Dear Mayor,
since several months we follow up what happens in Romania with the stray dogs full of cares.
Again we are upset to learn that now you, too, have decided to kill the dogs in the Public
Shelter of Braila. And you do this after a long period of cooperation with Dr Rudolf Hofmann
who made a lot of efforts to improve the conditions of the shelter and the medical treatment
including neutering of the dogs. He and many others tried to find places and homes for the
dogs with remarkable success. That cannot be in vain!
We are deeply disappointed by your sudden turnaround.
Many associations of animal welfare in Europe give financial support to castrate stray dogs in
order to help you solving the problem of overpopulation of the dogs. This method is the only
one that is effective. But the Cities must tolerate it for a certain time. That cannot be too
complicated and demanding to understand!
Now we recognize that we cannot rely on your promise some days ago. What a
disappointment and waste of money!
How can we change your mind again?
With kind regards
Dr. Helga Körnig
Dr. Helga Körnig
Internationaler Tierschutzverein Grenzenlos e.V.
www.itvgrenzenlos.de
e-mail: itvgrenzenlos@web.de
Tel.: 05071 -4126
Dear Madam / Sir,
We have received your concern message about the commencement of the
euthanasia of stray dogs from the streets of Braila.
At this time, in the two public shelters, Lacu Sarat and Unirea, are
accommodated a total of 700 stray dogs and 162 of them are remotely adopted. On
Braila`s streets are many stray dogs and for them we have hundreds of requests for
capturing, especially dogs around schools, hospitals, public markets and we are
unable to solve these demands because, in shelters there are no longer
accommodation spaces under the provisions relating to animal welfare.
As you know, Braila Hall has a partnership with Romanian Rescue Dog
Association, since May 2014 for the protection of stray dogs, dropout prevention
for dogs with owners, organizing national and international adoptions and
improving the quality of life of dogs in shelters Braila. On the basis of Partnership
Saturday, 25/10/2014, we met at Braila to find a solution to reduce the number of
stray dogs from the streets, their accommodation in the two public shelters, the
increase of the number of adoptions and postponement as much as possible for
euthanasia of dogs of the procedure adopted.
The Hall Braila forward to Dog Rescue Romanian partner, a list of dogs that
are proposed for adoption immediately, as they are in our shelters for long time.
For them, it requires a special effort on your part to take over their shelters because
these dogs have been nominated numerous times for adoption and have been
adopted so far.
Meanwhile, near public shelter in Lacu Sarat, Braila Hall provides land that
Romanian Rescue Dog Association will arrange accommodation spaces for real
dogs adopted which, up to the takeover by the adopter will be cared for at the
expense of the Association.
We do know that so far Town Hall Braila and Rescue Dog Association
Romanian has conducted three sterilization campaigns for common breed dogs
with owners, dogs taken from the of streets Braila or adopted during sterilization
campaigns. Thus, these campaigns have sterilized 500 dogs in Braila.
The next campaign will take place this November 2014, the citizens of
Braila being more interested in sterilizing their dogs and considering that up to
January 1, 2015 are required to sterilize and record them.
The same time together with the Romanian Rescue Dog are trying to find
solutions for sterilization without to bring them in public shelters.
When Romanian Rescue Dog Association will have the resources to perform
these sterilizations, we will publish sterilization procedure and accountability of
animal lovers in Braila.
We think so, together, we can reduce the number of dogs from the streets of
Braila that they will be adopted real, so taken from shelters and we have to apply
the procedure of euthanasia.
Now, we are waiting YOU by our side - Town Hall Braila and
Romanian Rescue Dog!
Mayor,
PhD. Eng. Aurel Gabriel SIMIONESCU
Dr. Ing. Aurel Gabriel Simionescu
Primarul Municipiului Braila