a chance to find them. Journalist: Ionut Soldea

 

 

 

We are reproducing the letter of Mr. Professor Ghitu Amuliu

Gorjeanul , 05 April 2002

Mr. Redactors and readers…
We are a group of people, habitants of a block of flats from Tg-Jiu and we are getting angry about what was happened in 21 March 2002 at 6.30 – 7.00 o’ clock in the morning.
In fact, we are announcing you and all the public opinion how cruel can be some people in neighbor relations but also with beings without any help. It is about a dog “Laica “ raise and feed by the majority of the stairs habitants but also by another habitants from the neighbor block of flats. She was being loved by children, she was sleep in the night to the first floor on a mat without make any mess on the stairs. She were announcing always, when a foreign person came to the bloc, but she never bit someone.
It is a only family to our stairs who didn’t want Laica, they were hitting her when we wasn’t there. From our information, Mr Tache called from many times to be pick up. In the morning of that day, the municipality catchers get up the stairs making a terrifying noise, disturbing the habitants and they took Laica forcedly. One person was to their car requesting Laica . They refused, telling that they were being call specially. In the afternoon of the same day, we were in group to the shelter beside the Cemetery and Laica wasn’t there. In the evening after the 19 .00 o’ clock we made a petition to the City Hall where they told me that will be forward it to the Mayor. Two or three days we went to the shelter and the female dog wasn’t there. WHERE COULD SHE BE? Everyone tell that the dogs aren’t kill , BUT… We are asking through this petition to make clearly the situation in this case. Where was she taken? Was she killed or not? Will we find any answers to this questions? In the name of the persons who loved Laica ! Journalist: Ionut Soldea

 

Who is humane and who is dog?

Gorjeanul, 30 May 2002

In the afternoon of 28^th. May 2002, I passed through one happening which I didn’t think that is possible into a civilized human establishment. I was walking with my dog on the street when I was surprised by the municipality’s catchers who took my pet, who was beside my foot in that moment. Even if I protested telling that is my dog and I must return my home with him. The brutality of that beings was without limits. Poor dog was caught in their primitive tools until his blood started to run abundantly and put on the car, and the person who are writing in this moment these rows, insulted and abused. There are testimonies. I ‘m passing for the moment over the Govern Ordinance 155/ 2001 concerning the stray dogs( even if in this case was a dog with owner) I’m wondering : what is the difference between the behavior of this employers of a public institution ,who are pay by the citizens, and the behavior of some bandits who were robber my bag or my money? We can still are walking safetly on the Tg-Jiu City? Gorjea Journalist: Grigore Grigurcu

 

 

 

Stray dogs bring by the municipality’s catchers in Stroiesti wood

Gorjeanul, 18 July 2002

From a period of time a car with number of enregistration GJ. 01. LBH take stray dogs, who are released in Stroiesti wood. Their number increased , more than 60 stray dogs were bring here.Gorjeanul, 18 July 2002 Journalist: Tudor Berca, Nicu Besoi

 

 

 

Stray dogs caught in noose by the Local Council
Impact in Gorj, 1-7 August 2002

Managing of strays created big disscusions at the meeting of Local Council at the end of this week.Everything started with the demanding to rent 10 000 mp space in Narciselor street. The Foundation for Stray Dogs Protection was demanding the actual shelter too and the build of the clinic situated on this property for an annual rent.In the opinion of Andritoiu counciler the solicitated space is for the dogs from 3 countys and not only for the dogs from Tg-Jiu. In consequance , the councilers voted against taking over in totality by the Strays Protection Foundation of managing activity of strays from Tg-Jiu. This activity will be developped by the service of Communal Services Direction Tg-Jiu.We are mentioning that leader of this opinion was Cornel Andritoiu and his attitude was fallowed by the other councilers. Impact in Gorj, 1-7 August 2002 ,Journalist: Irinel Ceureanu

 

 

 

 After many years of negotiations
The City Hall of Tg-Jiu doesn’t make to have any understanding with animals protection foundations.

Gazeta de Sud, 03 August 2002

In the town exist only a foundation for the animals protection which tried many ways of collaborations with the City Hall for solving the stray dogs problem. The Foundation representatives invited in different turns to Tg-Jiu many foreign associations for animals protection.
The last time, Pro Animals Foundation invited to Tg-Jiu an English investor, Robert Smith president of FPCC who solve the stray dogs problem , promising in the same time another investments in town which was creating new jobs. The request was forward to the Local Council for the approbation, which rejected it for the reason that the Pro Animals representatives stipulate exaggerates conditions.
The increased number of stray dogs is justify by the municipality through the fact that the people from another localities are bringing dogs and they are abandoning them in the town. For stopping of this situation, the Local Council man adopted now few months a Decision through was establish the fines for the people who are abandoning their dogs in Tg-Jiu.
The Manage Service for stray dogs is accusing that they are abandoning animals in the woods. The affirmations are not only of the animal lovers but also of the Hunters and Fishers County Association which are saying that the fond of hunter is put in danger.  Journalist: Cristina Catana