Why did Ana continue to run in the place where she was attacked earlier? Testimony of friends of a woman torn by dogs

Ana Oros was killed by dogs while jogging near the Lacul Morii dam, the same place where she was attacked and seriously injured by dogs last year. Her friends answered the question “why did she keep going there”? Because he could not live in fear.

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Ana’s friends went on Sunday to the place where she was killed by a pack of eight dogs.

“Many people asked and wondered why he kept coming here. Ana’s words were something like this: “I can’t live in fear. I have to overcome my fears.”
It seems that some steps were taken then, but the problem still exists and can happen to anyone. These are dogs that have been left free, they form packs and then they attack,” one of Ana’s friends said, according to images broadcast by Antena 3.

There would have been a pack of 8-10 dogs in that location, and ASPA teams would have managed to catch only two yesterday. One of Ana’s friends says that this is not only the responsibility of the authorities, but “changes in us”.

“The authorities cannot change anything that concerns us. We have to spay our puppies, we have to protect them, we have to make a difference.
The change is within us, we wait in vain for someone who is next to us, to the right or to the left.
Until we change, society will not change. We can’t wait for it to fall from the sky. Nothing will fall. Only tears will fall. This is it. I will never be afraid to run or look forward or up because I am a fighter,” said the young woman.

On Saturday morning, Ana Oros was attacked by a pack of 7-8 dogs while she was jogging in the Lacul Morii area of Bucharest. She was also attacked there less than a year ago. Last April, she was bitten while jogging near Mill Lake Dam. Then she was saved by two cyclists who were passing through the area at that time. He was hospitalized with multiple head and limb injuries.

On Saturday, the townsman saw the woman being attacked by dogs from afar, but when he arrived, it was already too late. He called 112, but the medical team that arrived at the scene only succeeded in declaring death.

Who was Ana Oros and what did she say about the 2022 attack

Ana Oros was an environmental activist. She loved nature and sports, participated in several projects that promoted a healthy lifestyle and the beauty of nature that needs to be protected.

He was born in Baia Mare and lived in Bucharest. She worked as an environmental engineer at the Research Institute of Mechatronics and Measuring Technology, worked as an expert at the capital city hall.

He was an active member of the Alpin Club Pro-Mont Bucharest, an association that aims to promote mountain sports.

“Physician and research engineer in the field of sanitation and environmental protection, Ana Oros is a worthy promoter of eco-sustainable values,” said the organizers of the Roșia Montana Marathon.

It also appears in a clip to promote the Bucharest Viața Ver’de Festival, of which he was the director, a project supported by the Capital City Hall and the 6th District City Hall.

As an active participant, he participated in the organization of projects and events for the promotion of the rights of nature in national and European legislation, as well as environmental education.

“I also had a premonition that something bad was going to happen”

On April 20, 2022, Ana was attacked by more than 10 dogs in the Lakul Moriy area and arrived at the hospital with multiple wounds to her head, arms and legs. Then Ana’s friends collected money from donations for the young woman and also announced that she needed blood.

Ana managed to recover and told Fanatic about what happened.

“I knew dogs, but there were two packs. I could string one, the other, equally, but they were both, and I could not. I’m glad those people, that cyclist, were there to save me.
I also had a premonition that something bad was going to happen. There is God, we were a little lucky, there were also fatalities,” Fanatyk said about the dog attack.

Then Ana hoped that the authorities would act so that no one would experience what she experienced.

“I know that the authorities have been notified. I hope that appropriate administrative measures will be taken, that the two town halls involved in the development of the Lacul Morii area and upstream, in Dambovica, to the Chiajna Stadium, will be involved. I hope they will join hands and get things together with the others.
I think there should be a working group between the town halls (Sektorului 6 town hall and Kyaina town hall) with the police to solve this situation. I think there is a solution. These dogs can be castrated. There are many families abroad who need puppies and are ready to adopt them. As far as I know, they haven’t arrested everyone yet, they only arrested 10 of the 15-20 who attacked me,” said Ana.

The authorities abdicate their responsibility

A day after Ana’s death, the authorities continue to shift responsibility for the dog problem in the Lakul Mori area.

Mayor Chuku’s first reaction: “I don’t wash my hands!” / He blames ASPA and attacks Nikusor Dan

On Sunday, the mayor of Sector 6, Ciprian Chuku, reacted to the case for the first time. He says an internal investigation has been launched at the local police’s Sector 6, but he blames ASPA, saying that “instead of rounding up dogs on the streets, they are doing awareness campaigns”. Chuku attributes his delayed reaction to the fact that he was waiting for Mayor-General Nikusor Dan, “the one who decides ASPA policies, allocates budgets and who is the only one who has the institutional tools to solve the dog problem.”

Chuku, the one in charge of the local police, reacted on Sunday morning with a Facebook post in which he claimed that he was not running away from responsibility, but was awaiting a response from the mayor of the capital, Nikusor. Dan, because he will be the one in charge since the municipality has ASPA under its control.

He accused the city hall of “lack of leadership, lack of confidence, shifting of responsibilities” on the part of the city hall, saying that in September 2013, when Ionuc Angel was killed by dogs, then-mayor general Sorin Oprescu “predicted how it was normal , evisceration service, ASPA”.

As for ASPA, Chuku says the agency is only “pretending to work and do something for the mission it was created to do” in a situation where the animals have nowhere else to go.

“The land belonged to CAP, and the allocation was made by the Kyaina authorities”

District 6 City Hall said on Saturday that the local police of the sector had not received reports of dogs in the Lakul Moriy area and that the only agency that should observe and collect the dogs is the Animal Protection and Supervision Authority (ASPA). . The City Hall also stated that the land on which the victim was attacked is private – it would belong to CAP, and the appropriation would be carried out by the Kyaina authorities:

“The land belonged to CAP, and the allocation was made by the Kyaina authorities. Currently, it is owned by three people.
The sectoral town halls do not have any responsibility for euthanasia, the only institution authorized to control and collect Maidan dogs in the administrative-territorial radius of Bucharest is the Animal Supervision and Protection Authority (ASPA), subordinate to the General Town Hall.
Despite this, the Sector 6 local police support ASPA. They hold joint promotions every week. In addition, last year the teams were accompanied by the local police in the Gilulesti Syarbi district as part of an information campaign on animal sterilization.
There were no reports of stray dogs in the area of the tragedy to the local police of District 6. However, on an almost daily basis, ASPA is requested by the local police to intervene to catch stray dogs from other areas, especially those on the border with neighboring communes.
Last year, 53 messages were sent, and from the beginning of 2023 another 36.”

“Admiration solves not the cause, but the effect”

ASPA, for its part, claims that it will not be able to cope on its own without the support of the local police.

“We know very well that there was also an incident last year in April. It seems that this is the same woman who was bitten by the dogs then.
From that moment until today, ASPA has held dozens of actions on this territory, on all the streets adjacent to this field.
We have taken over 120 dogs from these streets since last April, between that incident and now.
I have reported to other authorities because this stray dog problem is not just an ASPA problem.
We have said it and we will say it again – admiration does not solve the cause, but the effect. We pick up dogs found on the streets at that time, but if we do not act in a joint effort with other institutions to take measures to prevent similar incidents, unfortunately we will face similar incidents in the future,” said the spokesman. ASPA, Catalina Trenescu, reports News.ro.

When asked which institutions she was referring to and what measures could be taken, an ASPA spokeswoman said: “I don’t think it’s a ping-pong game between institutions, that it’s not something that can help one way or the other, but there are real things, which belong to the competence and authority of each institution, and which should be discussed.”

She wanted to emphasize that ASPA is responsible for the management of stray dogs in public access in Bucharest, but this institution must have the support of the local sectoral police, the National Police, which has powers vis-à-vis ASPA, namely to check dog owners, animal owners if these dogs chipped in accordance with the law, if they are spayed, if they are kept in a private area properly fenced so that they do not have access to public space.