Petition against killing animals

At the beginning of 2025, the municipality of Vushtrri in northeastern Kosovo awarded a contract to a veterinarian specializing in farm animals. The municipality under Mayor Ferit Idrizi ordered the castration of 3000 stray dogs and the killing of 800 more dogs (see picture above from the tender). All protests in advance were in vain. It is known that aggressive or sick dogs are rarely found in the Vushtrri region as they have been treated for years as part of a CNVR (Catch-Neuter Vaccinate Release) program to reduce uncontrolled puppy births. The first friendly dogs are now missing in this region. This is a trauma for the dogs that are caught and killed, as well as for citizens who care for their community dogs in some places. It also sends the wrong message to young people in Kosovo. The order: Killing 800 dogs under the pretext that only sick and aggressive dogs may be euthanized in a city where stray dogs have been treated and released for over three years because they are healthy and not aggressive is simply cruel.

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We call on the government of Kosovo under Prime Minister Albin Kurti, President Vjosa Osmani and Minister of Agriculture Faton Peci to immediately stop this barbaric, sustained, baseless killing of stray dogs, to change the tender and to hire veterinarians with experience in the humane handling of pets. If Kosovo wants to develop into a flourishing economy and achieve full membership in the EU, it must find ways to implement effective humane stray dog control without killing poor, unwanted stray dogs en masse. This is nothing more than a step back to the Middle Ages!

PLEASE SIGN AND SHARE THIS PETITION. CALL ON THE GOVERNMENT TO STOP THE KILLINGS OF INNOCENT STREET DOGS