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VALERICA FROM GALATI NEED YOUR HELP

Valerica is more than an animal lover from Galati because the 22 dogs and 19 cats that she recently saved represents to everything to her.

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MERRITT CLIFTON SCORED ROLDA SHELTER THE BEST IN EAST EUROPE

Coming for the second time after 6 years in Romania and visiting 6 shelters in Romania, Merritt Clifton scored 84 points(from a total of 100 possible) for one of the ROLDA shelter,which remains the top-rated shelter in East Europe.
DONY & BOSS WON 2ND PRIZE AT HSUS/HSI PHOTO CONTEST

Dony and Boss are my brave dogs subscribed to HSUS/HSI photo contest with the hope to promote Romanian animals and to raise funding for the sterilization program.

At the end of the competition, they won the second prize which made of course their "mom" really happy and proud of them!
COLLEEN PAIGE AND LOVE HAS NO BORDER PROGRAM

Our supporter Colleen Paige is the Romanian animals ambassador in USA.She is not only helping Romanian animals with her image but she became an active voice and sponsored some articles and advertising Romanian animals in her county.

Recently the new program she initiated named Love has No Border joined an important number of national and international charities in a common effort to promote internationally animals available for adoption.

Colleen kindly chosen ROLDA as the only Romanian charity as part of this impressive unique program.

Thank you Colleen for everything!
CONFERENCE ORGANIZED FOR ROLDA AND ROMANIAN ANIMALS IN SWITZERLAND SPONSORED BY HILL'S

On 19 February in a very rainy cold evening animal lovers from Monthey, Switzerland join together to hear about Romanian animals problem and ROLDA.

The conference is the first event in history organized for a single Romanian charity and brought passionate animal supporters, even some local sponsors thanks to the huge efforts that our friend Marie made to attract people, including a very famous Suisse activist- Lolita M., the Miss Universe in ‘82 ,that is well-known all over the country for her campaigns to help animals Worldwide.

Special thanks goes to Marie and her family,Angela (for all support and her generous donation),Lolita ,Le Chien Swisse and Hill’s for the donation of products received to be sold at the conference event.
MISS UNIVERSE '82 ENDORSES ROMANIAN ANIMALS

A very famous Swisse animal activist- Lolita M, a Miss Universe in ‘82 is well-known all over the country for her campaigns to help animals Worldwide.

Thank you Lolita for sustaining ROLDA and Romanian animals!
83 healthy dogs killed by shooting last Wednesday in Reghin

This dog was shot but miraculously was saved because he was transported immediatly at a good veterinary in Tg Mures,the closest big town from Reghin.
Hunters periodically kill by shooting dogs in Reghin despite this action being illegal.
SUPER SPAY CAMPAIGN CONTINUES IN MARCH MONTH IN GALATI

Even if the grant generously received from Brigitte Bardot Foundation almost finished, we are confident that our compassionate supporters will not let down Galati animals in need and funds will continue to be raised to sustain the sterilization campaign. Thank you for your kind support!
LITTLE DRACULA ADOPTED BY PAUL AND MARY LOU IN FLORIDA

During a short bussiness trip in Romania, visiting ROLDA shelters and seeing our current work- Paul Siegel felt in love of a rescued puppy which he named Little Dracula and which he decided immediatly to take home to his other 4 adult dogs.

Special thanks to Siegel family for giving Dracula a second chance!
FLOYD THE DOG SUPPORTS ANIMAL CHARITIES

Stories writen in support of animals projects around the World under Floyd the dog name!

Thank you for join this wonderful group!
He is Joker and he would like to introduce you his brothers and sisters available for adoption internationally.

Click on this link to meet all the ROLDA dogs available to be adopted.
FACTS

Millions of street dogs, cats, horses, and donkeys are left in Romania'streets to live on refuse.

Romanian pounds administrated by local authorities –a violation of animal rights!
The concentration camps/pounds administrated by local authorities in most of the cities are a disgrace, a shameful reaction, a total indifference to dogs and animal lover feelings.

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our accomplishments, projects, ambitions and struggles.

Please come back again soon and be part of our dream!

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PAUL VISITED AND ADOPTED LITTLE DRACULA FROM ROLDA

My name is Paul Seigel. I am Dana Costin’s and the Romanian League in Defense of Animals’ (ROLDA) fundraiser.

I have just returned home to Florida (along with an adopted puppy named Romy) from spending time with Dana and her volunteers, staff, and veterinarian – and visiting her two sanctuaries in Galati.

photo:Paul from Florida under the deep snow,at the exit of ROLDA large shelter.

A VISIT TO GALATI SHELTERS

by MERRITT CLIFTON

In Galati dogs found at large may be taken by the authorities to either of two pounds, which are still the same canine concentration camps that they were in 2004, or they may be taken by individual rescuers to several private shelters. The largest, operated by an organization called Help Labus, presently houses about 600 dogs and some cats on a muddy former farm beneath high power lines, at the end of an almost impassible dirt road running parallel to the railway.

Though Help Labus tries to avoid becoming a canine concentration camp, it is at best a refugee camp. The dogs are fed, and have resting boards and cloths to lie on, but most of the work of the organization appears to go into just expanding the facilities, constantly, to accommodate more and more dogs.
Few resources are available for sterilizing dogs, doing public education, arranging adoptions, or doing any of the other work needed to accomplish more than just saving dogs from the dogcatchers.

ROLDA is by contrast not primarily about saving dogs from dogcatchers. Saving dogs from dogcatchers matters a great deal to Dana, but because she tends to take the long view of the situation, ROLDA is chiefly about changing the paradigm for dogs, cats, other animals, and human/animal relationships.

ROLDA NEWSLETTER, MARCH 2010

photo:Our host Lolita translates questions from audience to ROLDA representatives.

INTERNATIONAL VETERINARIES STEPS IN TO HELP ROLDA MASS-STERILIZATION CAMPAIGN IN GALATI

Your financial or gift-in-kind contribution will keep the sterilization program free for the local community.

Veterinary events in 2010

2-4 vets from Norway will be spending three weeks in spring working with Romanian vets team to do as many sterilizations as possible.

Jackie C. is planning to return to ROLDA in Galati in fall 2010 ,with other 1-2 veterinaries from Australia and UK to mass-spaying dogs from Mittal.

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WAYS TO HELP THE STERILIZATION CAMPAIGN

ROLDA makes an appeal to generous corporations, foundations, and animal lovers to help us help the local community and our voiceless friends, to transform this project into a successful one, and to maintain it free of any charge for the Galati citizens in the future.

photo:Romanian puppies need you in order to have a safer future!

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RENOVATION PLAN 2010 FOR ROLDA ADOPTION CENTER

Our new ambition is to completely renovate the 6+ years old dog kennels, this is estimated to 60,000 USD.

Thanks to a local company,we are hopeful to receive a grant to cover 70% from the veterinary clinic costs,but we need to raise the rest which is almost 100,000 USD.It is a huge amount of money and a very ambitious project for our resources but it will means a new future to Romanian animals and people with low-income which care for them.