Stop dogs being killed in the Public Shelter of Breasta, Romania. The new management of the shelter has decided to change the rules of keeping strays in Breasta as following :

Stray dogs captured in the city of Craiova will be kept for 30 days and if they are not claimed or adopted by that time they are to be euthanized

Stray dogs captured in the towns and villages around Craiova will be kept for 14 days and if not claimed or adopted by that time they are to be euthanized.

We kindly ask you to reconsider this decision and chose a better solution for the citizens of your city and the stray dogs too. Cheaper, more humane and 21st century solutions exist, we will suggest a few below :

Spay and neuter campaigns for the public and fines for the owners how choose to break the law and not spay their dogs;

Give an NGO the right to run the shelter, help organise spay and neuter campaigns and organise adoption events. It would of course be a no kill shelter and the NGO would keep the dogs until they get claimed or adopted. The dogs would benefit from the care of a vet for medical treatment for diseases, spay and neuter surgery, vaccination, and anti-parasite treatment.

Euthanisa is not a viable solution and it's a very expensive one for the budget of a city. If one person doesn't want to spay their dog and it has 6 puppies two times a year, and they abandon the pups and they arrive in Breasta, that would cost the city hall 12 euthanisa procedures per year for 8 years instead of a spay surgery once. Killing healthy, friendly dogs, loved and fed by volunteers is illogical and inhumane.

The volunteers in Breasta, Romanian and foreign rescuers and their common efforts have managed to make a positive impact on the shelter and the fact that entire kennels are kept empty while dogs have to die is unacceptable and causes them a lot of pain and disappointment. Furthermore, in 2021 more than 400 dogs have been adopted or saved from Breasta before their euthanisa thanks to their combined efforts.

We believe that Dogs have been killed in the last couple of days, we suspect around 5 up until today January the 20th 2022. We hope that you will hear our plea and be the saviour of these innocent souls.

Please don't allow these dogs to be killed. Vote for change. Sign now!

and or write/email the local council on consiliullocal@primariacraiova.ro

Or the DSV on office-dolj@ansvsa.ro