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An urgent appeal to save the Romanian dogs - please join us
Feb 9, 2006

Focus:Animal Welfare
Action Request:Write E-Mail
Location:Romania
Hello dear friends of the animals,

Horrible actions against stray dogs continues in Romania. After 29th of
January the campaign of mass-killing stray dogs made by Romanian
authorities has got very brutal aspects. We have sent numerous appeals
to European Commission asking them to stop the maddness in Romania.
There have not been many answers and because of that we continue our
focus and have made new appeal to EU-commissioners with demand EU to
act and stop this maddness. Please, join us to fight for animals
rights. You can find e-mail addresses of EU-commissioners under the
appeal.

With best regards,
Kiia Vasko
Pro Animals Finland ry
www.pafiry.net
kiia.vasko@phnet.fi
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SAMPLE LETTER

Dear Sir/Madam,

I have recently become aware of the most distressing situation of the
Romanian stray dogs. Stray dogs are brutally killed daily literally
everywhere in Romania. All this is due to the tragic event of 29th of
January 2006 in Bucharest. Sadly a Japanese business man died of a
wound bitten by a dog. However this does not justify the brutal methods
the Romanian authorities and people have taken against the stray dogs.

Animal lovers and organizations all over the world have sent thousands
of appeals and petitions to Romanian authorities in vain. They are not
willing to adopt more humane methods with stray dogs. Alternatives like
neutering dogs and co-operating with local and international animal
protection organizations are no option for the authorities. Instead
they seem to deal with this issue on their own way i.e. with cruel
massacres.

Numerous appeals and petitions have also been sent to European Union by concerned citizens. The typical reply to such appeals is that there is
no Europe wide legislation in the field of animal welfare. Therefore EU
has no possibility to legislate the concerned countries and each
country should find their own solution on such matters.

Countless people have also contacted the Romanian EU-delegation in
order to improve the horrible situation in Romania. The answer was -
"With accession, Romania will need to comply with the provisions of EU
legislation and to bring up the animal welfare standard to EU level.
The control of stray animals, however, falls under the exclusive
competence of the current and future Member States".

With same logic the concentration camps of Nazi Germany were also an
internal national issue and others shouldn't have got involved.

Animal protection laws do exist in the most countries of EU. Failing to
respect these laws incurs penalties. The latest law voted in relation
to the protection of animals dates from 14th August 1986 and was
modified by the laws of 26 March 1993 and 4th May 1995. To enable a
Europe wide legislation based on this, is therefore not such a great
challenge. Hence a legal basis already exists on which to establish and
adopt new EU wide legal framework which should be extended to all
candidate countries. Ignoring the law would lead to the imposition of
penalties.

The preamble of the proposed European Constitution states that the
Union aims to advance progress and civilization. Respect for animal
life is no hindrance to progress or economic and social development.
Union wishing to be coherent and advancing the road of civilisation is
under every obligation to deal with the issue of animal welfare. It
must ensure that its members deal with all animals in a humane way.
Even an expanding Union must respect life in its all forms and do
everything in its power to put an end to the current massacres
perpetrated on animals.

The Union should also take the initiative to use its legal competence
to vote in the European directive on the subject or at least a
framework law on animal protection. The images of extreme cruelty to
which we are constantly confronted are shocking and most distressing to
all animal lovers and they seriously damage the image of the countries
concerned.

I' am convinced that you will take the necessary measures rapidly.
Thank you for your attention to this matter, which at the moment is
such a great concern to a large number of Europeans. This matter can
not be solved by Romanian authorities only - they seem to be
incompetent to act in a humane way and with not acting EU actually
silently approves the brutality.

Respectfully,

Your Name
Your Address (City, Country)

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E-mails of the EU commissioners

José Manuel Barroso President of the European Commission Parliaments:
sg-web-president@cec.eu.int

Olli Rehn commissioner of enlargement:
cab-rehn-web-feedback@cec.eu.int

Markos Kyprianou (responsible for animal welfare!!):
cab-kyprianou@cec.eu.int

Margot Wallström Vice-President of the European Commission:
margot.wallstrom@cec.eu.int

Günter Verheugen:
guenter.verheugen@cec.eu.int

Stavros Dimas:
stavros.dimas@cec.eu.int

Danuta Hübner:
Cabinet-Huebner@cec.eu.int

Mariann Fischer Boel:
Mariann.Fischer-Boel@cec.eu.int
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Posted: Thursday February 9, 2006, 4:22 am
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JeZa Shobo (295) 		Thursday February 9, 2006, 5:13 am
Sent- I have sent a milion letters- no one ever replyed- they are so full of them selfs- what the hell do they think- that our oppinions do not count!!!
sue them- sue them all- use the law- they are not untouchable- they made those laws- but they do not obey them!!! so put them to jail!
I learned on Serbia's case- same thing!
We need to show them who we are- we are not a bunch of looneys who unrationaly and randomly do things from the heart- yes heart is involved- but we are more than rational!
So please, read your law- find a good lawyer(pay him from donations) we will all give a money 4 that!!!
JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED!
Hugs
J.

JeZa Shobo (295) 		Thursday February 9, 2006, 5:24 am
and YES!-Markos Kyprianou could help- grate choice:-)

Gabi P (9) 		Saturday February 11, 2006, 8:54 pm
JeZa , you are perfectly right! They probably think we are a bunch of loonies. As I understand, if we want a petition to be taken into consideration, it needs to be handwritten!!! What the heck? We're living in the 21st century, we all get together via the internet and this is what should count the most, isn't it? Thanks for everything you guys do!!!A big, big hug from me!

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