Stray dogs/cats and means for solving the problem

Killings as a solution
So why does not killing the dogs reduce the stray population?

Firstly, there is no easy, cost efficient and humane way to kill this many dogs. Because a majority of the dogs are owned they would first have to be collected into a shelter to give the owner a reasonable chance to retrieve their lost pet before euthanasia. This process is slow and unefficient, and the remaining dogs in the street are left to reproduce at the same rate as they are collected and put down.

If we only look at killing the dogs in an efficient way,the most attractive would be poisoning. Needless to say, it's a cruel and painful way and also puts other animals and humans, especially children, at risk.

Also shooting might seem as a good idea, because it is both cheap and efficient and, done correctly, causes a quick and painless death. Shooting dogs directly in the street would be the fastest way but is of course impossible - all living creatures would be at risk. We also know, based on the experience with tranquilizing guns, how hard it is to get a clean shot on a scared animal that moves very quickly. Thus it would be inevitable that a large percentage of the dogs shot would only be wounded instead of killed.

If the dogs would be collected to a shelter before the killing we are again back to an unefficient and costly procedure. The dogs would still be reproducing in the street and the solution would be only temporary - and causing the stray dog population to even encrease. Killing the dogs in a humane way in a shelter is of course to be prefered over the cheaper, more brutal ways, but in Romania there is no guarantee of a painless euthanasia. Money, carelessness and indifference are factors that make even the most humane plan on euthanasia fail. Besides, even if there was a way, and a will, the killings will only empty the streets short term, because new dogs would arrive and reproduce and it would be a never ending circle.

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