Romania: Parliament Approves Plan to Euthanize Stray Dogs

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Parliament voted Tuesday to allow officials in Bucharest to capture and kill tens of thousands of stray dogs in the city. The chamber approved the measure 226 to 23. The mayor of Bucharest, the capital, who had planned a referendum on the issue, said he would seek to cancel the referendum. In recent years, a Bucharest woman was killed by a pack of strays, and a Japanese tourist died after a stray severed an artery in his leg. Last week, a 4-year-old boy was fatally mauled. The bill must be signed by the president.