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• Contacts for Pope Benedict XVI and the Archbishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church
• Email Letter from Alina Raducan
• Letter to the Pope from Ioana Drasoveanu

Please help us to stop the overpopulation of unwanted dogs and cats in Romania! Many people believe that spay/neuter is cruel to an animal. We believe that allowing millions of unwanted animals to be born into a world of suffering, poisoning and neglect is a sin. We have the capabilities to stop this crisis, and now so does Romania! Please contact Pope Benedict XVI and the Archbishop of The Romanian Orthodox Church and let ask him to speak about spay/neuter for dogs and cats in Romania. This will only take a few minutes.

I have made a wonderful connection with a woman who actually knows the Pope from University, and she has offered to personally deliver letters to him when he visits his hometown of Regensburg in September, 2006. Let's flood him with requests that he endorse spay/neuter! Can you imagine what that could do to help the animals around the world? Perhaps it would lead to other leaders promoting s/n as well! We've got to try it!

Thank you!!
Nancy Janes (and all the animals)

A speech by you including how important it is for the communities in Romania to sterilize their animals, and all stray animals, would be the best thing you could do to help your country's crisis with street dogs.

I do not believe this interferes with the Church's position on HUMAN birth control, as we are the caretakers of the creatures, who do not breed out of love, but out of instinct.

Many times I have encountered the statement, "But it is God's will for a female dog or cat to have offspring". Once these offspring are born, they are subject to poisoning, starving, and abuse by the very people who promoted their birth!

I hope you will help God's creatures with the kindness of the message: "Neuter or spay your dogs and cats. We will have no more strays who suffer".

Thank you,
Nancy Janes

Contacts for Pope Benedict XVI and The Archbishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church

Pope Benedict XVI:

Email: benedictxvi@vatican.va

Press Contact:

Pontificio Consiglio delle Communicaziopi
Socioli Palazzo
San Carlo – 00120
Citta de Vaticano

Email: av@pccs.va

The Archbishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church:

Email: patriarhia@patriarhia.ro

Aleea Dealul Mitropoliei
Nr. 25, 040163 Bucharesti, Romania

Holy Synod Office:
Phone: 011-40-21-337-0830
Fax: 011-40-21-337-0822

Press Office: 
Phone: 011-40-21-406-7167

Email Letter from Alina Raducan:

Nancy,

I am an animal lover and I have tried to find an explanation for what is happening here in Romania regarding stray dogs and animal protection in general.

One of the things that I have found out is that the Catholic religion shows the most interest in animal protection. You do not forget that animals are creations of God's hands. Reading a book about Saint Francis of Assisi, reading the words of Pope Paul II, I understand that you respect and love what cannot speak, but breathes.

In a book about the Catholic religion it was written something like this:

There are four differences between the beings that God created on Earth: The angels who are immortal and sprightly, human beings who have mind, soul and ghost, others have just soul and ghost like animals, and plants have just life.

When I see the animals suffering, when they are skinned alive for their fur, when I see dogs agonize, I remember these words. And I understand how much God suffers. He cries for the harm we cause to animals. Your voice is honest and strong. Please make them hear you.

Alina Raducan

Letter from Ioana Drasoveanu:

My name is Ioana Drasoveanu and I live in Cluj, Romania. I'm writing to you now because we, those who love animals, are very grievously affected by (and also revolted against) a law that authorizes the killing of the stray dogs (on a large scale, an organized massacre). I know many things about dogs, and I have never seen anything but love and trust in their eyes, so I cannot double-cross this trust by doing nothing. Still, I don't know what else I could do, but ask for the support of the people who, like you, know that life is sacred. There are few people here in Romania (30%) who love animals, who try to fight this unjust law.

We keep saying that sterilizing would be an alternative to this useless massacre, which is so painful for us, but nobody seems to hear. If the Church would be on our side, and I think it should, maybe we could save from an unjust death these great innocent who are the stray dogs.

We beg of you to hear us and think a little about this almost hopeless situation we are in.

With much esteem and hope,
Ioana Drasoveanu