Veterinarians from Bucharest SAY NO! They will not perform the euthanasia on healthy animal!

Veterinarians from Bucharest SAY NO! They will not perform the euthanasia on healthy animal!

Below, Mira's translation of an article published in the Romanian media DeCe News:

A special letter, to be sent to ANSVSA (National Sanitary Veterinary Authority) and to the CMVR has been made available online for all Romanian veterinarians who decide NOT to euthanize healthy animals.

The veterinarians which sent already the letter, regardless of the town where they live and practice, have explained that the euthanasia is the LAST resort when the dog has an incurable disease, which makes him suffer tremendously, or when the dogs is very very old. Euthanasia is performed ONLY by the veterinarian with the approval of the owner. Thus, if all veterinarians will support this boycott, who will euthanize the dogs?

QUOTE from the letter:

"As a veterinarian I inform you that I will note take part in the implementation of OUG 155/2001 which stipulates the "euthanasia" of dogs deemed clinically healthy, in order to diminish the number of stray dogs on the streets, because The Veterinarians' Code of Ethics, art. 50 says: The veterinarian should abstain to perform the euthanasia with the exemption of cases where this procedure will end the pain of an INCURABLE patient." 

Also, The CMVR Decision nr. 24/03.12,20122 stipulates that "the euthanasia of dogs, with the exemption of incurable diseases represent a violation of our profession thus been banned" 

"I would like to mention that euthanasia is a strictly medical procedure which is performed only on animals in a terminal state of a disease, with the only aim to end the pain, and our code of ethics does not allow me to use this procedure on a healthy animal (physically and mentally). The provisions of this law are abusive and have been taken without a consultation with specialists in this matter and do not represent my opinion regarding the management of stray dogs.

The term "euthanasia" has been deliberately chosen in order to avoid any other terminology (assisted killing, killing without pain) for moral and ethical reasons and also for the image which the other terms might generate. This confusion can raise an important prejudice to our profession as veterinarians and intentionally lowers the level of acceptance of the deliberate end of a life.

Thus I would also like a strict delimitation between the veterinarians who perform this procedure based on a medical report and those who will perform it on healthy animals"

For entire article in Romanian, please see: http://www.dcnews.ro/2013/09/cine-va-eutanasia-cainii-veterinarii-spun-nu/

The massacre has begun. And it is done by non-professionals

Via Occupy For Animals.

In an interview published in DCNEWS, Romanian veterinarian, Adam Zoltan, speaks about euthanasia and how Romania's homeless animals will be killed (not "put to sleep", but killed) under the new "legislation"

Below Mira's full translation of said article...

TITLE: "The massacre has begun. And it is done by non-professionals"

Original Source - DC News. 

Veterinarian Adam Zoltan explained why the law for stray dogs is wrong and how the body of a dog reacts to euthanausa. The veterinarian does NOT believe that the mass euthanasia of stray dogs will be done with anesthesia and lethal injection.

He declared for "larevista.ro" that this law: "is a mistake. The problem should have been solved differently. I could eventually agree with euthanasia, but only after I see that those responsible for this situation go to jail. 

It is much easier to take revenge on those who can not protect themselves. 

Someone must answer, and I do not consider that the dogs have to do it. 

The worst scenario, if euthanasia is taken off the table, is that the "boys" will lose their "toys", and can not make money anymore. 

I am against euthanasia, because it is an unilateral decision - I as a human take this decision, although I have no rights to do so. Everyday is a gift which God gave to all his creatures ".

Euthanasia as an ultimate solution.

The veterinarian explained under which circumstances it is done: "I do it, when I have no other solution left, when there is no reason to prolong the suffering of an animal, and only with the approval of the owner. I always start with a general anesthesia and only when the animal is asleep, I give the injection which will relieve him/her from suffering".

"What counts is to get the money, and the problem is solved"

Adam Zoltan said that the substance used to inject after the anesthesia is T16. 

Asked what could a dog feel, he said: "it is hard for me to think about it... I believe that it is not pleasant to feel that you are alive, and all of a sudden to feel sick, to have difficulty breathing, to be scared because you do not know what is happening and where you are... 

As a veterinarian you have to do it in a gentle way, if you are obliged by the situation to do it. At least in the last minutes of life, one must spare the innocent animals of unnecessary suffering. 

But, if they decide to euthanize all dogs in Bucharest, I doubt that they will put them under general anesthesia. On paper, maybe. But in reality, they will be strangled, beaten to death...

This massacre has already begun, and it is done by non professionals. All that counts is to take the money, and the case is solved. I would not want to know what will happen with those dogs, and how they will die...." 

How long does it take for a dog to die? 

The veterinarian explained that it depends of the ailment. But in this case it is not about very sick animals, because the majority of these dogs are healthy. A sick dog dies in a shorter period of time, a healthy one suffers longer. If it is done intravenous, the effect is more rapid, and the quantity of substance needed is smaller.

Article in Romanian language: http://www.dcnews.ro/2013/09/veterinar-a-inceput-masacrul-il-fac-oameni-care-nu-sunt-de-meserie/