CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES PASSES NEW LAW PROTECTING ANIMALS

3 Comments · Posted by Sara in December 2007

Yesterday, the 17th of December 2007, something happened that nobody would have ever expected: the Romanian Chamber of Deputies voted almost unanimously in favor of a bill to protect animals (revision of Law 2005/2004). The new law contains two huge new provisions: it prohibits the killing of healthy dogs and cats and sanctions the abandonment of privately owned animals.
Although the bill did not make explicit mention of stray animals, we believe that the new law represents a first step in modifying Ordinance 155, which since 2001 has been the basis upon which stray dogs have been put to death. This Ordinance will be brought up for discussion in February 2008, in light of the new law approved yesterday. Only then will we know how concretely the question of the management of strays will be resolved.
The vote yesterday is the result of the efforts made by Senator Marinescu, who in the few last months has met with many Romanian associations as well as STD, and all those who have put pressure on the European Union and the Romanian government over the years to end the slaughter (among them STD, partner associations and all our supporters). We will keep you informed of the developments over the next few months, aware that it will take some time before the law goes into effect and that a great new challenge will arise for STD: to ensure that the new law has not been approved in vane. As a matter of fact, it is fundamental that we put pressure on Romanian institutions so that they apply the “sterilize and release” programes at the national level, in order to efficiently combat the stray animal problem that will otherwise remain a social evil without a solution.

Laurentiu Vasilescu and Andreea Manea (Chairman and Administrator of STD in Romania) in front of the Parliament in Bucharest.

Andreea donates a flower to a Deputee just before the vote

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Laura · 18 December 2007 at 12:34

Un avvenimento del genere sembrava inpensabile…Sicuramente l’operato delle associazioni come STD e le pressioni della comunità internazionale hanno avuto il loro peso. Speriamo che sia un punto di svolta definitivo.
Paola · 18 December 2007 at 13:30

Bene!! Buone notizie… il lavoro di STD non solo nell’accudimento dei cani, ma anche politico e burocratico è stato importantissimo. Speriamo che proceda su questa linea anche la fitura regolamentazione sui randagi. E noi in Italia siamo sempre pronti a raccogliere le vostre richieste di aiuto e sostegno!
jager christina · 12 March 2008 at 22:09

ik hoop dat het nu ook echt stopt want meestal gebeurt er na een tijdje gewoon weer hetzelfde.

c.jager