Please check out website, www.romaniaanimalrescue.com to see the latest work done by RAR.
Romania Animal Rescue is a United States 501 (c) 3 tax-deductible non-profit charity that was established by 3 Americans following a tour of Romania in 2001. RAR's mission is to establish animal welfare in the country of Romania, through adoption, spay/neuter programs, and education.
For 5 years , RAR has been sending qualified United States vets to Romania to work with and teach Romanian vets on the most modern techniques for s/n. We intend to continue this program, with Dr. Jeanne Olson and Dr. Richard Bachman, in 2009. To date, we have trained vets in Bucharest, Braila, Galati, Sibiu, Cluj/Napoca, and Buzau. 40 veterinarians and veterinary students have benefitted by our program.
For 5 years , RAR has been sending qualified United States vets to Romania to work with and teach Romanian vets on the most modern techniques for s/n. We intend to continue this program, with Dr. Jeanne Olson and Dr. Richard Bachman, in 2009. To date, we have trained vets in Bucharest, Braila, Galati, Sibiu, Cluj/Napoca, and Buzau. 40 veterinarians and veterinary students have benefitted by our program.
RAR currently runs "Spayathons" in various locations of Romania. Our highly skilled veterinarian, Dr. Stefan Aurelian, graduated from the University in Bucharest, and had additional training in surgical skills from Dr. Jeff Young in the USA. RAR has had Spayathons in Galati, Giurgiu, Bucharest, Craiova. He will be traveling to Sibiu in May. RAR also goes to shelters throughout Romania to spay/neuter dogs and cats free of charge for the impoverished shelters, as our funding permits.
It is vital in understanding the need for sterilization as the only form of birth control for animals. Culling does not work - once animals in a certain location are killed, new animals move into their location, having more and more puppies, and the cycle continues. This is why despite years of culling street animals, Romania still has an overpopulation of street dogs. Please know that one female dog and her mate, and all their puppies, can produce 67,000 dogs in a 6 year period.
As you see the animals on the streets, please remember that this fate could be yours, mine, or any of our pet's. These animals did not chose to be born into misery..........and we can now help them.
I hope each of you will take with you the message of compassion for our less fortunate beings.
We are seeking donations of absorbable suture material, and funds to spay/neuter thousands of dogs so that animals will not be born to suffer on the streets of Romania.
