Romanian League in Defense of Animals

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 ...

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 ...

ROLDA was born in the full conviction that:

Animals rights are the same as human rights. The ONLY difference is IGNORANCE!

Spay/neuter and release or adoption are the humane alternatives for the mass-killing of strays, often implemented with barbaric methods (e.g., poisoning, shooting, torturing)

Each permanently (or temporarily) disabled dog/cat has the right to enjoy a peaceful, comfortable living for the rest of his life!

Euthanasia is not a solution to the overpopulation problem, because as long as humans think they are superiors, this is the main problem!

ROLDA is an international group operating in Galati area, planning to expand all over Romania. We are preoccupied to improve the living conditions of strays* ,trying to solve in a humane way (spay/neuter and adoptions) the overpopulation problem.

The official number of homeless animals in my town is around 14,000 on the streets, another 10,000 dogs let unsupervised in people' gardens (most of them not spay/neutered) all of them living in uncertain and miserable conditions.

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.

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.

Since ROLDA started to fight for animals' rights in my country, we lived many tragic moments, but we also lived few happy moments, that we consider our small victories.

Please read on more details about our programs, our shelter, plans for future ...by click on each page. Thank you for care !