PRO ANIMALS – Tg-Jiu, Romania
Newsletter October 2003
Dear Friends and Animal Defenders,
We are glad to present you the first Pro Animals’ Newsletter. We aim to keep you regularly
updated on our activity and the situation in Romania regarding the condition of stray dogs. Also,
we would like to inform you that we launched recently Pro Animals’ Web Site: http://www.proanimals.ro/
Thus, we hope , with your help , to be able to save as many dogs as possible from a tragic
death and to offer them good living conditions, as well as we hope to contribute to inform
the public about the misery of stray dogs in Romania.
GENERAL NEWS CONCERNING THE STRAYS
As you probably know, Romanian authorities decided to eliminate stray dogs. Thousands of
strays have been widely slaughtered, and are still slaughtered all over the country. Concerning
our
municipality, Tg-Jiu, the Mayor announced that 1700 stray dogs have been killed in the last
year. The real number is much higher taking into account that the municipality's catchers catch
and kill around 30 dogs each day.The methods used by the municipality’s catchers
for catching and killing the dogs are unconceivable and disobey the law: strays are caught
by their
neck with a wire, dragged on the streets around 50 meters, hit in the head with an iron tongs,
thrown into the van one over the others full of blood, strangled, beaten, poisoned, shot by
the hunters etc.
PRESS ARTICLES
The Romanian Media regularly broadcast news about the slaughter and ill-treatment of stray
dogs. Please find below a few recent press articles:
"Canine slaughter,
1700 euthanised dogs at Tg-Jiu"
"The flayers from Tg-Jiu caught in the last 12 months
almost 1.940 dogs, from which 1.708 were euthanised........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 who invented it. ..... "
Informatia Gorjului, 31 of March- 6 of April, 2003
"The animal lovers accuse again"
"
The dogs from Sadu, bestially killed by
the order of the mayor Stanculete, ... Pro Animals' representatives were last week in Sadu,
at the intimations
of a fabulous
number of citizens. The people say that the animals are poisoned by the city hall's representatives,
at the insistent order of the mayor. Maria Lungu , a druggist , declared that the dogs die
a
day after poisoning, in terrifying tortures." They suffer an entire day and struggling
on the streets. Sometimes, the city looks far worse than in the horror movies. The
streets are full
of dead dogs or in agony. Those from Sanitation pass-by and collect them from the streets,
but they throw them at the rubbish pits among the blocks. The kids are terrified by
the moans they
hear at night." If we compare what happens with the dogs in the civilized states
and what happens in Romania, we could easily say that those who poison the dogs not
only they don't have
a heart but they stopped to be humans."
Informatia
Gorjului 14 - 20 aprilie 2003
"Horror scenes in the center of Tg-Jiu city"
"The puppies are tortured under
the eyes of the passers-by. Tens of people who where passing on Thursday morning through the
center
of Tg-Jiu city
were eye witnesses to real horror scenes, when three flayers were torturing several
stray dogs. They
rushed upon the poor dog and caught its neck with a noose, dragging it on the street.
The dog was struggling to escape and .........."
National newspaper "National" dated 06.03.03
"Stray dogs - hunted between the blocks at Matasari, Gorj"
"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......" Adevarul,
Monday, 10th of February, 2003
WHAT HAPPENED LATELY IN THE SHELTER
The shelter that we are running belongs to the municipality. It has been built by the municipality
2 and a half years ago. Unfortunately, the insulation of the building is quite
insufficient, so the dogs have to endure high temperatures during the summer and very
cold temperatures
during the winter. We hope, in the future, to have the financial capacities to build our own
shelter to not depend anymore by the municipality.
At present, we have 200 dogs in the shelter but their number varies depending on adoptions
and abandons. Unfortunately, the rate of abandons is higher than the rate
of adoptions. However we had also successful adoptions and we found
kind and loving owners
for neutered dogs. Particularly, people abandon at the
shelter puppies(1-2
months), sick dogs and pregnant females.
The policy of our association is to neuter and to find responsible owners for as
many dogs as possible.
In order to go on with this activity we really need your support.
You can see above the dogs in the shelter: Botic, a sterilised female that was adopted, together
with her friend that waits to be adopted and also happy dogs that are playing in the courtyard
of the shelter.
The running of a shelter costs a lot. We do not have any financial support from Romanian
authorities. Food, medical care, material, salaries of the workers represent great expenses.
International
support is vital for us. You will find a detailed list of our expenses on our web site. Please
visit the link "How can you help us" of our web site.
Thank you so much for your help.
Best regards,
Pro Animals team
''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 of animals." Immanuel Kant
BANCA ROMANA PENTRU DEZVOLTARE
Tg-Jiu branch
Account:
Euros: SV1449792000
USD: SV1469072000
Name: Carmena Serbanoiu
Tel/fax: 0040 253 214054
Mobile: 0040 722 225388
Web site: http://www.proanimals.ro/
Email: proanimals@xnet.ro
A PLEA FROM RUMANIA
LATEST NEWS: ´ROLDA Newsletter´
From: ROLDA <rolda@care2.com>
Date: Saturday, March 22, 2003 12:15
Dear Friend,
News about Renault: As
far as I know, no dog was killed at Mioveni factory since our protest
began.
We sent more than 2,000 letters of protest from many animal lovers around
the World to Renault Group. It is my duty and also a good moment to say "Thank you!" from
all my heart to all persons who helped ROLDA in this campaign!!!
We hope the slaughter from Mioveni really ended and no bad news will be
heard from there, ever!
If I'll find any news (bad or good ), of course immediatly I'll inform
SUBJECT: RENAULT FRANCE'S STATEMENT AND ROLDA'S ANSWER:
From: ROLDA <rolda@care2.com>
Date: Thursday, March 13, 2003 21:09
This is the Renault Paris statement made today, 13.03.2003, after they
received in past three days more than 1500 protest letters:
"the statement that on the Dacia work areas in Mioveni were killed in great
quantities dogs, is not applicable. There is no arrangement on the
part of Renault or Dacia to kill dogs on the work area. On the work area
Dacia gives it the problem freely running around dogs. This is a national
problem in completely Romania. Renault and Dacia are responsible for
security and the health of the coworkers. The dogs represent a health and a
safety problem. In 2002 10 % of all industrial accidents were caused with
Dacia by dog bites.
Before this background there are considerations as well as the city Mioveni,
in order to find - in the context of the Romanian laws - a solution
to hold the freely running around dogs together. This happens within responsibility of
the national places. In addition the Romanian government issued a law in the year 2002, regulates
the treatment
of freely running around and abandoned dogs."
ROLDA Romania's answer:
According to the Renault statement, strays are not killed in Mioveni's Dacia
Company and Renault together with local authorities want to deal with
the stray problem based on the law issued in 2002, that regulates the treatment
of strays in Romania.
At this point I consider it's my duty, as an animal lover, to remind Renault of ome aspects
of this law:
Art 4 of this law :"Homeless dogs will be captured and transported
to local shelters, where they will be kept for 14 days (and they will be
vaccinated, deparasitated and marked)"
Art 6 (1): Dogs will be euthanasiated ONLY by veterinary authorized staff !!!
But more important:
Art 6 (2):
IT IS FORBIDEN(!!) the killing of dogs by other persons or with other methods than
using pentobarbital solution!!!
Nowhere is there mentioned anything about using sticks to "euthanasiate" dogs, nor
poison!!!
The other things I don't understand:
No local organisation was contacted to deal with those
poor strays from Dacia'Company garden.
Why?
More, Renault France is coming from a civilized world, I guess!
If authorities from here are doing things wrong (and this law is one of the worst
laws adopted by our Government), this does not mean that Renault must do
the same thing!
Evil can NEVER be corrected by doing another EVIL step!
Animal lovers from Romania always hope that the "civilised World" will convince
our authorities to adopt a civilised, fair attitude concerning animals, also!
Dacia -Renault is leader in Romanian market about selling cars (80%). Renault
have possibilities to sponsor a spay/neuter campaign or a shelter to care for those
dogs.
But I guess this means a humane treatment of strays in Romania and civilized
methods, two things longtime forgotten when we discuss about
Romanian strays!!!
Renault said in the statement:"Renault and Dacia are responsible for
security and the health of the coworkers..."
But as humans, we are all responsible for respecting another being's life and
defending a defenseless soul.
On the other hand, I'm sure you already are aware of the fact Dacia & Renault in
Romania are both responsible for the ugliest and worse cars humans ever
drived!!!
Strays' population has as common
guilty/responsable enemy: humans!
ROLDA Romania
SUBJECT: ROMANIA: DON´T LET RENAULT EXECUTE IN ROMANIA HUNDREDS OF STRAYS !!!
ProtestRenault@aol.com
From: ROLDA <rolda@care2.com>
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 20:55
web site: http://ROLDAORG.homestead.com/
ROLDA asks for your support! PLEASE CROSSPOST!
Protest against the company Renault!
Don't let Renault execute in Romania hundreds of strays!!!
The management team of Renault in France has the as new target :
killing all stray dogs at Dacia Company area, subsidiary by Renault and
Romanian automark, arranged in Mioveni with Pitesti. The dogs are killed and
poisoned. The work is large and it gives there hundreds of dogs.
The important fact is Dacia Romania'management wanted to only catch the
dogs, but Renault France however gave arrangement to kill all.
An eye-witness reports:" This afternoon I visited the place of having a horror, one of many in
Romania: The Dacia Company, an enormous area, comparably with OPEL .
I was not allowed inside.
Understandably. The woman, who alarmed me, works there and could unhindered
inside. It could make however only very few photos. I waited outside
and heard isolate dogs crying. The racquets were with the "work", which was
also confirmed afterwards. Everywhere also poison seal would lie
in good meat breaking into. A sample of the poison was bring along for me.
Was forbidden to the workers there feeding the dogs. They could let the
poison breaking into lie then. Many workers took at least puppies with
home, in order to save it from the murderers.
One of the puppies had symptoms of intoxication.
We ran dry directly to the veterinary surgeon, who did then all he can in
order the stomach to get. It is very weak, has however a chance.
The poison leads within fewer hours to an painful death:
First cramps pull the whole dog through, afterwards it trembles long time at
the whole body and is too weak to visit a protecting place.
The stomach mucous membranes begin themselves to dissolve, the gastric walls
are attacked.
Miserable pain, until the poison reaches finally the brain. The dog die
than, finally after many, infinitely long hours of pain.
If the dog is killed, death is faster. The racquets run around there with
baseball bats.
Minutioes was reported to me, how they kill the dogs thereby. First a
good-purposeful impact with full force on the backbone, it breaks usually
immediately. Afterwards, if the dog is stuck and cannot before its Peinigern
any longer flee, on the head one in-threshes until the brain bowl
bursts. If the dog has luck, hand 3 or 4 probably-purposeful impacts, often
however are more as 10 impacts necessarily, in order to break
the head.
I could protect few dogs. How many died however in the time, which I wasn't
there, I am not able to know.
All of this happens in a huge Company, which is led from France, a very well
known civilized country.
Please help us to protest with one email against Renault France!
Please email back with your comments! We'll collect all answers and send to
Renault France Company.
(Who does not have much time to write a few lines - also their signature is
sufficient alone (your email addresses not be published)
Thank you for your support!
You can circulate the petition ROLDA created ,to
collect fast signatures in order to change the
situation as soon as possible:
http://www.petitiononline.com/renault/petition.html
We sent all messages/protest we received in email
to Renault Company,also we plan to send all
signatures, along with comments or just names to them.
We hope this will change. I have no news yet... so
I 'm hoping...
Respectfully,
Dana
ROLDA Romania
DEUTSCH:
...RENAULT läßt in Rumänien hunderte von Hunde grausam hinrichtenaus
http://www.sundogs.de/start.htm
Protest gegen die Firma Renault!
Wie wir aus gut unterrichteter Quelle
vorort erfahren haben...
...RENAULT läßt in Rumänien hunderte von Hunde grausam hinrichten
Die Direktion von Renault in Frankreich hat die Tötung aller Hunde auf
dem Dacia Werksgelände, Tochtergesellschaft von Renault und rumänische
Automarke, in Mioveni bei Pitesti angeordnet. Die Hunde werden erschlagen
und vergiftet. Das Werk ist groß und es gibt dort hunderte von Hunden. Die
Dacia Direktion wollte die Hunde lediglich einfangen, Frankreich jedoch gab Anordnung,
alle zu töten.
Ein Augenzeuge berichtet:
Heute Nachmittag besuchte ich den Ort des Grauens, einer von vielen in
Rumänien: Das Hauptwerk von Dacia, ein riesiges Gelände, vergleichbar
mit Opel Rüsselsheim. Ich durfte nicht hinein. Verständlich. Die Frau, die
mich alarmierte, arbeitet dort und konnte ungehindert hinein. Sie konnte
jedoch nur sehr wenig Fotos machen. Ich wartete draussen und hörte
vereinzelt Hunde erbärmlich schreien. Die Schläger waren bei der "Arbeit",
was mir hinterher auch bestätigt wurde. Überall würden auch Giftköder in
guten Fleischbrocken liegen. Eine Probe des Giftes wurde mir mitgebracht.
Den Arbeitern dort wurde verboten, die Hunde zu füttern. Sie könnten ja dann
die Giftbrocken liegen lassen. Viele Arbeiter nahmen wenigstens Welpen mit
nach Hause, um sie vor den Mördern zu retten.
Ein 12 Wochen alter Welpe kam direkt auf mich zugelaufen, draussen auf dem
Werksparkplatz. Wußte er, ich würde ihm helfen? Er, respektive sie, ist nun
bei mir. 3 andere brachte mir die Mitarbeiterin aus dem Werk mit. Sie war
sehr traurig, weil sie dort viele Hunde vermißte, die sieschon lang kannte.
Einer der Welpen hatte Vergiftungserscheinungen. Wir fuhren direkt zum
Tierarzt, der sodann alles erdenkliche tat, um den Magen leer zu bekommen.
Sie ist sehr schwach, hat aber eine Chance.
Das Gift führt innerhalb weniger Stunden zu einem qualvollen Tod: Zuerst
durchziehen Krämpfe den ganzen Hund, danach zittert er lange Zeit am ganzen
Körper und ist zu schwach, einen schützenden Ort aufzusuchen. Die
Magenschleimhäute beginnen sich aufzulösen, die Magenwände werden
angegriffen. Elende Schmerzen, bis das Gift endlich das Hirn erreicht. Der
Hund krampft am Ende unendlich, hat Schaum vor dem Maul und die Augen treten
aus den Höhlen, bis ihn dann endlich nach vielen, unendlich langen Stunden
der Tod erlöst.
Wird der Hund erschlagen, ist der Tod schneller. Die Schläger laufen dort
mit Baseballschlägern herum. Minutiös wurde mir berichtet, wie sie die Hunde
damit töten. Zuerst ein gutgezielter Schlag mit voller Wucht auf das
Rückgrat, es bricht meist sofort. Danach, wenn der Hund bewegungsunfähig ist
und vor seinen Peinigern nicht mehr flüchten kann, wird solange auf den Kopf
eingedroschen, bis die Hirnschale platzt. Hat der Hund Glück, reichen 3 oder
4 wohlgezielte Schläge, oft aber sind mehr
als 10 Schläge nötig, um den Schädel zu brechen.
4 Welpen habe ich davor bewahren können. Wieviele aber in der Zeit
umgekommen sind, die ich da war, vermag ich mir nicht vorzustellen.
Dies alles geschieht in einem Werk, das von Frankreich, einem angeblich
zivilisierten Land, geleitet wird. Die Direktion dort besteht in den oberen
Rängen aus Franzosen. Die Schläger kommen nur am Wochenende, seit 2 Wochen.
Bitte helfen sie mit einer mail gegen Renault Deutschland zu protestieren!
Schreiben sie an:
ProtestRenault@aol.com
Wir sammeln alle eingehenden Antworten und leiten sie weiter. (die mail
Adresse wurde extra zu diesem Zweck eingerichtet und ist nur für
Protestmails gegen Renault gedacht)
Wer nicht viel Zeit hat, ein paar Zeilen zu schreiben - Es genügt auch ihre
Unterschrift alleine (ihre mail-Adressen werden nicht veröffentlicht)
Vielen Dank!
SUNDOG Animal Rescue e.V.
Namen, Anschriften und Telefonnummern mehrere Augenzeugen liegen uns nunmehr
vor! Beigefügt erste Fotos:
Der Welpe auf dem einen Bild wurde vergiftet.
Auf diesem Bild erkennt man einen weißschwarzen Hund. Auf dem Foto jedoch sieht man nicht, daß der Hund am ganzen Leib zittert, also auch vergiftet.
Probe des Giftes, die nun untersucht wird.
4 Welpen, die gerettet werden konnten.
RUMANIA:
people from Korea and other dog eating countries are taking advantage of the
stray dog population by killing Rumanian dogs for human consumption.
IT
ISN'T ONLY A SLAUGHTER AGAINST DOGS, IT IS A SLAUGHTER AGAINST THE IDEA OF
BEING HUMAN.
received
via e-mail 6-6-2002
ROLDA RUMANIA DOGS
ROLDA@CanineWorld.com
We
are ROLDA, a small group from Rumania who are fighting for dog's protection.
For some months terrible things are happening with those poor souls. Street
dogs (without an owner or lost) are taken by flayers and killed All this slaughter
began in Bucharest, when The Mayor of Bucharest, Traian Basescu, ordered all
dogs without owners to be caught and slaughtered. The flayers made them "disappear".
More than 150,000 dogs wiped out in a few weeks. They didn't care about the
fact those dogs have been sterilized (some of them) some time ago. The Flayers
killed them all! They beat dogs to their death, broke their head with stones,
they poisoned dogs.
In
all this time, war was declared on dogs. An aggressive campaign from the mass-media
is making some people in Rumania act inhumane: there are several cases of
people shooting and poisoning dogs because they 'think" dogs represent
a real danger to humans.
I
have seen some terrible scenes with my own eyes, when a lame dog was beaten
by a man, because he believed the dog would bite him. But the dog couldn't
even move from there.
I
saw flayers that have beaten dogs to death with big bats and sticks, I saw
dogs skinned whilst alive. The most cruel thing happened a little time ago,
when a child, in the morning viewed lots of poisoned dogs (the flayers killed
them the night before). Between those dogs was Blackie, the puppy who came
very often near the child's apartment and received food and water from him.
I hardly can describe the pain from those innocent eyes, the disappointment
that he lost his friend. He couldn't understand 'why?" nor could I.
The
slaughter from Bucharest has spread, step by step to other big cities, where
the same things are happening, but they are keeping it quiet.
Now even people from Korea and other dog eating countries are taking advantage
of the stray dog population by killing Rumanian dogs for human consumption.
This is mainly happening on the ships that are coming in at the ports. Nobody
seems to do or even say anything about it. Around this slaughter, everything
seems to freeze. AND IT ISN'T ONLY A SLAUGHTER AGAINST DOGS, IT IS A SLAUGHTER
AGAINST THE IDEA OF BEING HUMAN.
We
like to believe that we are superior, that we can move mountains with the
power of our minds but when it's about real solutions for homeless dogs in
Rumania, the irony we found the 'best solution ": Get rid of them. Eliminating
the cause, we must not think too much to find solutions. HOW CONVENIENT! In
Rumania the corruption is very high, everyone steals from everyone, who cares
about dogs anymore? SOME OF THOSE CREATURES ARE STILL ALIVE AND DESERVE TO
BE TREATED THE BEST AS WE CAN, TO NOT BE ASHAMED WE ARE CALLING OURSELVES
'HUMANS."
Rolda
is asking people to act now. We believe the best solution to save as many
dogs as we can from the authorities' is to build shelters, in which homeless
dogs will be sterilized, vaccinated and live without fear for the rest of
their lives. For building a shelter we need more than ideas, the willingness
of help, we need...funds. Any help whether making a small donation or sponsoring
a stray dog in order to feed and give them vital veterinary care would be
invaluable.
At
this point, Rolda is asking for help.
For any suggestion or contribution, visit our site: http://ROLDAORG.homestead.com/
or write directly to ROLDA@CanineWorld.com
Respectfully,
ROLDA.
Please
write and make the following points to the Rumanian President at the below
address. Or if you wish copy the sample letter below adding your name, address
and country of origin.
1)
Please ask him to stop the slaughter of stray dogs in Romania.
2) To stop the slaughter of dogs for human consumption
3) To build non kill shelters throughout Romania.
4) To introduce humane methods of euthanasia for seriously ill and suffering
dogs.
5) To introduce a programme to educate children in schools about compassion
for animals in order to stop the cycle of abuse.
6) To introduce a neutering programme to reduce the stray dog population in
time.
7) To create effective laws to protect animals and ensure that the existing
ones are enforced.
8) To severely punish animal abusers.
President
Ion lliescu,
Palatul Cotroceni,
Strada Geniului nr. 1-3
Sector5-Bucuresti-Romania
email: ioniliescu@presidency.ro
Dear President Ion lliescu,
I
was horrified to discover that stray dogs in Romania are being slaughtered.
To inflict such atrocities on these helpless animals has shocked the world.
This is not a solution to the stray dog population. Even countries such as
korea are trying to take advantage of the lack of compassion for animals in
Romania by stealing and slaughtering stray dogs for human consumption in the
ports. I urge you to protect the stray dogs and introduce non kill shelters
throughout Romania and adopt humane method of euthanasia applying it only
in cases of seriously ill dogs. In the long term a neutering programme will
no doubt reduce the number of unwanted animals.
It
has been reported in the media around the world that the minimum animal protection
laws are being ignored in your country and corruption is rife. I have seen
the proof, the disturbing images of murdered dogs in Romania. I urge you to
implement effective and enforceable laws that will severely punish animal
abusers. It has been pro! ven in the USA that people which commit animal abuse
are also people that commit murders of humans. The government needs to encourage
compassion towards animals perhaps you would consider introducing animal care
awareness especially educational programmes in schools. I urge you to take
action and lead by example and stop the violence and animal abuse. I can assure
you if the killings continue, the blood of the dogs will stain Romania forever.
People will boycott visiting your country and there is no doubt that this
will have financial repercussions for the Romanian people and their businesses.
I
await your urgent response and action.
Yours
respectfully
(your name here)
Letter to president lliescu, by Action Against Poisoning:
President
Ion lliescu,
Palatul Cotroceni,
Strada Geniului nr. 1-3
Sector5-Bucuresti-Rumania
The
Hague, June 15th 2002
Dear
Mr lliescu,
Our
Action Against Poisoning of animals is confronted with incidents of human
cruelty towards domestic and stray animals, mostly aimed at dogs.
Though
we try to understand the economic and cultural background of different societies
we cannot fathom the pleasure that people derive from the torturing, killing
and even eating of their best and most loyal friend, the dog. We are deeply
worried about this cruelty as in our opinion cruelty towards animals reflects
an attitude of disrespect of life in general. Disrespect and indifference
have a damaging influence on new generations. As you certainly know this is
a threat to any society.
We
know your country as a beautiful part of Europe with friendly citizens. It
therefore surprised us to receive reports of ongoing Rumanian actions to kill,
slaughter and export your stray dogs to Korea, allegedly for economic reasons.
If this is true, it means that all domestic animals are at risk as well.
We
will not elaborate on the solutions for possible stray animal problems, the
repercussions to your country of publicity or our wish to have animal protection
laws enforced. We are sure that you have been thoroughly informed on these
issues.
Action
Against Poisoning begs you to stop these practices as/uknd to restore the respect
for animal – and consequently human – life in Rumania.
Yours
sincerely,
Action Against Poisoning
http://www.actionagainstpoisoning.com
mailto:info@aap.f2s.com