Stray Dogs

Stray Dogs: The Referendum

by Craig Turp November 16, 2011 Bucharest

 Members of Romania’s ruling Democratic-Liberal Party (PDL) are currently collecting signatures around Bucharest in order to force a local referendum on the stray dog issue. Without going into the whole dog argument again, we do think that a referendum is a good idea, no? Let the people of Bucharest decide how the problem should be [...]

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Woof! Thank you and goodnight

by Craig Turp August 6, 2011 Bucharest

 Enough is enough. Fun as it has been, the time has come to close the ‘How many?‘ comments thread which – dead for a while – was reignited last week and which has become the most commented post on this entire sorry blog. The comments are now, however, going around in circles somewhat, and very [...]

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

by David Newall March 16, 2011 Bucharest

 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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How many?

by Craig Turp January 29, 2011 Bucharest

 Here’s a news story for all those people who think feeding Bucharest’s stray dogs is a good idea: Dogs maul Romanian woman to death Yep, it’s happened again. (The poor woman mauled to death yesterday was not the first person to be killed by Bucharest’s stray dogs). So we were wondering: How many people have [...]

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Dogs. Again. But maybe now the pendulum has swung for the last time?

by Craig Turp April 28, 2010 Bucharest

 Interesting. Very interesting. News today to warm the heart of all but the Dogs First Taliban Tendency: new legislation to deal with Bucharest’s stray dog problem has been sent to parliament for approval. In brief, the new proposal is this: dogs will be caught, taken to a shelter, and if they are not then adopted [...]

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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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