To ask you to sign this petition?

[AlmondPearls]

www.change.org/p/friends-do-not-start-the-euthanasia-of-the-dogs-in-the-public-shelter-from-feteni-valcea-romania?utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=link&recruiter=849850337

The English is at the bottom. 500 dogs are due to be euthanised tomorrow in a Romanian public shelter. These dogs have dedicated volunteers who care for them and feed them etc. A charity I support have fostered dogs from this shelter in the past and they have come to the UK to be adopted. Many happy stories for these dogs when given a chance.

The Mayor has had to hire a new vet to carry out the mass euthanasia as the one who was asked to do it originally has refused! He has also had to remove his Facebook page due to this blowing-up. You can still message the vet privately on Facebook, details are at the bottom of the petition.

Thank you so much.

www.change.org/p/friends-do-not-start-the-euthanasia-of-the-dogs-in-the-public-shelter-from-feteni-valcea-romania?utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=link&recruiter=849850337

Signed! Gosh - I'll keep my fingers crossed for the dogs :(

Signed

I'm very sad because I have little hope for these dogs, especially at such short notice, but I can't just do nothing. Thank you.

It doesn't say why this is happening. Is it funding-related, or an overabundance of stray animals?

Better to try than do nothing.

What would happen to them if they're not euthanised? Will they stay in the shelter for their whole lives?

Shelters are not meant to house a dog for 10 years+. If there are no adopters, and if strays are always coming in, the problem is endemic to the area. The focus needs to be on the amount of stray and abandoned dogs, not the overrun shelters who cannot possibly afford to keep these animals with no one wanting to adopt them.

It's possible for people from the UK to adopt dogs from Romania, but it's expensive and time-consuming and ultimately does not help. The focus needs to be on education - i.e. spay and neuter, don't abandon dogs - and things like trap and release programs, where strays are neutered/spayed and then let back out. Nowhere has the funds to house the amount of stray dogs that Romania has, and many of them will be feral anyway and unsuitable to live with humans.

With the quality of life that these animals have currently, it may be better for them to be euthanised.

This shelter sounds lovely, but the problem is not going to be solved by funding space for dogs that no one wants to adopt. It's really sad, but it's not a problem that can be solved by keeping an animal in the shelter forever. :(

Unless there are guaranteed loving homes lined up for all 500 dogs then being euthanised may be the kindest thing anyone has ever done for them. I say this as a dog owner and lover. Seriously? Being PTS is not a cruelty for dogs. They have no concept of it. If their life will involve being stuck in kennels going increasingly insane then give them mercy and let them have peace.

Many of these dogs could go to loving homes. We aren't the only charity that foster dogs there and find adopters for them. Several in the past few months have been happily adopted in the UK alone, and we aren't the only charity/country to use this shelter.

So why are these ones being PTS? If they are being rehomed?

Given the number of people signing from Romania, some could probably be rehomed locally.

Not all of them are. But there are adoptable dogs in there, who can be fostered and adopted. It takes time, yes, but the vet isn't just going to go in there and only euthanise the aggressive/nervous/unadoptable ones.

It just doesn't sit right with me that perfectly good, healthy dogs who could find a home very soon are going to be PTS. We can't foster them all at the same time.

If you don't agree, you need not sign.

Yes exactly. It's not just about being adopted overseas. Now that there is more public awareness for this shelter, the dogs stand way more chance of being adopted even inside Romania.

Oh, do we not get to ask questions in order to reach a decision?

I didn't mean it in a bad way. It's your choice ultimately.

If you think it's best they be PTS due to the possibility that they might not be adopted, then that's fine.

Sorry if it sounded off.

"Several in the past few months have been happily adopted in the UK"

So dogs in our Shelters get put-to-sleep, instead, that doesn't really make sense.

From what I've read, only targeting funds into sterilisation of street dogs, will solve the problem. Which begs the question, is keeping the dogs on the shelter a good use of funds?

What is the stray population like, locally?

BirdsGottaFly

It's true Romania has a huge stray problem nationally tbh, not just locally.

The charity that I support does also pay to support spay and neuter programmes alongside paying for medical bills. They also help to find places with Romanian volunteers when they find dumped animals (recently 6 puppies dumped on a road had their vet bills paid for, though they didn't end up in a public shelter thankfully, one died, the others are waiting to be adopted).

They are a small charity just trying to make a small difference to as many dogs as they can.