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Boy's Death Sparks Debate On Bucharest Stray Dogs

Ron Burgundy

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This Sept. 8, 2013 photo shows, Aurica Anghel, grandmother of Ionut Anghel, a 4-year old boy, who was fatally mauled by stray dogs last Monday, after she failed to monitor him for a period of time, while in a park, holds his picture during a protest in Bucharest, Romania. The stray dog population of the Romanian capital is around 64 thousand according to city hall sources. The Matei Bals hospital for infectious diseases says it has treated 9,760 people for dogs bites this year, of which a quarter were children. It was the death of the 4-year-old boy that sparked a new debate over killing strays.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — They roam the streets of Bucharest, sad-eyed, scraggly mongrels that shelter in demolition sites, rifle through garbage — and increasingly attack humans. The capital's massive stray dog population, a legacy of communism and its aftermath, can have lethal consequences: 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.




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