{"id":3883,"date":"2026-02-19T18:46:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T18:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savethedogs.filaretedev.it\/atrocities-in-a-public-dog-shelter-in-romania\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T16:19:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T16:19:52","slug":"atrocities-in-a-public-dog-shelter-in-romania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savethedogs.filaretedev.it\/en\/atrocities-in-a-public-dog-shelter-in-romania\/","title":{"rendered":"Atrocities in a Public Dog Shelter in Romania"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A journalistic investigation, together with the dissemination of dramatic images from the <strong>Suraia dog shelter<\/strong>, has brought the issue of euthanising dogs as a means of controlling stray dogs and overpopulation back to the forefront of public debate in Romania.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>On Sunday 22 February, a demonstration is planned in front of the Parliament<\/strong>, where a draft legislation is currently being debated that would recognise animals as sentient beings rather than objects and would eliminate euthanasia for abandoned dogs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the video of<em> Save the Dogs<\/em> President, Sara Turetta, with the latest updates from Romania.<\/strong><\/p><h4><strong>UPDATE<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Despite freezing temperatures, <strong>3,000 people took to the streets in Bucharest<\/strong> on February 22 to protest against the atrocities committed in the country\u2019s public shelters, carried out with the complicity of corrupt institutions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/en\/prostest-parliament-suraia-shelter\/\">Read the full update\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><div class=\"mydonor-newsletter-form-container\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<form role=\"form\" name=\"myd_form_84\" id=\"myd_form_84\" action=\"\" method=\"POST\" class=\"form-horizontal mydonor_newsletter_form\"><input id=\"provenienza_web\" name=\"provenienza_web\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"\"><input id=\"cod_form\" name=\"cod_form\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"84\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"nazionePredefinita\" id=\"nazionePredefinita\" value=\"XX\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"nazioneIntestazione\" id=\"nazioneIntestazione\" value=\"XX\"><legend><\/legend><div class=\"form-group text-center clearfix\"><div class=\"col-md-12\"><button type=\"submit\" id=\"84\" class=\"btn btn-primary myd_submit\">Suscribe<\/button><\/div><\/div><\/form><div id=\"loading\" class=\"clearfix\" style=\"display: none;\"><div class=\"text-center col-md-2 offset-5\"><div class=\"spinner-grow text-danger\" style=\"width: 5rem; height: 5rem;\" role=\"status\">\n\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Loading...<\/span>\n\t  <\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><iframe <!--  -->  width=&#8221;360&#8243; <!--  -->  height=&#8221;640&#8243; <!--  -->  src=&#8221;https:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/L1s4TKWfnyc&#8221;<!--  -->  frameborder=&#8221;0&#8243;<!--  -->  allow=&#8221;accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture&#8221; <!--  -->  allowfullscreen<!--  -->  style=&#8221;display:block; margin: 0 auto;&#8221;<!--  -->><\/iframe><!--  -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A journalistic investigation, together with the dissemination of dramatic images from the Suraia dog shelter&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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