A picture taken on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013 shows U.S. actor Steven Seagal holding Grivei, a stray dog he adopted from the Dogtown dog shelter in Uzunu, south of Bucharest, Romania. The dogs have been in the news after a 4-year-old boy was fatally mauled by a stray in August and Parliament passed a law allowing for Bucharest’s 64,000 street dogs to be euthanized. Seagal adopted the 7-month-old black puppy in the long distance adoption program, which costs 60 lei ($18) a month. The dog will remain at the shelter. (AP Photo/Cristian Nistor/Agerpres)
Romania Stray Dogs Seagal
A picture taken on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013 shows U.S. actor Steven Seagal holding Grivei, a stray dog he adopted from the Dogtown dog shelter in Uzunu, south of Bucharest, Romania. The dogs have been in the news after a 4-year-old boy was fatally mauled by a stray in August and Parliament passed a law allowing for Bucharest’s 64,000 street dogs to be euthanized. Seagal adopted the 7-month-old black puppy in the long distance adoption program, which costs 60 lei ($18) a month. The dog will remain at the shelter. (AP Photo/Cristian Nistor/Agerpres)
Romania Stray Dogs Seagal
A picture taken on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013 shows U.S. actor Steven Seagal feeding Grivei, a stray dog he adopted from the Dogtown dog shelter in Uzunu, south of Bucharest, Romania. The dogs have been in the news after a 4-year-old boy was fatally mauled by a stray in August and Parliament passed a law allowing for Bucharest’s 64,000 street dogs to be euthanized. Seagal adopted the 7-month-old black puppy in the long distance adoption program, which costs 60 lei ($18) a month. The dog will remain at the shelter. (AP Photo/Cristian Nistor/Agerpres)
Romania Stray Dogs Seagal
A picture taken on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013 shows U.S. actor Steven Seagal holding Grivei, a stray dog he adopted from the Dogtown dog shelter in Uzunu, south of Bucharest, Romania. The dogs have been in the news after a 4-year-old boy was fatally mauled by a stray in August and Parliament passed a law allowing for Bucharest’s 64,000 street dogs to be euthanized. Seagal adopted the 7-month-old black puppy in the long distance adoption program, which costs 60 lei ($18) a month. The dog will remain at the shelter. (AP Photo/Cristian Nistor/Agerpres)
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BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — He plays the tough guy in movies but actor Steven Seagal showed his soft side when he “adopted” one of Bucharest’s street dogs.
The dogs have been in the news after a 4-year-old boy was fatally mauled by a stray in August and Parliament passed a law permitting Bucharest’s 64,000 street dogs to be euthanized.
Seagal visited a dog shelter south of Bucharest Sunday and adopted a 7-month-old black and tan puppy in the long-distance adoption program, which costs 60 lei ($18) a month. The dog will remain at the shelter.
“I am doing the best I can to bring awareness… so that we can make sure these accidents and tragedies don’t happen again,” he said in comments broadcast Monday.
He is currently filming thriller “A Good Man” in Romania.
