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According to animal protection associations at least 40,000 stray dogs live in the Romanian capital of Bucharest.
The city is planning a law on catching the dogs step by step. But Romanians have always had an ambivalent relationship to the dog, writes the daily Adevărul:
“Romanians are surrounded by forests in the countryside and dogs in the city, but dogs in Romania are the subject of affectionate mythologising. For example, the Romanian’s image of abundance is ‘the dog with a pretzel tail’, meaning a land of milk and honey. When he wants to describe the slovenliness of a community he calls it a ‘village without dogs’.
… But things have changed. Modernity has brought with it urbanisation, and the village without dogs has become a city with dogs. Even if their huge number conveys the impression of a ‘village without dogs’, we must admit that the old truth has now attained a new dimension. Because on January 1, 2007 our dogs became European dogs. They enjoy a higher status of ‘immunity’ than previously. And so the expression ‘savage dog’ will be banned in future as discriminating.”
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