On the press conference given on 12th of February, 2014 by MEP Andrea Zanoni, Vice President of the Intergroup, and and MEP Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Vice-Chairman of the AGRI Committee regarding their visits in Romania and the mistreatment of Romanian dogs PRESS RELEASE and VIDEO of the PRESS CONFERENCE at the link: occupyforanimals.org/on-the-press-conference-given-on-12th-of-february-2014-by-mep-andrea-zanoni-and-mep-janusz-wojciechowski-regarding-their-visits-in-romania-and-the-mistreatment-of-romanian-dogs.html On December 4, 2013 a delegation of the European Parliament went to Romania and had some meetings with Romanian officials ANSVSA- Sanitary-Veterinary and Food Safety National Authority and the Mayor of Bucharest. The delegation members were assured that the law on dog management was a law on adoption, not on euthanasia and the citizens had access to public shelters which were totally transparent and complying with the law On January 28, the delegation returned to Romania in order to inform themselves on the situation directly on site by visiting as well dog shelters of the city halls. The Delegation found that there was a major discrepancy between what the authorities had told them during their first visit and what they found on site during their second visit. On 12th of February, 2014, the Vice-Chairman of the AGRI Committee and Vice-Chairman of the Animal Welfare Intergroup, MEP Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI (ECR) together with the Vice-Chairman of the Animal Welfare Intergroup MEP Andrea ZANONI (ALDE) hosted a press conference in relation to their recent visit to Romania. MEPs addressed concerns regarding the situation of stray dogs in light of the recently adopted Stray Dogs Euthanasia Law by the Parliament of Romania aimed at culling the stray population, and presented their reflections and conclusions and put forward plans, recommendations and possible initiatives in search of a solution on how to address the issue. Please listen to the speeches at the link: occupyforanimals.org/on-the-press-conference-given-on-12th-of-february-2014-by-mep-andrea-zanoni-and-mep-janusz-wojciechowski-regarding-their-visits-in-romania-and-the-mistreatment-of-romanian-dogs.html Below, the Press Release in Polish kindly provided by the Press Center of the European Parliament, followed by a Google translation into English while waiting for the official Press Release in English
Posted on: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 01:49:13 +0000