We, the Undersigned, endorse the following petition:

Petition to support the Animal Police Law in Romania - Project B486/08-05-2007

Target: Parliament of Romania, Senators and Deputies
Sponsor: Org. Robi
  • Signatures: 4,602
  • Goal: 5,000
  • Deadline: 6-4-2008

 


9 members of the Romanian Parliament submitted in May 2007 a project of law for the prevention of cruelty on animals, that proposes the setting up of  the Animal Police, a body mandatory composed of compassionate people. Animal Police will have attributions of inspection and control of the animal welfare& protection and prevention of cruelty on animals as provided in the present project/law.


http://www.cdep.ro/pls/proiecte/upl_pck.proiect?idp=8414


Adopting the Animal Police Law will convey the message to the citizens that animal abuse of any kind will not be tolerated, as the laws for animal welfare stipulate - Romanian, European, universal laws.

Only by making it a crime, and publicizing the penalties, as well as the successes, will people become more humane to animals, and of course humans.

A few of the provisions of B486/08-05-2007 are given below.

Recognising that man has a moral obligation to respect all living creatures, in conformity with the values and standards of the civilised nations, we, the undersigned, urge you to act now to adopt the Animal Police law B486/2007 in Romania.

 


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4,611 3:14 pm PDT, Jun 30 Chiara Tironi 28 Milano   Italy  
4,610 3:12 pm PDT, Jun 30 barbara scorzafava 0 milan   Italy  
4,609 3:12 pm PDT, Jun 30 Metal-Heart Metal-Heart 0 Varese   Italy I support the animal police law
4,608 3:06 pm PDT, Jun 29 greta malkotzoglou 32 Athens   Greece  
4,607 11:00 am PDT, Jun 14 Nathalie Mojica 22 Brampton   Canada  
4,606 6:26 am PDT, Jun 4 Sandu Mihai Gabriel 0 Navodari   Romania  
4,605 9:10 pm PDT, May 31 Miguel Angel Julca 0 Lima   Peru  
4,604 3:28 pm PDT, May 25 Nina Carita Dyb 0 Rovde   Norway  
4,603 9:50 am PDT, May 12 Anonymous 0 Bucharest   Romania  
4,602 8:05 am PDT, May 12 Anonymous 25 Ploiesti Rhode Island Romania I fully suport the Animal Police.
4,601 8:03 am PDT, May 12 Eugen Diac 23 Bucharest   Romania  
4,600 7:59 am PDT, May 12 Irina Diac 0 Bucharest   Romania  
4,599 7:52 am PDT, May 12 Andra Godeanu 28 Bucharest   Romania  
4,598 9:28 pm PDT, May 8 Nikki Miller 0 Louisville Kentucky United States  
4,597 5:15 pm PDT, May 8 wash the hands 39 Rm   Portugal  
4,596 10:14 am PDT, May 8 Alessandra Testa 34 Roma   Italy  
4,595 12:21 pm PDT, May 5 Diana Istrate 16 Medgidia   Romania Era si cazul..totusi mai bine mai tarziu decat niciodata.
4,594 1:55 am PDT, May 4 Livia Hasegan 64 Bucharest   Romania  
4,593 3:23 am PDT, May 2 Anita Papassarandis 0 Athens   Greece  
4,592 8:12 am PDT, Apr 29 Teodora H 0 Bucuresti   Romania  
4,591 5:04 am PDT, Apr 29 oana patrichi 31 Bucharest   Romania Cred ca este foarte bine sa existe o organizatie care sa apere eficient drepturile animalelor. Aceasta sintagma: "drepturile animalelor" nu inseamna drept de vot in Parlament, ci drept la viata si la fericire. Cred ca atat putem sa le oferim.
4,590 2:26 am PDT, Apr 29 ROBERTO VALDIVIESO 27 valencia   Spain  
4,589 8:57 pm PDT, Apr 28 Gabriela Guevara 0 Morelia   Mexico  
4,588 8:50 pm PDT, Apr 28 ADRIANA BLANDO CORDERO 29 Sonora   Mexico  
4,587 2:30 pm PDT, Apr 28 Ruth Ferreira 0 Paris   France  
4,586 1:46 pm PDT, Apr 27 Alexandrina Leitão 0 Anadia   Portugal  
4,585 2:18 pm PDT, Apr 25 Lynn Lie 37 Surabaya   Indonesia  
4,584 7:45 am PDT, Apr 25 Debbie Davidsohn 37 Oakwood California United States  
4,583 7:48 pm PDT, Apr 23 Terrie Karr 52 Dayton Texas United States  
4,582 4:23 pm PDT, Apr 23 Morgan Griffith 53 Jamul California United States  
4,581 7:00 am PDT, Apr 23 Patricia Davis 65 Garland Texas United States  
4,580 1:36 am PDT, Apr 23 gail dair 57 Perth   Australia  
4,579 12:37 am PDT, Apr 23 Anna Hickl 26 Duisburg   Germany  
4,578 11:56 pm PDT, Apr 22 Adrian Lewis 43 Cape Town   South Africa  
4,577 10:56 pm PDT, Apr 22 Ann V 42 Antwerpen   Belgium  
4,576 9:37 pm PDT, Apr 22 Tom Maxwell 60 Los Angeles California United States  
4,575 9:19 pm PDT, Apr 22 Jaylena Greenfield 95 Ashland Ohio United States  
4,574 8:42 pm PDT, Apr 22 Dalia Hettfield 38 South Gate California United States  
4,573 8:04 pm PDT, Apr 22 Patty Seaman 64 Rochester New York United States  
4,572 8:03 pm PDT, Apr 22 Becky Van Sant 45 Calgary   Canada  
4,571 7:58 pm PDT, Apr 22 Pao Pallares 25 Cartagena   Colombia  
4,570 6:58 pm PDT, Apr 22 Lily Arnold 67 London   United Kingdom  
4,569 6:31 pm PDT, Apr 22 Terrah Dawn 35 Greenwood Mississippi United States  
4,568 4:45 pm PDT, Apr 22 Natalie A. Carter 28 Newark Ohio United States  
4,567 4:44 pm PDT, Apr 22 Shannon Sultan 24 Milwaukee Wisconsin United States  
4,566 2:58 pm PDT, Apr 22 Holly Swint 41 Gibsonton Florida United States  
4,565 2:40 pm PDT, Apr 22 Mary Riley 61 Hoquiam Washington United States  
4,564 2:38 pm PDT, Apr 22 June Marshall 38 Manchester New Hampshire United States  
4,563 2:34 pm PDT, Apr 22 Cher Clarke 46 London   Canada  
4,562 3:40 am PDT, Apr 22 Pirjo Pelkonen 38 Ranua   Finland  
4,561 6:28 am PDT, Apr 17 diana lungu 15 Bucharest   Romania  
4,560 7:45 pm PDT, Apr 13 Jenny Vegan 31 United States   United States Minor Outlying Islands Please protect Romanian animals!
4,559 10:13 pm PDT, Apr 6 Anonymous 40 Fresno California United States  
4,558 9:55 am PDT, Apr 6 Balus Nicolae Codrut 19 Petrila (HD)   Romania Am nevoie de ajutorul dumneavoastra.Vreau sa va anunt ca ceea ce se intampla in orasul meu privind animalele(cainii) e inuman.Nu mai pot iesi din casa.Ma doare sufletu sa vad niste oameni fara suflet dak i pot numi oameni(hingherii) care fac cu cainii lucruri care nu se pot descrie in cuvinte.Nu mai pot sa traiesc asa.A sosit timpu sa fac si eu ceva, sa lupt pt aceste suflete inocente si nevinovate.Nu stiu unde sa fac apel, nimeni nu ma ajuta, voi sunteti sigura mea speranta.Va rog sa ma ajutati, am intalnit oameni care au lesinat pe strazi vazand ce fac hingherii cu cainii.Stau si ma intreb oare exista Dumnezeu?.Ma rog sa existe cineva care sa ma ajute.Vreau sa ajut aceste animale, fac absolut orice sa le pot ajuta.Am 2 caini, 35 de porumbei, si 2 papagali, si oricate animale as avea tot nu imi sunt de ajuns le iubesc pe toate, si vreau sa lupt pt ele.Va rog din suflet sa ma ajutati.Stiu ca pot conta pe voi.Va multumesc ca existati!
4,557 1:25 am PDT, Apr 6 Laurel Watson 0 Maricopa Arizona United States  
4,556 7:34 pm PDT, Apr 3 Jorge Olarte 34 Aldo Bonzi   Argentina  
4,555 2:03 pm PDT, Apr 3 IGNACIO TRUJILLO 32 mexico   Mexico  
4,554 4:44 am PDT, Apr 1 Simona Aspritoiu 26 Bucuresti   Romania  
4,553 9:02 am PDT, Mar 31 Romelia Iordache 37 Bucharest   Romania We need the Animal Police in Romania!
4,552 6:25 am PDT, Mar 30 oana ichim 33 Bucharest   Romania  
4,551 9:45 pm PDT, Mar 29 Nancy Billings 46 Edgewood Maryland United States ALL of Gods Beautiful and innocent animals need to be protected and those that treat them cruelly need to be severley punished because if they can hurt helpless animals then they would have no problem hurting helpless humans as well such as elderly or children ! They need to be put away RIGHT AWAY ! not a slap on the wrist !

Petition to support the Animal Police Law in Romania - Project B486/08-05-2007

 

According to the sponsors, the following cases of cruelty are felony:  unjustifiable killing of any animal or the attempt; causing physical pain or suffering to any animal  through handling or through acts as stated hereafter, knowingly or intentionally done or favoured, that can cause intense or prolonged or repeated pain or the death of the animal;  torturing, mutilating, suffocating, poisoning of animals – excepting the cases and methods stated by law for some rodents and insects considered pests; also cremation, burying, skinning, and starting of any act of processing the animal body until the death is certain; killing, causing physical pain or suffering, stealing, illegal traffic of pets; the animal fights (organization, funding, encouraging, bets and any gory shows involving animals); killing of animals for consumption in conditions that cause intense or prolonged suffering in slaughterhouses, farms, butcheries, households, without observing the norms of humane slaughter; the slaughter in unauthorized facilities, excepting the households for the own consumption; slaughter of the fur animals, domestic and wild species, without observing the norms of euthanasia for each of the species, as recommended by international experts and accepted by national legislation; the un-necessary killing or inflicting intense pain that could have been avoided on the animals used for scientific purposes, not observing the laws in effect, the illegal trade with animal and animal products, any other acts under the incidence of the present law.

The following cases of animal maltreatment are considered misdemeanour: raising animals in conditions of overcrowding; transportation and exposure of animals to overcrowding and excessive duration, in positions causing pain, or having not enough air or water; depriving the owned animals of adequate food, water, shelter, possibility to move; overworking or overdriving any animal disregarding the species, age, health condition, advance gestation inclusive; cruelly beating, sticking to force an animal to perform over its limits or to get an animal fallen, ill or wounded to rise; not observing the rest necessary for the work animals; excessive exposing to bad weather conditions that can cause impairment of health; throwing away or abandonment of the domestic animals, pets, utility animals, that cannot be used being old, ill or infirm; using the animals in contests, races, shows, circuses, movies, advertising, exhibitions, entertainment, sports or keeping them in zoo parks without the necessary care for their safety and welfare, and care for thereafter ; the brutal training of the animals; annoying, scaring or teasing, provoking the animals against one another, or against humans; keeping the animals in improper conditions during illegal trading; allowing an animal to create a danger to the public or other animals ; beating, coursing, animals' torment etc.

According to the law, misdemeanour is punishable with fines from 300 to 10.000 lei (90 to 3,000 Euro); felony is punished with 5 to 10 years of imprisonment.

The project allows the owners to chain a dog for maximum 4 hrs a day, not tied to a fix point and allowing the animal to make normal body movements.

If leaving the animal in the possession of the owner is considered to pose an immediate danger to the animal, the Animal Police can temporary seize the animal.

As regards the stray animals: It is forbidden to euthanize captured strays or dogs impounded; it is forbidden to use  captured strays or dogs impounded for experimentation; the stray dogs will be spayed/neutered; registered; if not claimed in 60 days, they could be offered for adoption to reliable persons; before adoption they shall be anti-rabies vaccinated. The euthanasia of the dogs and cats, by applying humane procedures only, is allowed only for incurable illness cases or for dogs that proved to be aggressive.

The obligation to sterilise the stray dogs and cats is incumbent on the concessionaire veterinarian doctors responsible for the area; not-observing of this obligation is considered misdemeanour.

The costs incurred with spaying/neutering of the stray animals will be born by the local/county budgets and the National Sanitary Veterinarian Authority

Preventing the increase of stray animal population will be carried out by:

- applying the present project/law dispositions regarding the obligations of the owners to avoid the loss and abandon of their pets;

- limitation of pet breeding; spaying/neutering to the highest possible extent of the stray animals

- actions for protection of animals in case of demolitions and calamities

The primates, dogs, cats, horses, dolphins, as species with superior neuro-psychic development shall not be slaughtered for consumption (under the charge of felony).

Wildlife animals can be kept captive only if allowed by the Animal Police.

The Ministry of Education will have in view to include in the training programs for specialists, animal technicians, workers in the veterinary activity, biology, livestock of scientific, technical, ethical information intended to promote the respect for life and elimination or reducing to the highest degree possible the suffering of the animals on which human activities are exerted.    

The educative actions to prevent the cruelty on animals and for the animals' protection will have in view some groups of invertebrates as well, such as insects, molluscs, crustaceans.

 

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