Importing Stray Dogs From Abroad

[hc4361]

I am aware that many charities in the UK rescue dogs abroad and bring them to the UK for re-homing.

It costs roughly £200 per dog to import one dog from Romania, for example. Surely it must be possible to help fund proper animal sanctuaries over there if people are more concerned about Romanian dogs than UK ones.

There are too many abandoned, neglected and abused dogs here in the UK which are destroyed because there are not enough people willing to house them. It seems senseless to me to bring in even more.

What is your opinion?

[woofgang]

People will put their charitable effort where they choose.

[webbo3]

there is one over there ,many of the animals are re-homed here and around Europe, people who are re-homing the animals pay for the cost of transportation to their new home.

http://www.streetdogrescue.com/



Dave.

[hc4361]

Don't you think it condemns a UK dog to death?

[hc4361]

This charity seems to import the dogs before they have new owners.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-17668242

[woofgang]

what condemns a UK dog to death is the evil idiots who bred it without thought, sold it for gain, bought it on a whim, didn't raise it properly and then treated it like a disposable.

[woofgang]

are you saying that the life of a UK dog is somehow worth more?

[hc4361]

Not at all, woofgang but it is a fact that there are only so many homes for too many dogs.

A dog lover could do so much more for dogs in need in the UK by rehoming one in need and using the cash difference to help another dog or dogs in some way, perhaps helping a Romanian dog lover with the cost of neutering his or her pet.

[woofgang]

as I said at the beginning, people will put their charitable effort where they choose. Its not the rehomer who condemns the dog to death.

[hc4361]

I just think it is wrong to bring rescued dogs in whilst thousands of healthy dogs are destroyed every year for the want of a home.

We have too many dogs in the UK without importing. It is as simple as that.

[rockyracoon]

I agree wit you hc, charities are overwhelmed with unwanted pets that need homes. But as woofy says, people send their money where they like even if it is to the detriment of dogs here.

[lankeela]

I think one answer is the terrible conditions that dogs abroad have to endure. Not saying that there are not similar tales in this country but the majority of dogs in rescues over here are well treated even if they don't find new homes. Most of those rescued from abroad are in very poor condition and their 'sanctuaries' are barely able to feed them let alone offer them medical help or a better life.

[hc4361]

That Norfolk charity has spent £10000 on the cost of importing 50 dogs from Romania, that is in addition to the normal costs every animal charity has.

It just seems to be a wasteful use of resources. How many Romanian dogs could be neutured, bought to health and rehomed in Romania for that sort of money?

Travelling for 3 days by road in a cage cannot be good for dogs that have been suffering.

[hc4361]

lankeela, thousands of healthy dogs are put down in the UK every year because there are no homes for them to go to. I do mean thousands.

[chaptazbru]

We have too many dogs here because people won't stop breeding more and more. As I have stated before, this makes no sense to me - not enough homes for the ones already here, but more keep being bred.

[jno]

as woofgang says, people can do as they please with their money. But it does seem odd for people to say "I'll rescue a stray dog from the streets... of Bucharest." I sometimes wonder what exactly their motives are.

[boxtops]

It happens in Spain though too (and doubtless elsewhere), people bring back dogs from there too.

[hc4361]

I can completely understand the holidaymaker falling in love with a stray dog abroad and bringing it home to live with the family. That is different altogether from bringing van loads at a time.

[boxtops]

Indeed it is