article_snippet.sent: There are up to one million free-roaming dogs on Romania's streets who are being hunted down by 'dog catchers' and stuck in squalid state-run pounds where 'they are waiting to die'.
article_snippet.sent: The 'euthanasia' of strays was legalised by the Romanian parliament in September 2013 to help reduce a massive overpopulation.
article_snippet.sent: Charities estimate there are between 500,000 and one million free-roaming dogs on Romania's streets .
article_snippet.sent: Pola told MailOnline: 'Romania's stray dog situation is probably one of the worst in Europe and sad, neglected, hungry animals are a part of Romanian landscape.
article_snippet.sent: The organisation responsible for catching Dogs estimated that Dogs had captured around 25,000 stray dogs in Bucharest alone since the legislation was passed, and overseen the killing of around 16,000.'
article_snippet.sent: With the euthanasia law or without, the euthanasia law the slaughter in Romania public shelters or streets will continue.'
article_snippet.sent: Between March and May 2014, a team of investigators from Four Paws investigated 43 public shelters in Romania – from around 81 currently registered with the Romanian vet authorities.
highlights_snippet.sent: Euthanasia programme legalised in 2013 to quell overpopulation of strays .
  