Romanian court backs stray dog cull<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/romanian-court-backs-stray-dog-cull-140939831.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KoH96nBtIJ00.7vh1pa8nw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-09-25T140939Z_1_CBRE98O13EK00_RTROPTP_2_ROMANIA-STRAYDOGS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Animal rights activists shout slogans during a protest against the euthanasia of stray dogs in front of Romania's Constitutional Court in Bucharest" align="left" title="Animal rights activists shout slogans during a protest against the euthanasia of stray dogs in front of Romania's Constitutional Court in Bucharest" border="0" /></a>By Luiza Ilie and Christian Lowe BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's top court ruled in favor of a law to kill tens of thousands of stray dogs from the streets of Bucharest on Wednesday after a four-year-old boy was mauled to death earlier this month. The boy's death triggered street protests demanding action against the capital's more than 60,000 strays, who bite dozens of people every day and are also a deterrent for tourism. Parliament overwhelmingly backed a law that allows local administrations to put down dogs caught in public spaces if they are not adopted within two weeks. ...</p><br clear="all"/>
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