How the law of death came about

DogRescue works from Sweden where they have their headquarters but are also active in Romania where the association runs a private dog fence and a veterinary clinic. The association has chosen to establish itself in Romania following the law that was initiated in 2013 for the declaration of a four-year-old boy killed by a street dog - which later turned out to be false accusations to enforce a systematic law clean out dogs. The amended law made it possible to catch and kill dogs  which was funded by the Romanian authorities and so-called public shelters (municipal dog fencing) were established on a large scale and mass killing of dogs started in earnest. One of several well-known campaigns by the media is when the association managed to save 500 street dogs from death within 30 days as also certain media attention. Another campaign that has been noticed is "Walk For The Strays" which has happened in some 60 Swedish cities for several years. Through its ten-year history, DogRescue has saved thousands of dogs from death and in 2019 has the capacity to receive and care for around 200 dogs at a time in its own shelter.

Fake news so-called "Fake News" by the government led to the mass killing of homeless dogs in Romania. An official document from the prosecutor's office at the Supreme Court of Romania shows after the law on mass killing of dogs came into effect - that the child was killed by one of seven guard dogs inside a private area. In the document it is written that "The minors were on a private property guarded by seven guard dogs owned by the company" and that "the defendant did not take appropriate measures to prevent the dog attack on the boy by closing the area to keep his dogs exclusively on his property, in in accordance with the legislation on dog ownership, including dangerous and aggressive dogs " Furthermore, the prosecutor's document states that "Despite the fact that some of the dogs that were caught from the field located on Tuzla Street no. 50 has been included in the official register of the Sector 2009 Veterinary Center within the Municipal Sector 2 of Bucharest since 2, after having been castrated, earmarked and microchipped. These dogs were not wild dogs in September 2013. The owner of the dogs was the defendant, a company. ” According to statements by Răzvan Băncescu, head of the Bucharest Animal Welfare Authority (ASPA), at a press conference, he has acknowledged that tens of thousands of dogs shortly after the law came into being in 2014 have already been killed. Various animal welfare organizations estimate that hundreds of thousands of dogs have been killed, while organizations on the ground are talking about over a million dogs that have been killed. The law is still active today and there are no plans to change it. You can read parts of report here developed by a sister organization Four Paws who also work with street dogs.

Mass protests in Romania against corruption

One of the main reasons why mass killing of dogs continues today, many years later, and that the law does not change, is that there is great profit interest in conducting capture and killing of dogs where you can today earn around SEK 2500 per dog you catch in and kill. In a country like Romania, where a low-wage earner earns only a few thousand kronor in monthly salary, this is attractive. And in a country with a heavy history where corruption is a daily occurrence, people do not care about the dogs, but their own problems. From Nyhetsmorgon on TV4 from 2017-02-06: Elisabet Frerot and Stefan Borg about massive demonstrations in the Romanian capital Bucharest - now the people are demanding the resignation of the government. See also this documentary on TV4 where the director says that corruption available at all levels in Romania and that it affects people's everyday lives. Also hear the report from Swedish Radio which tells us that Romania is one of Europe's most corrupt countries.