Dogs in Bucharest

Why mass killing will not solve Romania’s street dog problem

David Newall of Romanian Animal Welfare Coalition (RAWC) puts forward the case for neutering, education and … street cleaning You may assume that, speaking on behalf of an animal welfare organisation, I’m bound to take the ‘softy’ route and condemn legislation permitting municipalities to kill street dogs en masse. And you’d be right. Because the [...]

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Bucharest’s stray dog problem has nothing to do with Nicolae Ceausescu

by Craig Turp March 11, 2011 Bucharest

We come in peace. Whatever side of the barricades you find yourself on in the the Bucharest stray dog debate, can we suggest that we all decide to agree on the fact that the stray dog problem – like so many others for which he gets the blame in contemporary Romania – has nothing whatsoever [...]

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Dogs in parliament

by Craig Turp March 8, 2011 Bucharest

Well, not quite dogs in parliament, but today in Romania’s lower house a vote on the never-ending matter of Romania’s stray dogs should see local councils once again have the power to deal with the stray dog problem as they – and they alone – see fit. This will include the right to kill them. [...]

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We don’t want to appear heartless but…

by Craig Turp December 5, 2010 Bucharest

To lose one dog might be considered a misfortune. To lose two just looks like carelessness…

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Dogs. Again.

by Craig Turp February 3, 2010 Bucharest

We read this yesterday with much enthusiasm: Bucharest City Council has pledged to change the law so that all stray dogs it captures and sterilizes will no longer be returned to the city’s streets. We take our hats off to the prefect of Bucharest, Mihai Cristian Atanasoaei, who said he supports “immediate, firm action [on [...]

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