Several years ago, Mr. RR and I stayed a week in a wonderful hotel in Bucharest. Upon check in, we were warned about the feral dogs that roamed the city. They have a huge problem with them. I love animals and cannot and will not abide any abuse to any of them. However, on a short walk from our hotel, I was attacked by two dogs......still have the scars on my right leg.
The government there really needs to get a grip on the problem. And it is a serious problem. The dogs are literally crawling up out of the sewers at night to prowl.
Had a relative who worked in the oil industry in Libya (before Gadaffi). Everyone had a rifle handy because of the packs of feral dogs. I’ve hear of ocassional problems in rural areas of the USA, but thought it was a 3rd world problem.
“Several years ago, Mr. RR and I stayed a week in a wonderful hotel in Bucharest”
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For the summer of 2004 I lived in Cluj, Romania. I do not remember having contact with any dogs.
Here at my beach in the Philippines, I encounter many dogs, many that will not let me get near them, but I feed one of my own, and my neighbor’s dog, now nursing 4 puppies.
The strays will not let people get anywhere near them.
At my request, two guys from the health department came to give free rabies shots to all the dogs and cats that I could round up.