stray dogs

Romania’s Parliament Adopts Stray Dog Bill

14:00, 22 Nov. 2011
Romania’s Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday adopted with 168 votes in favor, 111 votes against and 14 abstentions a bill on stray dogs.

Romanian Lower House Committee OKs Bill On Stray Dogs

17:23, 05 Apr. 2011
The Romanian Chamber of Deputies’ public administration committee on Tuesday adopted a bill whereby stray dogs will be kept in pounds for 30 days and local authorities will decide whether to neuter or euthanize them.

Romanian Woman Attacked By Stray Dogs In Bucharest Dies

12:37, 28 Ian. 2011
A 49 year-old woman has died Friday in Bucharest from severe bite wounds inflicted by stray dogs.

Animal Lovers Protest In Bucharest Over Plans To Euthanize Stray Dogs

12:01, 30 Apr. 2010
About 200 animal lovers, including far-right leader and MEP Corneliu Vadim Tudor and actress Monica Davidescu, are protesting in Romania’s capital Bucharest over authorities’ plans to euthanize the capital’s thousands of stray dogs.

Bucharest Mayor Frowns On Euthanizing Stray Dogs

20:49, 28 Apr. 2010
Bucharest mayor Sorin Oprescu said Wednesday he cannot agree with euthanizing stray dogs, adding he must, nevertheless, observe the law.

Romanian Animal Rights Activists Say Euthanizing Bucharest’s Stray Dogs Is Expensive, Inhumane

14:32, 28 Apr. 2010
Romanian animal rights organization Vier Pfoten said Wednesday it would be cheaper and more effective in the long run to spay and neuter stray dogs in Romania’s capital Bucharest rather than euthanize them, as a draft law sent to Parliament by the capital’s prefect would have it.

Over 9,000 People Bitten By Stray Dogs In Capital City Bucharest In Jan- July ‘09

15:07, 13 Oct. 2009
Bucharest prefect Mihai Cristian Atanasoaei on Tuesday said a recent report from the infectious diseases institute Matei Bals indicates that 9,178 Bucharest people, of which 7,500 adults and 1,678 children, were bitten by stray dogs from the beginning of the year until the end of July.