An animal protection service will be created within the General Directorate for Communal Housing and Landscaping in Chișinău . The service will keep a Registry of records of stray and feral animals caught in the Chișinău municipality area and a Registry of pets in Chișinău municipality. A decision to this effect was approved by the city councilors at the meeting on September 17.

Within a 15 day period after the adoption of this decision, the General Directorate for Communal Housing and Landscaping will put forward a draft regulation regarding the Animal Protection Service for approval to the general mayor. The draft will be elaborated in collaboration with representatives of associations and foundations for animal protection.

200 thousand lei will be allocated from the municipal budget for the elaboration of the Registry of pet animals from Chișinău municipality, while another 200 thousand lei will be allocated for the elaboration of the Registry of stray and feral animals within the Chișinău municipality area. Additionally, 300 thousand lei will be annually allocated in order to carry out the municipal program for the free sterilization of pets. Another 600 thousand lei will be allocated annually for the development of the municipal program for microchipping and free registration of pets.

The regulation also provides for the allocation from the municipal budget of one million lei for the operation of the Center for capture and sterilization of stray and feral animals.

Acting Director of the "Auto-Sanitation" Division, Eugeniu Axentiev, said that the Center for capturing and sterilizing stray and feral animals does not cope with the large number of animals and that an animal asylum is needed. "The problem of stray dogs is only partially solved. The dogs are sterilized and returned to the streets. Conditions must be created for the dog to be cared for and isolated”, said Eugeniu Axentiev.