Highlights:

• Message from Nancy
• World Woof Tour
• Emily
• Focus on Braila:
  • Spay/Neuter Goal
  • Two Campaigns: Braila Spayathon, Gas Station Dog Sterilization
  • Inappropriate Behavior
• Joey Bounces Back!
• Vote for RAR
• Our Thanks!

"It's so exciting to be a part of this!"

--Dr. Aurelian Stefan, at the Sibiu Spayathon

World Woof Tour: Sibiu

"My travels took me North into the Romanian heartland, and I managed to catch up with a sterilization blitz that takes place in Sibiu twice a year. Romania Animal Rescue (RAR) organizes this event on behalf of Animal Life Sibiu. Dr Daniel Gheoca heads up the operation alongside Stefan Aurelian and the pair sterilized more than 65 dogs on the day that I popped in! Yap about dedication. I didn't stick around too long in case they removed my balls--AGAIN!

"It's definitely worth saluting Livia Brenner from Romania Animal Rescue Fund too. She escorted me through my view of Romania, and she's playing an integral part to change the perception of shelter dogs by taking puppies off the street, photographing them and making the public look twice at these 'Lords of the Street'. She's also working at giving these street dogs a title--something like 'Keine'."

View more photos of the World Woof Tour on the Photo Diary page.

Emily

Emily, a 6-7 month-old puppy, was hit by a car in front of a factory in Popesti. She suffered for 4 days with an open wound on her front leg and broken hip. Carmen, from "The Nature-a Heritage for the Future" Association, rescued Emily and brought her to a vet, who cleaned cement and dirt from the wound, operated on her hip and pinned her leg. The leg is now healing, and Emily is now wanting to play! Not so fast, Emily. "The Nature-a Heritage for the Future" Association is trying to get some funds so that you can have another surgery for your leg. Then, you will be able to play with the other dogs until the right family finds you.

Focus on Braila

Spay/Neuter Goal

As of the end of August 2009, we have funded 5,657 spay / neuter pro­cedures! Our goal is to focus the spay / neuter pro­cedures on Bucharest, Hateg, Giurgiu, Tecuci and Cluj / Napoca, Romania. We are also seeking sponsorships so we can spay / neuter more strays.

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Campaigns

Braila Spayathon

Our Fall Spayathon will allow Romania Animal Rescue to fund the spay/neuter of stray dogs, "Wiggies", in the city of Braila. The Vice Mayor of Braila, Mrs. Craciun, has agreed to allow the ear-tagged dogs, noting they have been spayed/neutered by Romania Animal Rescue, to live undisturbed by the dog catchers. This is a major breakthrough for the animals, and is nothing short of a miracle for us! The "Romanian Wiggies" will no longer reproduce in mass quantities! With this first Spayathon in Braila, we hope to decrease the birth of thousands of unwanted Wiggies!

We are looking to run a Spayathon in Braila this Fall. Margaret Gebhard has offered a matching grant of $1000. For every dollar you donate for spay/neuter, Margaret will donate a dollar, up to a maximum of $1000 dollars. We hope to be able to match this grant so we can raise the needed funds for this extremely important Spayathon. Please help us reach our goal by donating now:

Gas Station Dog Sterilization

There are an inordinate number of dogs that have been abandoned at gas stations in Romania. Drs. Aurelian and Pepe Stefan will travel throughout Romania with the caravan for this "Gas Station Dog Sterilization" program. They will spay/neuter dogs that have been abandoned at gas stations throughout the county of Braila. These dogs suffer terribly, and are often hit by cars. This program will start in Braila, as this town really needs our help. The Vice Mayor of Braila, Mrs. Craciun, is willing to work with us to address the stray overpopulation problem. After the spay/neuter of these animals, adoption is a possibility! Let's continue to love and care for these dogs.

While we are talking about Braila. The two puppies Daniela rescued in Braila have now had the good fortune of a $950 donation to transport them to a new loving home.

 

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Inappropriate Behavior

A "woman" broke this young dog's back bone while he was asleep. The only explanation for her actions is a madness attack; she dashed upon him with a broom wooden handle, breaking his back bone with 4—5 strong blows.

A dog lover who couldn't pass by this scene took him to a vet and filed a complaint to police on Friday. The x-ray shows the backbone fracture. The dog is shown in photo asleep for the x-rays. The photos show lacerations on his rear legs from dragging himself along the pavement.

Unfortunately, this young dog was not able to recover from the attack, despite the vet's valiant attempt to treat it. The attacker's behavior shows the wrong way to solve the stray overpopulation problem in Romania.

 

We must address this ignorance by signing this petition.

 

The Spayathon in Braila this Fall will help educate more Romanians to the benefits of spay/neuter procedures. We owe it to this poor dog to turn this sad story into the positive outcome of helping more dogs and people live peaceably together.

 

Remember Joey? With much love and attention from the capable hands of Help Labus, he is doing much better. We love success stories like this one!

The Bay Guardian, a newspaper in the San Francisco Bay Area, takes a poll of what people think is the best business or location for a certain category. There are over a hundred categories ranging from Best Vegetarian Restaurant to Best Surfing Spot. Wouldn't you know there is a category, Best Local Nonprofit? Being that Romania Animal Rescue is based in Livermore, we would love you to tell the Bay Area that we are the best in this category! Please visit the Guardian's poll, and on page 6 vote "Romania Animal Rescue" as the Best Local Nonprofit. Thank you all!

We would like to thank Stichting Wereld Asielen for their help with the dog food donation, and thanks to Sonja for her help.

Our thanks goes to Rob, Mary, Gail, Bonnie, Jane, Food Fight Grocery, Mo, Lisbeth, Vera, Camelia, Susan, Jared, Valerie, Janice, Vincent, Nora Anna, Gerlinda, Barbara, Severine, Lynnie, Maria, Karin, Eleanora, and Enid.

Thanks to Jodie Richers and Carol Donaldson from Dogs of Death Row for finding homes for Edi and Cleo! Thank you Mary!!