2003

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1700 euthanised dogs at Tg-Jiu,
Informatia Gorjului 31 March – 06 April 2003

"The flayers from Tg-Jiu caught in the last 12 months almost 1.940 dogs, from which 1.708 were euthanised. According to the city hall, only 15 dogs were adopted and other 215 were set free because they were neutered already.The association for animal protection "Pro Animals" affirms that behind these figures are hiding undescribable cruelties. According to the volunteers from this association , the dogs are not kept, according to the law, for 14 days in the shelter from the outskirts of the city, in order to be adopted by people who don’t feel sorry to share their slice of bread with the dog which is in front of their block. Many times, the dogs are bitten by the flayers and they are dying in the van that took them directly to the rubbish pit. If you ask the flayers , they mock at you and tell you to look your dog at the rubbish pit. We don’t think that killing the dogs is a solution, especially that the ways and tools used are of an unconceivable cruelty. The press wrote about dogs hit in the head with planks that had nails on it, dogs smothered in the catchers’ van with gases from the exhaust pipe , dogs strangled with wire and taken in the woods to be shot. Lately, we heard that the poor communitary dogs are " euthanised " by injecting sulphuric acid into their lungs. A slow and painful death, that we don’t wish to happen not even to that who invented it. It would be good if the mayor , Florin Carciumaru, could watch into the eyes of a dogs which is " euthanised" through the ways described above.If he can sleep well after this "show" then to go on with this slaughter….. " Journalist- Mihaela Barceanu

Citizens hit on the street by the municipality catchers

Informatia Gorjului 2-8 June 2003

The citizens who passed last Friday in front of the Social Support Canteen beside the Central Market, they have part by a nightmare scene. Two municipality catchers dragged on the pavement a dog full of blood and almost dead. Carmena Serbanoiu and her daughter were trying to determine them to leave the poor animal , but they were aggressed and they received bad words from those who are paid from our own money. “ It was a horror scene, any man even if he is not an animal lover can not be careless. The catchers were dragging in a chain a female that was full of blood. I went to ask them to leave her alone but I was strangled, put on my knees and sworn. My daughter came to help me but she had been hit and sworn. There were a lot of people. I told them to leave the dog, because I will reclaim them to the Mayor. Do you know what they said? That they don’t care about Carciumaru and Zaharia told them to make this and they do it. “Carmena Serbanoiu story continue:” Their car was at 200 meters from there, so they wanted to drag until the car. Fortunately a gentleman came and he took the tongs and released the dog. This catchers are has-been prisoners, because a normal human couldn’t be able by so much cruelty. We are paying them from our own money to hit us on the street in the middle of the day, because it was 13.00 o’ clock when were happening these things. “

The guidance of DSC Tg-Jiu was sue in Instance

Unfortunately, the aggressive and foolishness of whom are charge with catching of the stray dogs didn’t stop here. We saw with our own eyes a little girl of seven-eight years old catch with the noose on her neck, because she tried to save her dog, I saw another children jostled by this….what they are. We are expecting that the City Hall take measures with those that torture the dogs and don’t respect the law concerning animals protection. If were respect the law , the stray dogs should be collect it to the streets, not with the noose , but with special equipments which are not in Communal Services Direction endow. Further, the four-legs should be keep 14 days in the kennel arranged to the margins of the city, what is not happening, so the potential owners can not demand their dogs and only their dead bodies. After these 14 days, the dogs can be sacrifice but not in the bestial way which is practice now, means strangle or intoxication with gases from the exhaust pipe. We announce our readers that we will keep under surveillance if are respect the animals rights and recently we sued in Instance the Communal Services Direction from Tg-Jiu . For the moment we sued in Instance for infringe of the Law concerning the free access of public information. So, the administer of CSD Tg-Jiu refuse to answer to the seven question of Managing Services of Stray Dogs. We expected more than a month and half to told us from where was buy the lethal substance with which were been sacrificed the 1700 stray dogs in one year, where are taken the killed dogs, if exist the sanitary-veterinary authorization for municipality’s catchers activity etc. Journalist: Mihaela Barceanu

Communal Services Direction Tg-Jiu provide false information to mass-media

Informatia Gorjului, 28 July- 3 August 2003

SDC subordinating institution of City Hall has , besides another attributions, that for solving the stray dogs problem. The problem which we signalized in a few turns is that the stray dogs rights predicted in the same law are not respected to Tg-Jiu, Tg-Carbunesti, Bumbesti-Jiu etc. Now few months we asked to SDC to answer us of a few questions and our conclusion was that in Tg-Jiu we are confronting with a real canine massacre, expression that disturbed a lot the administer of SDC. But what else conclusion could we have, when they told us that in 12 months were killed more than 1700 stray dogs, when we knew that in the special kennel situated to exit of the city were only few of them. Conforming of the law, the dogs must be keep in the kennel 14 days, period in which the eventual owners can get back them, after they can be kill respecting some procedures. We forwarded the second petition for asking new information and convince us how much is respected the law. We have received the answer after 4 months( even if the maximal time provide by the law is 30 days.) and after that we asked that in Instance. But, surprise, the answer not only that came too late but contains some untruths. The fact that while of 4 months we didn’t received any answer from SDC make us to think that there is happening something illegal. We wanted to find how are catch ,keep and kill the strays and if the used cars in this way have sanitary-veterinary accept. We received the answer that the strays are catching and managing according with the law and the cars have sanitary- veterinary accept. To inform correctly the population , we called to Sanitary- Veterinary Direction and….surprise! Mircea Covrig director of SVD told: “ We didn’t gave them any accept in this way.” Not only that Alexandru Zaharia , SDV, Gorj lied us, but under his coordination is developing an activity based on public money which don’t have a legal base. SDC is subordinating to the City Hall and don’t make anything for stop the illegality. Journalist:Mihaela Barceanu

In Tg-Jiu the comunitary dogs’ rights are not respected
Informatia Gorjului 03 November 2003

In Tg-Jiu the comunitary dogs’ rights are not respected Tens of innocent souls are being killed everyday in our clean, flourished and wonderful city Tg-Jiu. Side pavement swept everyday by the employees of the Communal Service Direction , keep on being stained 24 hours from 24 with the blood of these animals. It doesn’t matters that through these crimes is not respected the law given by the prime minister Adrian Nastase himself, as it doesn’t matter that the poor dogs caught have owners or not. …… After many scandals made by the animal lovers, the quadruped are not anymore captured with the wire, but are shot with the gun with anesthetic…..The director Zaharia answered a question put by the reprezentative of the foundation "Pro Animals" who were asking to find out ( according to the law) where are taken the animals’collected and if they are killed where are burried." All the dogs caught now are dead. Why do you want to know where we took them? What, do you want to make pilgrimage place, so people can bring there flowers? The leadership of the foundation for animal protection " Pro Animals" said " From all our efforts to find out which is the fate of the animals we reached to one conclusion. They are captured in an illegal and rude way…" Journalist- Mihaela Barceanu
Mihaela Barceanu – journalist

Now we have the proof of the canine massacre
Informatia Gorjului, 17-23 November 2003

Now two weeks we attentioned our readers about the illegal way thgrough the director of Communal Services Direction, Alexandru Zaharia, understand to catch the stray dogs. We related too a female dog case of 4 years old who was captured thgrough the new method – shooting with tranquillizer syringes. After 10 days of lethargy, the animal died. After the autopsy emerged that the death was caused by that tranquillizer which affected her leaver. With all these the respective person was totally indifferent infringing the law. Life of poor animals seems to haven’t any importance for the people without respect for law and for life too. Many public moneys are spent for these methods and nobody tell nothing. The Managing Service for Strays receive huge sums which can not be justified. How can you explain that you was spending the money, if you caught and killed quickly the dogs, whithout take them to the shelter for 14 days, how provide the law? All the people who can stop the illegality are quieted , like nothing is happening. More, rumors that the City Hall want to demolish the dogs kennel and to do another one somewhere else. What is the point if that the actual shelter is new and were invested a lot of money now two years from public money, of corse. One thing must be noted that nothing in this world is not free and earlier or later will be payed.Informa November 2003, Journalist: Mihaela Barceanu

At Matasari
The communitary dogs were shot with hunting guns
Gazeta de Sud, Monday, 10 of February, 2003

Pro Animals Foundation ‘s representatives from Tg-Jiu are dissatisfied with the ways that the City Hall from Matasari, Gorj tried to solve the communitary dogs’ problem. The authorities from this commune brought on Saturday 10 hunters, members of the Hunters and Sportive’ Fishermen Association from Gorj, to shot the communitary dogs that are wandering over the locality. After they killed tens of dogs in the center of the commune, the hunters collected them in the trailer and disappeared. Pro Animals ‘ leadership launched on the Internet many messages to the animals’ protection organizations , and also photos with what happened on Saturday in Matasari. They are waiting the support of the international organizations. " They shot between the blocks. Is very grave what has just happened. There is the declaration of one guardian , who said that the bullet passed right besides him. The public prosecutor’s department noticed this and we will make a complain to the prefect Toni Grebla. We don’t know where they took the dogs" said Carmena Serbanoiu, Pro Animals’ representatives. "
Journalist- Eugen Maruta

The massacre of the stray dogs in Matasari

Gorjeanul , 12 February, 2003

I’m finding that a new act of cruelty was committed in Matasari. After the same happening passed last year in the same locality, here again on the streets from Matasari belled the guns of some hunters , encouraged by the policeman , under the protect of a good Mayor. The stray dogs are under the protecting of the law an exist also a law concerning use of guns for hunting. But it seems that these details aren’t know by the persons who are pay from the public money, for insuring the applicability of the law in Matasari City. These action of cruelty were in mass-media attention which presented the images of the citizens from the country. A shadow of shame is in this part of the country. What they were saying the superiors from Tg-Jiu , the Hunters and Fishers Association , The Police? We are hoping that the public opinion will be promptly inform concerning the attitude of these institutions and the sanctions that will be apply to the guilty persons. We are waiting and we will wrote again about this subject. Gorjeanul, 12 February 2003. Journalist: Grigore Grigurcu

After the massacre of Matasari and Turceni,

The hunting of stray dogs researched by the Court of Law from Gorj county.

Adevarul , 13 February 2003

After the apparition in the local newspaper of the articles concerning the hunting of the stray dogs that was happened Saturday in Matasari , the Court of Law procurators were started a research for verify the things happened. The procurators declared that they will verify if the Guns and Munitions Law was respected . In Turceni City the people who are beneficiated by financial support from part of the state, were bring on the streets with sticks and they killed the dogs. The locals tell that the animals are dead and they don’t have anymore their eyes. For stopping the population involvement for defending the stray dogs, were mobilized many policeman and officers. The Hunters and Fishers Association didn’t approve any authorization for shooting of the dogs and neither of the stray dogs too. Journalist: Isabela Manta

Stray dogs – hunted between the blocks at Matasari, Gorj
Adevarul, Monday, 10th of February, 2003

Matasari commune, Gorj county, was , on Saturday morning , a battle field. According to Pro Animals’ representatives , from Tg-Jiu , a group of 10-15 hunters , at the demand of the City Hall , organized a real hunting between the blocks after the stray dogs. Is not for the first time when in Matasari the dogs are hunted. Pro Animals’ representatives affirm that they talked to a public guardian who was in a state of shock , after a bullet passed near him. People were used for catching the dogs , and the dead dogs were immediately transported with a trailer. They say that the animal lovers took the dogs and hid them into their garages and flats , to save them, the nightmare scenes happening including under the eyes of the kids . Pro Animals’ foundation launched, last week, an SOS on the Internet to ask for support, stating that in Romania the law for animal protection is not respected….."
Adevarul, Monday, 10th of February, 2003

Charges brought to the local authorities:

Dogs shot among blocks,

Impact in Gorj 21 – 27 August 2003

The stray dogs became a real problem in Gorj county. It was brought about a big scandal in the local mass-media, but , what is more grave, even abroad people found out about this, Gorj county being already famous because of the practices used for eliminate these dogs. Matasari authorities, but also Tg-jiu authorities, are accused by the animal protection association " Pro Animals" representatives of not respecting some very grave legislative stipulations. In fact, this foundation brought , as proof, video tapes, photos and eye witnesses to maintain the charges, but it seems that these were disregarded. Until now, no one of the accused persons were punished. Mircea Serbanoiu, "Pro Animals" representative, said that in a case were the police it’s accused, the case was given to be investigated by the ……..police." With other words, they given the possibility to the offender to investigate himself." We are not in the position to give solutions , although the proofs brought by the representatives of the foundation can’t be ignored. The fact the these things are published in the international press don’t bring nothing good.

At hunting among blocks,
Two significant cases must be presented, although the press related about this when it happened. Two years ago, an uncommon incident happened at Barsesti.( Gorj county, near Tg-Jiu) A citizen found his dog shot in his own garden. On 27th of February 2001, when he came home, N.C. had the unpleasant surprise to found his own dog lying in the garden. He had been shot with several bullets and was torturing himself to die. The man found out from a neighbour that an employee of The Association of Sportsmen Hunters and Fishermen, Florin Ungureanu shot his dog. N.C. brought his dog to a vet but unfortunately he didn’t survive. He went also to the headquarter of A.S.H.F and ask for explanations: ”..Florin Ungureanu went to his chief and I asked him why he had shot my dog, and he told me that he didn’t know it was my dog " This kind of complaint was also brought to the Law Court by the representatives of "Pro Animals". They also went to Barsesti were they had filmed several dogs that were shot and were lying at the edge of the road. Mircea Serbanoiu said that the animals had been shot into the district, at the edge of the public roads, thing forbidden and punished by the law with 3 years of prison. Despite that there were many intimations, were witnesses, were brought proofs, tapes, nothing happened until now….It was rejected even the complaint made by Pro Animals against Ungureanu Florin. The second event is more recent and it happened in Matasari. According to Mircea Serbanoiu, in the center of the commune was organized a real hunting. "They shot the dogs that were near blocks. There were kids and old people that could been shot. I was filming although they were shooting towards me…….." So, many dogs were shot and collected with a trailer. Their noses and paws were cut to justify the bullets." Pro Animals" sent a memorial to the Domestic Ministry and, as an answer, it was established that the hunting would have been legally organized in the commune. But, according to Mircea Serbanoiu and to the witnesses, and also to the tape, the action took place in the commune , among blocks." Is not the first action where we took part , and the " investigations " of the policemen moved the action 10 km far away from the place where it happened."

Police point of view,
The representatives of "Pro Animals" are dissatisfied with the ways that the investigations ended in this case. They also say that they sent an intimation on 26th of June 2003 where they asked to be informed about "The Law, article and the text of the law according to which The Association of Sportsmen Hunters and Fishermen Gorj and the City Hall from Matasari have the right to obtain derogation to the law and can give approvals to disobey the law", referring to the fact that the action of shooting the stray dogs was illegal. They didn’t received any answer for this intimation. ……. The representatives of the police from Tg-Jiu said that they made investigations and they gave a solution according to the proofs and witnesses’ statements. But they say that there were no persons who can say that were about to be shot. The copy of the tape sent by " Pro Animals" was seen and the representatives of the Police say that they saw only dead dogs near the blocks and blood, but according the statements, these dogs were shot into the woods and they dragged themselves into the commune where they died….. Journalist- Adrian Drula

Even it was modernised

" Hunting" of strays is developping conforming with the law

Informatia Gorjului, 01/07 September 2003

The new method of catching for strays caused the revolt of animals protection. Luminita Halamageanu, the president of Colt Alb Foundation from Bucarest, declared that this solution for catching of the dogs from Tg-Jiu, is not in comformity with provisions of law no. 227/ 2002, law which is reffering to catching and managing of strays. Article 8, is reffering to catch and transport of the animals told clearly that these arrows are not used ever against puppies, pregnant females, and only against agressive dogs. The arrow must not be more longer than 5 cm. The tranquillizer solution is prepared to that place, conforming with animal size. The animal must hit in leg because a hitten in head or another place is fatal one." told us Luminita Halmageanu. The arrow from the image has 20 cm and it was brought to foundation by a citizen from Tg-Jiu who soustain that the arrow passed of 1 m distance from her legs and it stopped to a dog. " The persons who hit the dog couldn’t catch the dog so I went after him to take him the arrow. It was an adult dog, very skinny , the needle was fold and brooken. I don’t know if it is a good or bad ideea but I think that the needle is too big. Should be better that the persons who are using them, to test firstly to themselves and if they are liking, use them to the animals" told that person. Journalist: Mihaela Barceanu

For their day, the animals demand their right to live

Informatia Gorjului, 6-12 October, 2003

Saturday, 4th October we celebrated the International Day of the Animals. Even if it wasn’t celebrated by the authorities, Pro Animals members celebrated the event playing attention about the fact that animals too have soul and should the right to live. Here is the Pro Animals press comunicate: " The animals want for their day the most cheapest but in the same time the most difficult gift for obtained.They didn’t want expensive things like: shelter, food, medical assistance, etc, they want one thing: the right to live. The animals are a significant part of the world in which we are living fact that makes like reporting of them represent an attitude which contribues to establish the civilisation grade. If a dignity behaviour and loving attitude against these beings show the reason and humaneness, the malice and cruelty against animals show sub humanity. The cruelties against animals and stray dogs especially didn’t make honor nobody and earlier or later will be punished in Romania too like in the developped countries, economical, social and ethical. If in U.S.A. a person receives some years of prison or a substantial fine because she starves or maltreats an animal, unfortunately in our country are killed thousands of dogs whitout their authors pay for these sadism crimes." Journalist: Mihaela Barceanu

Stray dogs, hunted with tranquillizer guns

Informatia Gorjului, 27 October- 2 November 2003

The new method for catch the dog seems to give wanted results for the Communal Service Direction Tg-Jiu- death of the dogs. The catchers are using a tranquillizer arrows gun. Even if the arrows are prohibited for the dogs who are not agressive , for the pregnant females and for the puppies, at Tg-Jiu these are used without any retaine. Many persons soustain that in Lelesti wood can be found many dead dogs who don’t have signs of bullets or another signs which demonstrate that they died by a violent death. To these affirmations appear a logical question: may be the dogs who were shot with these arrows? If not, appear another question: where are taken the caught dogs?I don’t think that to the kennel from the city margins! Pro Animals President soustains that shooting with this kind of arrows is illegal because can produce the death of the animals.: " I don’t know what kind of tranquillizer use they , because the dogs are dying after injection. An example is a female dog who was shot by Toma the vet. We were announced that

The knew literary critique Gheorghe Grigurcu, agressed of the municiplaity’s catchers

Informatia Gorjului, 04-10 August 2003

Grigore Grigurcu is citizen of honor too of Tg-Jiu

The citizens of Tg-Jiu, live a real nightmare, which seems to never end. The principal characters are persons who are payed from public money. Hundreds of citizens are forced to assist everyday to the pains of strays. More than that, the citizens who have the courage to protest when they are seeing the cruelty way in which are captured the strays, are swared, and hit. One of the persons who were agressed by the municiplaity’s catchers , is our literrary critique Grigore Grigurcu. The conflict between he and the municiplaity’s catchers appeared when Grigore Grigurcu tried to defend a dog in the middle of the city. Grigore Grigurcu was agressed and with his clothes dirty and brooke. And in a ironic way Grigore Grigurcu is citizen of honor in Tg-Jiu.

Valeria Negomireanu, doctor and Ileana Bazu, are living in Dacia area and they are complaining that are agressed of the municiplaity’s catchers : " We don’t know what to do, we are seek and we can sleep in the night. The dogs from here were maltreated. They were hit with sticks, they hanged the puppies on them collar and called the children to see them. The children borrow the behaviour of the flayers and they run one to each other like the municiplaity’s catchers do.

They told that will pass with the car over my husband

For the same opinion are another citizens from Tg-Jiu , Maria Radu, Elena Privita, Lelia Floarea, Eleonora Radu, from Grivita area tell that the flayers are real beasts. Anca Marian told us that she tried to save her dog and she was sware and menanced by the employees of Communal Services Direction, " I went to ask them to get back the dog because is a good dog and don’t make evil to nobody. I ‘m insisted and they told that when they are seeing me on the street they will pass with the car over me and my husband. I’m suffering when I’m thinking that they are payed from our money to sware and meneced me . They are beasts. They are not people.

The municipality’s catchers full up the pavement with blood

The citizens from another area from Tg-Jiu, had part for a grotesc show. Elena Nica , one of the people who assisted in different ways of strays catching told us a nightmare scene: " They dragged a dog over 100 meters to up him to a car , he didn’t have anymore fur and his skin and the pavement too were full of blood . When they arrived to thei car, they saw that the dog died, and they throw him to a green fence. Then, they returned and caught a puppy from his leg, in the same way, and they full again the pavement of blood. I will go to the Mayor, to ask him if he saw how catch this monsters."

Another citizen Galina Dogaru, told: " I’m staying for a long time here, but I didn’t see ever this kind of things. Dogs hit by the walls until they were dying …My mother has a heart disease. When she saw, I thought that she die. My children who saw, couldnt speak for 30 minutes. If my mother and my children are happening something, I will kill or I will action them in instance. I voted Mr. Mayor from all my heart but I’m seeing that Tg-Jiu hasn’t need of this kind of Mayor."

The service officer didn’t know anything

The persons who observe that their dog isn’t anywhere and they want to take him back, they are calling to the City Hall to find where they can go for take their dog. Many of these persons, told us that the person from the phone was lying them or was saying " I don’t know ". The service officer, Gabriela Neacsu told us: " I don’t know where are taken the dogs but I can take you a complain…"

The flayer salary is the same with the salary of a doctor

The flayer salary , is the same with a doctor one who learned at University 6 years and another 2 for the Rezidentiate graduated. To a flayer salary are in plus another money for shame and work in the night. This is the price that we are paying to be sware, meneced and hit. Journalist: Mihaela Barceanu

A citizen from Tg-Jiu for 82 years old was runed with rocks by the municipality’s catchers

The managing service will be reorgarnised

Informatia Gorjului, 11-17 August 2003

The last week were signaled new abuses of the municipality’s catchers from Tg-Jiu. Ion Vlaston, an old man from Tg-Jiu, 82 years old, was a victim of their brutality, The man told that it was closer to be killed by the catchers with rocks. Everything started , Wensday in the evening, when calmity of Grivita area was dispersed with a scream. This fact was fallow by outing of 40 habitants. Thgrough these persons was the old man Vlaston too who prayed the municipality’s catchers " to release a little puppy " . I didn’t do anything wrong. I asked to the boys to release the poor creature, but they don’t noticed me. I went more closer, and I screamed to release him, because they kill him and is a little puppy who didn’t do nothing evil. Their answer was very incisive: " Go away, olderman!" I didn’t go away and I keep to ask him. When I saw that the persons who are present soustain me, exception of two persons, I had courage and I asked to the driver to go with the car and take his mates In that person came to me the person who offend me and meneced me .He took a rock and he was trying to hit me . " The huligan didn’t stop here, he took a rock and another one. I’m suffering when I see that after many years of work I ‘m runed with rocks by these persons with only twoo clases graduated."

The professor Ghita Amoliu, is another citizen who assisted of this "treatment" and who soustain the story of the old man:" I saw too the behaviour anti-social of this…..called people. I saw another man of the same age with Mr. Vlaston who was agressed. When I saw this, and together with another 15 habitants we actioned, because I don’t think that he succed to go away. I didn’t was agressed but I was meneced in the way that: " We will meet again". I told that they are murders. The old person was meneced that he will be killed, even if they will go in prison for 20 years. I don’t know if it is normal that in a modern society, a person have the fear to walk on the street. Journalist- Mihaela Barceanu