Accomplishments

Purchased Land To Maintain a No-Kill Shelter

Mr. Cenac runs a no-kill shelter in Galati, Romania. The shelter's land became more valuable, so the city began an eviction process for Mr. Cenac and his dogs. Romania Animal Rescue raised $15,000 to purchase land for the shelter, so Mr. Cenac can continue to shelter these dogs. We are working with Stichting Wereld Asielen, who will build and maintain the shelter and supply the food and other costs for the dogs. This task was a huge undertaking, but our wonderful donors have raised the funds to cover the cost of the land.

Partnership with Top Veterinarians in Romania

RAR has now funded 18 Spayathons with Dr. Aurelian, Dr. Pepe, and in some cases, Dr. Olson from the USA, in various cities, including Bucharest, Popesti, Giurgiu, Sibiu, Craiova, Slatina, Glina, Galati, Tecuci, Cluj, Turda, and Braila.

RAR has funded the spayeuter of more than 12,000 animals in Romania to date. We have also successfully treated animals for accidents, dog bites, car injuries, mange, fleas, ticks, chewing lice, and more.

We have helped to find homes for more than 350 stray and disabled dogs. Romania Animal Rescue has worked in cooperation with other organizations, like Humane Animal Rights, Disabled Dog Rescue, GIA, and APAM to get these dogs off the streets and into loving and supportive homes.

Our unique education program has sent US veterinarians to Romania to train local veterinarians in becoming excellent surgeons, using anesthesia and analgesia. The veterinarians have also spayed and neutered hundreds of dogs during their training camps in Romania. We have trained vets all over Romania, including Arad, Galati, Bucharest, Jilava, Sibiu, Cluj/Napoca, Buzau, and Oradea. These newly trained vets have also been given surgical equipment to use for their surgeries.

In 2010, Dr. Aurelian's dog, Ciao, won the Humane Society Spay Day Photo Contest. Dr. Aurelian will be attending the Genesis Awards in Hollywood in 2011 as a special guest. Dr. Aurelian was invited to be a presenter at the HSUS/HSI EXPO in Nashville, TN, in May of 2010.

Romania Animal Rescue, Inc. has secured donations and funded supplies for animals in shelters, on the streets, and at veterinary clinics. Frontline®, HeartGard®, Previcox®, Rabissun®, an autoclave, surgical instruments, dog food, sterile gauze, and much more have been sent to Romania thanks to our generous donors.

RAR arranged and funded Spay Day 2009 (a HSUS project) for a group, Phoenix, in Giurgiu. We had media attention, and were able to spayeuter over 105 animals. Dr. Aurelian performed more spayeuter for Spay Day in other areas of Romania. We were able to fund this event with a grant from the Alice Morgan Wright-Edith J. Goode Trust.

At the end of May 2009, the World Woof Tour visited our Sibiu Spayathon. 110 dogs were spayed at the event. World Woof Tour brought cameras to document the good work that Dr. Daniel Gheoca and Dr. Aurelian Stefan, and all of their assistants did those four days. RAR sponsored the transport of one of the dogs, Zara, to South Africa. He will be fostered in Cape Town until the World Woof Tour's mascot, Oscar, returns from his international jaunt, where they will live and play together.

In winter, 2008, Romania Animal Rescue was able to arrange for 100 doghouses to be built. The builders of these doghouses placed them near packs of street dogs so they could be used to shelter them from the cold Romanian winter.

Harsova, Romania--A missionary from Harsova, Romania, contacted RAR about seven dogs that needed sterilization, and 16 puppies that needed to find homes. There is a bounty on dogs' ears in the city of Harsova--citizens are encouraged to kill the dogs, cut off their ears, and bring them to the city for a reward. We knew we had to help if we could. RAR was able to bring all 16 puppies from Harsova to California for adoption.

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