Hello everyone, My name is Anda Popescu, I am from a small town called Moreni, in Romania. We here have over 500 stray dogs and although we have been spaying for six years now, using our own limited funds, the situation is pretty much the same; this is because irresponsible pet owners are always throwing unwanted puppies on the streets. This year, Romanian Animal Rescue came through for us and spayed/neutered 120 dogs in Moreni. This was a huge help for us, because we had no money left and puppies were born every day just so they would die horrible deaths. I am a 29 year-old woman and in the last 10 years I saw more horrors than anyone should ever have to experience in a lifetime. In Romania, puppies die of parvovirus and distemper, long, painful deaths, they are run over by cars, they are thrown away when they are infants and left to starve, they endure hunger and cold, they are tortured by evil people. So, the fact that RAR helped us to save so many unborn puppies from these terrible ordeals means the world to us. We are also happy because spayed or neutered dogs are more gentle and people aren't so afraid of dogs anymore. People, even those who don't love animals, see that their town is more peaceful and they don't have to see dead puppies on the street. Moreni is forever grateful to you, RAR donors, you are in our prayers everyday. I think that nowadays it is a good business that only for a few dollars, so many people wish you well and so many dogs are saved from being born only to die. Thank you, RAR donors and Nancy Janes, you are our angels! Love, |
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Dear Romania Animal Rescue Friends, Thank you so much for your
help and support! Love, Nancy Janes, President, CEO and Founder Romania Animal Rescue, Inc. Dear friends, The Veterinary Training Camp has trained Dr. Lidia Nistor of Botosani on how to do spay/neuter, and now Romania Animal Rescue is planning to train two more veterinarians with our program! Their sponsorship for this intense veterinary training in Romania is so very needed. I hope you will support RAR by helping them to provide scholarships for the veterinarians to be trained. God bless you and your families.
Dr. Aurelian Stefan, D.V.M
RAR at Fiducia shelter spayed/neutered 144 dogs for Mrs. Lidia in September. Watch a video of this spay event. Help us bring our great team of vets and techs to Botosani, Ploiesti, and Focsani for more spay/neuter procedures! We spayed 44 at Visina, 45 at Tecuci, and 5 for the lady in Caracal. RAR also spayed 50 dogs along with our co-sponsor RAA in Iasi, and 8 animals were spayed for Daniela in Galati. Total spay/neuter procedures for October was 152 animals. This month, as promised, we are offering the free spay/neuter for 100 dogs in Ploiesti. Neuter or Spay - No More Strays! Educational booklets from RAR have now been sent to Tecuci, Nicoresti, Craiova, Iasi and will soon arrive in Baia Mare! RAR is working in connection with charities, groups and individuals in these cities to help teach the children (and their parents, too) that Compassion Is Cool. Spayathon 2012 Romania Animal Rescue is planning our next Spayathon to be held in Botosani, Romania. Botosani is the city that recently had 230 shelter dogs killed by the authorities. Now the authorities have agreed to try spay/neuter. Dr. Aurelian Stefan and Dr. Petrisor Stefan trained Dr. Lidia Nistor of Botosani at their Veterinary Training Camp (sponsorship of Dr. Lidia from RAR). She is now capable of doing great spay/neuter surgeries, but she is only one person. Our new goal is to go to Botosani and hold a 1000 animal Spayathon in May. We are working with the charity ADOR in Botosani to try to make this happen. We are requesting funds for 1000 spays/neuters (more if possible!) Each spay/neuter procedure is $22. Your help is greatly needed and hoped for! The more donations we receive, the less suffering of abandoned animals! We also are in need of Frontline, Advantix, Revolution, and other deparasite products for the animals we spay/neuter. Fleece blankets (250 required) are also requested for recovery of the animals. Blankets and deparasite supplies can be shipped to: RAR c/o Baughmans, 2029 First St., Livermore, CA 94551 Thank you!
All of the dogs rescued (over 30 dogs and puppies!) from the deceased man's home in Ploiesti last February have now been adopted! The final 6 were sent to a sanctuary in Belgium on Monday! Thanks to Chrissy Phillips and Romania Animal Aid, Romania Animal Rescue, Dr. Aurelian Stefan, Dr. Irina Corbu, Carol Byers and Animal Care Austria, Maria Wiegman and Sterilize Dogs NL, and Mihaela from Ploiesti all these unwanted doggies have found love and happiness! Thank you donors for making this success possible!
Ambi
Remember Ambi? She was the little dog found in a trash bin in Braila with two broken legs. Now her legs are healed and she needs to have surgery to have the final pins removed and to be spayed. Can you help with these costs please? Ambi is scheduled to be adopted in the UK in January! Thank you wonderful donors.
Bitza
He arrived safely and is living happily ever after in the loving home of Tenna! Thank you all for helping Bitza!
Fram
Fram needs a home! Rescued by Raluca and treated by the wonderful vets at Alma Vet, Fram is searching for a safe and forever home away from the streets of Romania. Three weeks ago he came to Almavet office, with a penis fracture and necrosis. He was dirty, and bleeding to death. He looked like a street dog, like nobody cared for him. The wonderful Almavet doctors performed a complicated surgery at 1 AM. Afterward, they kept him under treatment. Despite enduring a very traumatic ordeal, he is now a playful, loving dog. Almavet doctors told us he is a wonderful dog, with an extremely beautiful personality, faithful, good for guarding the yard. Fram has been dewormed and vaccinated.
Bubu
Bubu was brought back from Romania in May by Nancy after the Craiova Spayathon. He was to be adopted in Oregon, but this fell through. Rory and Nancy adopted Bubu, and have fallen in love with him! Welcome to the Janes household Bubu!
Tony
Tony was rescued from the streets of Craiova by Mary and Bill. Tony came to the RAR Spayathon in May and was adopted there and then by the wonderful Mary of Washington State!
Maximus the Great
HE NEEDS A SAFE HOME! He is Maximus the Great, or simply Max - my son's best friend, his pal. We have cared for him and fed him daily and we played with him. Because he is a large dog, people are mean and always throw sticks and stones at him. People hate the fact that he barks - well, he is a dog, cannot sing. Every time they see me feeding and playing with him, tell me to get him out of there. They will do anything to get rid of him! I will take him to the shelter where he will be protected and fed, and looked after. It is not safe for him anymore to be on the streets. He is extremely gentle, a very relaxed giant, easy going big guy. He just needs a bit of love and someone to protect him!
Norocoasa
In 2009, I had lost my dog and I suppose I was more vulnerable to the situation. After a few days, I met a sweet little dog, the only one in the neighborhood who was not initially aggressive. (Once the dogs know an individual won't hurt them, they are more "wags than barks," but until then, they are weary, and rightfully so.) After a few weeks of getting to know this little, brown dog, I decided I wanted to take her home with me to Germany. On the Internet, I found a group in Sweden that rescues Romanian dogs and a member told me of Nancy Janes and the Romanian Animal Rescue. Nancy gave me Dr. Aurelian's contact info and he put me in touch with a very good veterinarian, Dr. Beatris Cazan, in the area in which I was living. The vet and I met and she immediately went to work to help me with my desire to adopt this dog. Interestingly, she only worked on stray animals. At first, this dog was very scared in the house. I assume she had never been indoors before. I would leave in the morning for work and return at lunchtime to make sure she was okay and to walk her. She did not want to leave the room at first but after several days she finally understood. She had plenty of food and water, but surprisingly did not drink much. Nora was about five or six years old at the time and I think she was probably above average age for a stray dog. One thing I discovered right away is that Nora loves pillows. She still spends almost all day on our bed on top of or between the pillows. Many things still frighten her. She does not like car rides, and was initially afraid of the sound of a home air conditioner. She remains fearful of strangers and new dogs but has finally come to realize that not everyone is out to hurt or attack her. She actually has made some close dog friends. It has only been a year and a half and she has come so far. My husband and I look forward to many wonderful years with Norocoasa (Lucky One).
The following message asks for help from Friends of Animals in Focsani. RAR will spay/neuter animals there if we can get enough donations. They have 250 animals needing spay/neuter. From Lorena: There are cities in Romania (such as Pitesti, Bacau, Oradea, Tecuci – thank YOU, RAR!), where dogs are sterilized, looked after and not mistreated (instead of just being killed in various ways). Focsani – the city where our shelter is located - could get an award for animal cruelty. Everything that happened over the last 10 years shows the desire of local authorities to just kill them. Although the city council claims a no-kill policy, the sarcastic "joke of the day" among city employees is: "dogs are not killed – just lovingly put to a forever sleep". Speaking on condition of anonymity, city employees acknowledged that thousands of dogs were terminated – most of them in cruel ways. They are not even being offered a humane death. The reality is hard to visualize. And is even harder to live with it for the rest of your life. While the city council recognizes that the only effective way to stop the breeding is through sterilization, it never acted on its own initiatives. Animal lovers are seen as crazy people, more interested in protecting dogs instead of being concerned about economics. Looking on the other side of the barricade, though, it seems that being a dog catcher is a lucrative profession. Why else would entire crews work 16 hours a day - plus vehicles maintenance and fuel? Wouldn't it be more effective to properly finance the existing shelters? The city of Focsani does not think so. There are interests involved. And there is money – blood money – involved. So why give this all up? To add insult to injury, the Romanian Parliament is preparing a law that leaves the fate of stray dogs at the mercy of local councils. At that point, euthanasia will become official and the killings will be done in broad light, without fear of repercussions. "Friends of Animals", our organization, has been struggling for the past 10 years. Currently, it cares for more than 300 dogs in a shelter located in a marshy place (former landfill). Everything is provided through donations. There is absolutely no official funding – in fact, there has never been. The dogs are surrounded with love and are given the most decent possible life, given the circumstances. But the conditions are scarce. The association has very few active members, who are struggling to find sponsors, maintain the property and obtain medicine. There are hardly any neutered dogs - pro-bono work is still a rare concept within the Romanian population. Currently, the shelter's authorization has expired and it must move to a different location. While the city provided a large enough location, the costs involved in building the new structures are beyond our reach (~$30,000 USD). As stated before, "Friends of Animals" has little funding. All the money is being used towards the care of dogs, leaving absolutely nothing for other projects – such as neutering or moving to a decent location, with city water and electricity. These are, in fact, our two most important wishes. We are well aware that, without neutering, there is no solution. It hurts to feel so desperate and helpless, but this is what we are right now – with little hope in sight. This handful of people have been fighting this war for more than 10 years and struggled each and every day. In 10 years, there was not a day these animals were without food. We think all our struggle was not in vain. We extended the lives of many dogs and maybe made them a bit happier. We are artists of making something out of nothing, stretching each and every penny many times over. For us any help or donation, no matter how little, counts tremendously and goes a long way towards saving another dog from the ones that are responsible for all this disaster – our fellow humans. Food, money, medicine, time – we gladly take it all with open arms. And we thank for each and every bit of help with 300 wagging tails.
Thank you for your love and support of the stray animals in Romania. Without your continued support, the animals in Romania would have no chance. Now they do, thanks to you! Thank you Sterilize Dogs NL, Diernood NL, Dogs on Death Row, Cats on Death Row for all your help with our programs for spay/neuter! Special: Congratulations to Bonnie and Ken Siddons on the birth of their new grandchild! Nancy Janes, |
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