Top news and other stories
2008

Second transport from UK to ROLDA arrived safely ! more ...

ROLDA latest appearance in the international media more ...

Our dogs available NOW for adoption internationally !more ...

Our dog Oache adopted in UK!more ...

Homeless child - winner of the contest about homeless animals !more ...

New education campaign ,17.03-17.04 in partnership with local newspaper "Viata Libera" more ...

Trailer purchased for international adoptions scheme more ...

Mittal delegation visiting ROLDA new shelter.Please "meet" the people that became our strays'"guardian angels", helping not only hundred of homeless...more ...

Azorica adopted in Holland !more ...

Thanks to Mr.Robert S.generosity, we can have FREE transport/shipping from UK to our shelters ! more ...

Financial report 2007 more ...

Emergency needs at ROLDA small shelter more ...

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2007

ROLDA represented at ICAWC and "International Conference of Humans-Animals Interaction" more ...

Our friend,Willie is one of the IFAW winners of "Animal Action Award" (oct.2007) more ...

BBC reporter spreading out the word about Romanian animals' real life. A documentary about ROLDA more ...

Willie Nugent from Armagh ,Northern Ireland visited our shelter and "shake hands" with ROLDA dogs ! more ...

Peace Corp 'volunteer , Maria D.-a high school teacher became a constant helper at ROLDA shelter more ...

ROLDA helps the local community by providing free sterilization and free treatments for flea & ticks control ! more ...

Introducing our new vet. -DVM Gingarasu more ...

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Pounds management in different Romania'towns


OVERVIEW

By "stray dog" we mean not only feral dogs, which stay at a safe distance from human beings, but free-roaming dogs or inadequately supervised dogs, which are occasionally or regularly fed by human beings, who may or may not consider themselves the dog's owner.

We have no accurate figures for the unsupervised dog population of Romania,but as a rule, it's known that stray or unsupervised dog populations grow and decline in direct proportion to the human population.

Numbers in urban areas of Romania are temporarily reduced by sporadic extermination campaigns such as those instigated by the mayor of Bucharest (2001).

The stray dog population of every Romanian town and village depends solely on the carrying capacity of the area which in turn in a climate with plentiful water depends solely on the food (and in winter shelter) available.

The food on which stray and unsupervised dogs survive consists of edible rubbish and handouts by animal lovers. The rubbish and handouts are in direct proportion to the human population. Stray dogs cannot survive independently of human beings.

Street dogs cause road accidents and nuisance, wake residents at night, disturb rubbish, frighten children and cause complaints to municipalities. The sight of hungry, sick dogs foraging desperately for food, or of their dead bodies squashed on Romania's roads, is distressing to visitors and residents alike and tarnishes Romania's image as part of the European Union.

Most of these miserable strays are potentially loyal, affectionate companions, pets and guard dogs.

ROLDA receive daily appeals for help from different parts of Romania !

We cannot ignore these appeals ,because we know that behind each appeal there are hundreds or thousands animals suffering and many peoples suffering near them- but because our resources are limited, we hope to find enough understanding ,assuring everyone that we hope one day to be able to assist everyone asking for support.

YOUR support we'll help us to be able to prevent the born of thousands unwanted animals !