September 4, 2013 - marks the beginning of a very dark time for Romania's homeless animals. Following the tragic death of little Ionut, a four-year-old boy who was killed by dogs after he entered a private, fenced land, Romanian President, Traian Basescu, urged the Government to elaborate an emergency ordinance that ALL dogs be killed. Don't blame the dogs... blame your corrupt politicians! In 2001, Traian Băsescu, the then-mayor of Bucharest launched a campaign that led to the extermination of about 144,000 stray dogs in the capital alone, spending almost 9,000,000 Euros (62 Euros per dog) during the period from 2001-2007. The dog catchers in Brasov spent about 2 million EURO in 8 years. Between 2008-2010, 20,000 dogs have been killed in Constanta spending 1,500,000 Euros (75 Euros per dog). Overall it is estimated that Romania spent between 25 and 40 million EURO on strays from 2001 until 2008. Between 2001 and 2011 the Romanian animal control people have killed hundreds of thousands dogs by spending tens of millions of EUROs in public funds, while the number of stray dogs only grew larger because the authorities quickly came to realize that the mere existence of the strays is a very profitable business! Fact is: the campaign started by Basescu, the then-mayor of Bucharest, led to the extermination of more than 144.000 stray dogs in the capital alone, spending almost 9 million euros on taxpayer's money between 2011 and 2008 with the result that the streets of Bucharest are again littered with dead and life animals. The killings have already started The first dogs that will have to pay are the ones that are already incarcerated in the public shelters - those who are vaccinated, sterilized and that constitute no danger to the public... The mayoress of Craiova, Lia Olguta Aliescu, who hates dogs and who is well known for allowing horrible suffering to go on in the local public shelter over which she has the responsibility, did not waste any time and was the first Romanian mayor to announce that she had ordered the killing of all dogs in their local shelter. The killing of the more or less 500 unfortunate souls have started in, September 4, 2013. The next unfortunate souls will probably be the dogs at the public shelter in Râmnicu Vâlcea. Next week, it's the turn of the dogs in Bucharest's public shelters. Followed by those on the streets. Razvan BANCESCU, head of the Authority for Supervision and Protection of Animals (ASPA) said that a lot more dogs will be taken from the streets, the aggressive ones - or better said: deemed aggressive - will be killed immediately and the others will be thrown in one of their shelters. The number of shelters in the capital will be increased from actually 8, to 50. And given that one shelter has only a capacity of more or less 160 dogs, and considering that there are around 60.000 stray dogs in the capital alone, those for whom there will be no place, will also be killed. Those who will not be killed immediately, will be killed if not adopted within a few days. In fact, ALL will the killed, some sooner, others a bit later. The fate of the homeless dogs of Timisoara is also already determined: mayor Nicolae Robu did not waste any time to sentence them all to death! For the unfortunate animals who have the misfortune to enter such a public shelter, or publicly financed animal shelter, of which most are nothing less than illegal extermination camps run by untrained, poorly educated, underpaid and cruel shelter workers, and where they are being left to starve or to freeze to death, where they die of the consequences of diseases and injuries (often inflicted during the catching) and left without veterinary care, death will come as a welcome relief... because there are many things worse than death. But sadly, very sadly, death won't come swiftly. And it won't be fear nor painless... While crying out for revenge over the tragic death of little Ionut, they kill dogs and cats right in front of the children that they claim they are wanting to protect, not knowing that the uncontrolled exposure of children to animal abuse has serious ramifications on the psychological health of these children resulting in a serious psychological disturbance. Killing is NO solution! About the first photo: this picture had been shared by a Romanian newspaper, stating it was taken in Motru on 4th of September, 2013. However... a quick Google Search revealed that the picture is at least one year old. BUT: in the context that it is being used here - to illustrate the connection between children being exposed to animal abuse and the resulting effect on their psychological health - the date of the picture is of NO importance! Fact is: Children ARE being exposed to these horrors in Romania (and other countries) and this has an impact on their psychological health. ROMANIA STOP KILLING MY FRIENDS! #GabrielSiqueira #Dogs #Dog #Helpe #Gaga #LittleMonsters