tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309711851944066845.post7470867687392970030..comments2024-02-06T15:59:12.479+02:00Comments on Sauerkraut & Tofuwurst: No to RomaniaSauerkraut & Tofuwursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02538531960984048821noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309711851944066845.post-32453166050069068322013-10-31T12:55:58.103+02:002013-10-31T12:55:58.103+02:00http://suomenkuvalehti.fi/jutut/ulkomaat/romaniass...http://suomenkuvalehti.fi/jutut/ulkomaat/romaniassa-kulkukoirat-kuristetaan-tai-nuijitaan-hengilta<br /><br />http://www.badpolitics.ro/razboi-civil-la-ploiesti-cainii-hingheriti-ajung-morti-la-adapostul-de-bucov-peste-1-000-de-caini-omorati-in-ultimele-zile/Sauerkraut & Tofuwursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02538531960984048821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309711851944066845.post-86782681134312134632013-10-20T11:59:09.593+03:002013-10-20T11:59:09.593+03:00Hello Paul, and thanx for your comment. We based o...Hello Paul, and thanx for your comment. We based our decision on the observations and reports from German and Finnish animal rescuers and people working in animal shelters. We trust and weigh those sources much more compared to e.g. newspapers.<br /><br />Please find here two reports written by German rescue workers:<br />http://www.tierherzen-brauchen-hilfe.de/Rumaenien1/gallery.html<br />http://tierherzen-brauchen-hilfe.de/Rumaenien2/Rumaenienfahrt.html<br /><br />There are also some people who disagree with the articles published in the Bucharest life.<br /><br />In any case, we wanted to stay there for many days which means that we will have long walks with our dogs through forests. This is not much fun if dogs must be on lead all the time - in fact it's teasing them since we cannot play. Whenever a dog is free there is a risk that it will run away and the potential consequences i.e. our dogs are captured and killed before we can find them are not acceptable.<br /><br />For the sake of dog welfare, tourism and the beauty the country has, we hope that the situation becomes better in future. Killing is not the solution! Only sterilisations, adoptions (and not breeding any new dogs!) and the change of human behaviour and attitude (like in lean and agile) works in this situation!!!Sauerkraut & Tofuwursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02538531960984048821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309711851944066845.post-69292889127089531802013-10-16T01:35:14.728+03:002013-10-16T01:35:14.728+03:00half Romanian here; sry to say but this entry is s...half Romanian here; sry to say but this entry is sadly wrong, giving the impression to the misinformed that Romanians are a bunch of dog killing savages.<br /><br />While Romania/Romanians certainly have a lot of things to improve, the dog issue is a great disinformation/misunderstanding and catching dogs is certainly not a "huge business" there. <br /><br />Up until recently the local authorities were not permitted to kill stray dogs (only sterilize and release back). Upon recent developments the law was changed allowing them to do so if they choose to do it!!! Once more: the law does not *require* mass killings, it gives the local authorities the right to put them down if they want to (i.e. not adopted, sick, dog shelters full, etc). That's it!<br /><br />The very same law is in place in most of the "civilized" Europe (UK included). Gotta love double standards. <br /><br />Links from foreign people actually living in Bucharest:<br />http://www.bucharestlife.net/2013/09/08/romania-is-not-a-barbaric-country/<br />http://www.bucharestlife.net/2013/09/22/hypocrisy-is/<br />http://www.bucharestlife.net/2013/09/26/hide-your-dogs-the-romanians-are-coming/<br /><br />--paul<br /><br />P.S. BBC article is well written and balanced, wandering if people actually read that :)<br />P.P.S. Stay safe guys!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309711851944066845.post-37022638274122654492013-10-15T20:42:21.955+03:002013-10-15T20:42:21.955+03:00Thank you for this post! Romania is a place I tend...Thank you for this post! Romania is a place I tend to avoid during my travels, which is a shame, since the landscape is supposedly amazing!yarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06018536752583225516noreply@blogger.com