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A video depicting the sad reality at a public shelter near Craiova,
Romania is being actively shared on Facebook. The heartbreaking video only
comes to show the suffering and tremendous pain of the dogs that arrive here.
This dog - just like many others tha this shelter - never knew what happiness was. She was badly abused, neglected and left to fend for herself for far too long. One might think that she would be safe and thiriving at a shelter, but it is anything but that, because conditions at this facility are egregious (to say the least).
These shelter get to spend their entire day, every day, crammed in tiny,
dirty cages. Food and water are a luxury, while high euthanasia rates makes it
almost impossible they will get out of there alive.
Priscilla, the dog in the video, screams in pain as a rescuer tries to take him away from these appalling conditions. The dog is crying in pain and begging to be rescued. The terified pooch simply does not know how to react when she meets a kind person for the first time in her life. Priscilla never knew how it felt to be petted. The activist calmly approaches and despite the cries, she sticks by the dog and tries to confort her as much as possible. It extremely hard to imagine what this poor animal had to go through at that shelter. Priscilla is making progress and learn to trust humans for the first time ever. Later, she cuddles up to her handler, plays with some leaves and interacts with another dog. Priscilla was eventually rescued and was adopted by a loving and caring owner; she is now on her way to a happy life.
However, countless other dogs at the Breasta Animal Shelter
(operated by the Municipality of Craiova) are not that lucky to be rescued. These forgotten souls deserve a chance to a decent life!
The authorities must act fast and improve conditions at
the facility as soon as possible. No living creature deserves to be subjected to this amout of
pain, no matter what the circumstances are.
We sincerely hope our voice of concern and despair will not be
ignored and all these poor shelter dogs will receive the help they desperately
seek.
The municipality of Craiova cannot keep ignoring these dogs’ cries
for help. Conditions at the shelter are unacceptable and must be urgently improved Please sign and share the petition and let the mayor of Craiova know that these dogs deserve better!
Thank you.