Stray Dogs in Romania. - Policies, legal Framework and Solutions
Stray Dogs in Romania. - Policies, legal Framework and Solutions

Author(s): Roxana Pencea, Tudor Brădățan
Subject(s): Public Administration, Environmental and Energy policy
Published by: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
Keywords: stray-dogs;
Summary/Abstract: Some of the animal attacks most publicized in the Romanian media are those by dogs without an owner. The entire issue is covered extensively by the domes¬tic media, with over 12 thousand articles containing the words “dogs without an owner” and almost 25 thousand articles containing the words “street dog.” The situation of street dogs has generated heated debates between animal lovers and those who will see the streets clear of the quadrupeds at any price. The debates are most often restricted to the law¬fulness and morality of the act of ending the life of unclaimed or unadopted dogs, a method which is preferred by authorities and receives generous bud¬gets but has proven ineffective in the medium and long run. While solutions have been sought all these years, the situation has remained almost unchanged – large numbers of dogs in the streets and ineffective authorities.

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