article_snippet.sent: The K-9 Angels claim government funds for programmes aimed at neutering the animals were never implemented and the animals were dealt with in the 'most cruel way'.
article_snippet.sent: The organisation responsible for catching the dogs successfully convinced the Bucharest Court of Appeal to suspend the legislation last summer, but The organisation responsible for catching the dogs say the brutal situation on the streets remains the same.
article_snippet.sent: Killing: The Romanian government implemented the culling programme to stem the overpopulation of stray dogs but a WHO report says killing the animals will not solve the problem .
article_snippet.sent: Mabel - whose leg was crushed - is one of the lucky ones to be rescued but 16,000 dogs have been culled since it was legalised at the end of 2013 .
article_snippet.sent: Earlier this month, charity League of Rescue found evidence of a massive and illegal cull of stray dogs in the small southern town of Clinceni.
article_snippet.sent: This is another serious violation of the law on stray animals and proof that, although the law has been repealed since June 20, 2014,' Four Paws said.
article_snippet.sent: The cull is supposed to reduce the overpopulation of stray dogs in the country but a World Health Organisation report claimed: 'In none of the study areas did the elimination of dogs by any method (catching, shooting or other) have any significant long-term effect on dog population size.'
article_snippet.sent: Their petition to calling on the European Union to investigate the 'disappearance' of the public funds designated for a neutering programme has gained over 28,000 signatures.
article_snippet.sent: The results of the investigation were shocking  as they found that not one of these public shelters in Romania conformed to the law regulating the national programme on stray dogs.
highlights_snippet.sent: Pola, Anneka and Victoria claim public funds to neuter dogs were ignored .
  