Cruelty cases and fines……

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" He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment to animals" I. Kant

Unfortunately, we face very often cruelty cases, either witness it or being informed by people. What’s very sad is that people still have no respect for animals, still think that animals can be tortured and killed easly without getting any fine for it, just taking it as a normal thing. Everytime we found out about this kind of cruelty acts, we tried all that possible to save those dogs and to find the quilty persons. We deposed intimations to the Police and in some cases those responsible for such cruelties were fined according to the Law for animals protection.

Dead dogs found near Tg-Jiu

The victim of meanfull people and ignorance

A lady who’s living in Bumbesti – Jiu town, in Gorj county,the same who brought poor Vulpoiu( see bellow) informed us that there is a dog , a very sick one, whom she had been cared for about one month.

We went there and the poor dog, who was almost inconscious, was hidden under a banch, covered in blankets. When we took off the blankets the smell was awfull, this poor dog had a terrible smell caused by the huge infection and the fact that being unable to move he was urinating and defecating on him.

She said that he was in this situation for more then a month, that a man hit him as he was staying on the staircase of a block and he started to become ill. Once he couldn’t move anymore, the public employees picked him up and thrown him near a rubbish box and he stayed there in rain all night long.

He had also an open wound , full of infection,being extremely skinny and aable to move, the muscles mass was gone,and he was in deep pains as he was screaming when somebody was touching him.

We were upset also on that woman for not calling us sooner, as this dog suffered on and on, she said she gave him pills and care, but she could have called us sooner or could have taken him to a vet.

We took him to the vet with whom we cooperate who decided that the best thing we can do for him is to stop his suffering and humanely put him to sleep as there was nothing to be done, it was just too late.

Greyhound in our custody stollen

On 10th of February we were informed by the Police that poachers had been found hunting in the woods, helped by greyhounds. As the law forbids hunting with greyhounds and if found on the hunting area they must be shot, we were asked to take this greyhound in custody. The dog was given in our custody by the Police on the base of a written-verbal notice. We were keeping Bobby, as we named him, in the caravan of the shelter.He was so loving and nice dog.

The next day after taking him, the three poachers came at the shelter and asked about the greyhound.After one week, one morning we found the caravan broken and the greyhound was gone. So, we called Police who came and made photos and took fingerprints.

But, surpise……another greyhound was there………!

Owners neglecting their dogs

In December 2008, we have been announced by some people that in their neighborhood there live two dogs at a houes in totally improper conditions. They also made a written declaration, stating that dogs are kept for a long period like this, with no food and they have been throwing them food from their balcony. We were there and found out that poor dogs, one was kept on a chain of about 60 cm, strongly tied on his neck but also on the upper side of a pillon being impossible to sit. He had no cage, so had been staying in rain, under the open sky. The other dog was kept in a place less then 1sqm, being impossible to move around being tied with a chain in the same way as the first. There was no sign in their bowls of water or food, and they were very skinny and weak. We were there the next days, with a Police representative and with an inspector from the Sanitary veterinary Direction and discussed with the owners, who promised to improve their conditions in 5 days.

After 5 days we were there with the Police representatives. Unfortunately, although the owner promised to improve conditions, this didn’t happened, they just moved one of the dogs and put some bread in the bowls. They also became very rude saying that they do what they want with their dogs, and that they would take and abandon them somewhere. We explained him the legal ways and we announced that we will come in January to take the dogs and Police give the fines.

Dog with owner shot by a hunter

In November 2008, we received a call from a man who told us that while his wife was out with her dog, a hunter came near and shot the small dog that they had for years. When the husband came out and saw his wife crying with the dog full of blood in his arms asked the hunters why he did this and he told him to shut his mouth if he don’t want him to kill him too. This man made written declarations to the Police but also to us. The dead body of the dog was taken to the Sanitary-Veterinary Laboratory. We are waiting for the result of the investogations.

Puppies killed with a wooden club

On October 2008, we got calls from some animal lovers letting us know that after a fight with their neighbor, he started to hit and killed some puppies with a wooden club. Together with the Police we were there, those witnesses made complaints to the Police and we are waiting now to see the penalty that will be given to that killer person for cruelty against animals.

Female hit to death

One day we received a phone call reporting us a cruelty case against a dog who was beaten by an old man so bad that she could barely move. We went there and found her lying down, with a very lost look and an unstable condition. We called Police and in a while two polimen came .There were the witnesses who said that she was a calm dog that they were taking care of but this old man – who killed other dogs too – hit her badly in the head with his supporting club. We took the dog to the vet and he gave us a written notice regarding her state, but unfortunately she didn’t survive.

We brought an intimation to the Police asking to investigate and send us the result regarding their measures, according with the Law 205/2004 of Animal Protection, so they fined this man for his act ( unfortunately a too small fine for such a suffering caused).

Dog beated on a staircase

<—- article from a local newspaper illustrating Vulpoiu’s suffering

He was living in Bumbesti-Jiu city( near Tg-Jiu). As we, together with another organization, have closed a contract of Neuter and Return with that City Hall, during their mobile clinic visit in 2005, Vulpoiu had also been neutered.

Vulpoiu was staying on ths streets there but a lady was taking care of him. He was sleeping at her door in a block of flats.

But, a sick person who was living in that block, who coudn’t stand dogs at all, and who was beating every dog he saw in the streets, one day, took an iron club and beat Vulpoiu very bad. He pulled out his eye and everywhere on the staircase, on the block’s doors was full of blood.The lady succeeded to save him from death, hidded him in a garrage, and called us.

We went there, made some photos but also made a complaint to the Police. That lady came as a witness, and we , together with the a representative from the Police and Sanitary Veterinary Direction went there were it happened the tragedy…………was blood everywhere. The Police gave him a fine of almost 150 Euros for his act of cruelty. We took Vulpoiu in the shelter and you can read here what happened with him.

Shooting from the balcony

In Rovinari city, where we have signed a Neuter and Return contract some time ago, we were announced that a man shot a stray dog. We made appeal to Police. A representative of our association together with the policeman took the dead body to the Sanitary Veterinary Laboratory for analises and the result was: dead by shooting. So, the Police gave two fines: one on Animal Protection Law for 1000 Ron and the other for using guns in a public place

A vet performs neuterings for the first time

In Tg-Carbunesti, the municipality’s vet, although he has never neutered any dog and said on public that he do not know to neuter, decided on 9th of May 2004 to make experiments on the females from that shelter. On Sunday morning, 10th of May, when we went there we were terrified to see the females "neutered" by that vet, who were in a very grave state.

We contacted a foreign organization for animals’ protection who came here together with their vet. They were horrified to see the situation of the dogs from that shelter, especially the "neutered’ females, but also the workshop where the vet from Carbunesti ( Vasiloiu) made the "surgery", the clothes full of blood that Vasiloiu used as dressings and to hear that many employees of the municipality kept on the females while Vasiloiu was "neutering" them.( he didn’t use any anesthetic).