Rescue These Survivors

These puppies have been saved from a truly horrible fate: They had had their throats slit and were left for dead. A neighbor found them and rushed them to a clinic to be stitched. One was dead, two were in terrible shape bathed in blood, and the others were injured or seemed to be unharmed. One of the puppies did not survive the treatment, but the rest seem to be healing well. Pictured above are Boby, Max, Nero, Teo, and a close up of Nero's neck. There are other dogs who survived, but are not pictured here. The neighbors are trying desperately to place all of these dogs in a home. They do not want to return them to the streets because they would be killed for sure, since a dog recently died from poisoning in the area.

Update:

These dogs are getting transported to Austria for adoption. RAR is funding the vet care, Chrissy is paying for the fuel to transport them, and Carol is paying for their foster care until they can be adopted. If you would like to adopt one or more of these dogs, please This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

 

Plight of Ploiesti

Mihaela in Ploiesti, Romania contacted Nancy Janes and Romania Animal Rescue (RAR) about thirty dogs and puppies and three cats that have been abandoned due to the death of the owner. There are puppies as young as 11 days, some 2 months; all of them living in squalor. The nephew of the deceased owner inherited the house and wants the animals out now. The living conditions for these animals have become truly appalling: There is little for the dogs to eat, they have no bedding space, and the floors are unsanitary with urine and feces.

The health of the dogs is quickly deteriorating. There is no veterinary care for them. As there is also no quarantine facility, the dogs are at high risk of communicable diseases like distemper and coronavirus, contracted by dogs eating infected feces, causing diarrhea and other gastrointestinal problems. Two of the cats appear to be very ill at the moment.

We are working with numerous organizations in Europe to try to find homes or shelters outside of Romania for these unfortunate souls:

• Chrissy from Romania Animal Aid, Penny and Gerlinde from Human Animal Rights, and Cristina Zuba from APAM are searching for places in which to relocate these little ones.
• Dr. Aurelian Stefan and Dr. Pepe Stefan are taking the mobile caravan to provide veterinary care for these animals.
• RAR is seeking veterinary care to provide all of the dogs, puppies and cats with parasite treatment, spay/neuter for the older dogs, and vaccines for all of them.
• Romania Animal Rescue is also hoping to raise the funds to provide transit for these animals when and if homes are found.
• RAR has already donated funds for food for these animals.
• Mihaela is graciously tending to the animals and feeding them daily with the donated food.

Shelters and homes need to be found for these animals as soon as possible. The nephew is threatening to dump the animals on the streets or in the woods, without the consideration that these animals have never had the experience to fend for themselves.

Although Romania Animal Rescue's main mission is to provide free spay/neuter for the animals and train Romanian veterinarians on surgical procedures, we feel that this is an urgent case that simply cannot go unhelped.

 

Ploiesti Update

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It has been nothing short of a miracle. From the moment the animals' plights were discovered, it took only a matter of days for rescue organizations around the world to come together to save them. Twenty-six dogs and 13 puppies, some as young as 11 days old, were abandoned in a house in Ploiesti, Romania when the owner died. The nephew was going to throw the dogs out on the street. Not only would the dogs have been unused to fending for themselves, many had become ill due to the deteriorating conditions in the house, including lack of food.

Mihaela in Ploiesti contacted Romania Animal Rescue for help. RAR donated food and Dr. Aurelian traveled to Ploiesti to vaccinate, deparasite, microchip, and spay/neuter the animals. But where would the dogs go? Through phone calls, emails, and sleepless nights, help was found. Chrissy Phillips of Romania Animal Aid, Carol Byers of Animal Care Austria, Anu Raatikainen from Finland, Dr. Aurelian Stefan, Dita, Livia Brenner and Mr. Brenner worked with RAR for this mission of mercy. Mihaela made sure the dogs were fed and kept as healthy as possible.

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All of the puppies and 20 of the dogs have been transported to a shelter in Hungary. The puppies and mother dog will travel on to Austria for foster care and adoption. Six dogs will be sent to the Glina shelter in Romania until they can travel to Finland.

The shelter in Hungary is being rented for $60 per day until the dogs can be adopted. Please, if you can, make a donation to RAR to help pay this rental fee. Romania Animal Aid has offered to pay as best they can, but all the rescue organizations are stretched thin. RAR wants to contribute, even though it is not in our budget. After all, what is a miracle worth? We are still shocked and humbled by this incredible ending to a story that started so bleak. Thank you to everyone who worked together to change these dogs' stories and give us renewed hope.

 

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