Suzana and Anna forever friends

Friday the 25th of June was a memorable day in the live of little Suzana from the Rolda shelter.
All by herself she flew to her new mom Anna in The Netherlands. Anna adores the little girl and we hope they have a long and beautiful life together!

Maria (Norway) story: came as a volunteer and is now in charge of dogs rehoming in Norway

In spring, 2010 a group of young veterinary volunteers were sponsored by the
Norwegian Veterinary School to help the ROLDA free sterilization program in Galati. Maria is one of the girls who spent three weeks doing high quality work at our clinic, plus helping daily at our rescue centers, evaluating the dogs and socializing them.
On one of her last visits to the large dog rescue center, she was walking around the kennels where newcoming dogs are placed and she couldn't stop noticing a very beautiful puppy just rescued from streets. Aesop, she called him. She decided to follow the strict Norwegian policy and took every legal step to adopt Aesop, the lucky puppy home

3 STRANGERS,8 DOGS,ONE STORY

Janet (UK) story: 6 dogs in her pack from ROLDA

Janet and her friend, Chrissy took a short trip to the Carpathian mountains to see the bears sanctuary in Brasov in the fall of 2007. While in Romania, Janet remembers, "I was immediately struck by the number of dogs roaming the cities, countryside and small villages... most of them living a miserable and uncertain existence."

The first dog she came close to - she named him Foxy - became the first member of
Janet's Romanian pack. Foxy was hardly surviving, skinny and full of ticks, scared and hungry. The two British woman called ROLDA to get help with transporting Foxy safely to the UK.
Once in the UK, Foxy suddenly transformed into a confident, nice-looking dog.
You wouldn't recognize him from how he was when he was found and rescued from the Brasov streets.
After visiting the ROLDA dog rescue centers, Janet and Chrissy became permanent helpers in fostering and rehoming dogs in the UK.
In less than two years, Janet became also the adoptive mom of no less than 6 Rommies. She treasures all of them. Every member of her pack was saved from the streets and sheltered at ROLDA, where good food and veterinary care was provided. We handled also the transport documents. These cost around 100 Euros per dog.
The cheapest transport to the UK by car is 150 GBP, paid by our UK partner.
Beside the veterinary costs, good quality food and the sterilization costs, ROLDA needs
metal foldable crates, plastic kennels for transport, and grooming supplies (brushes, clippers, blades, shampoos)

1 JUNE –ME AND MY BEST FRIEND ONLINE CONTEST

In our town, ROLDA makes huge efforts to keep an interactive community of animal lovers and in the past three years we are organizing in partnership with the most read local newspaper Viata Libera all sorts of contests with tempting prizes: photo contest, graphic painting ,1 June for kids contest,….

This year contest for the small animal lovers was organized between 7-12 June and named “Me and my best friend” and attracted a lot of participants. Just to make yourself an impression, the girl voted the first collected over 9000 votes, which is VERY good for an online contest organized in Romania with pets as a main theme.

Passing over the difficult organizational moments (we learned that we cannot please all the participants!!!), the contest was a success. We are grateful to our sponsors Arcelor Mittal Galati and Cukys for their support.

Please meet the lucky winner:

For 2010 1st of June ROLDA also sponsored with plush toys and with sweet treats and cakes from Cukys the event organized by “Inima de copil”(Children’s Heart) Foundation from Galati.

GIVE A DOG A HOME!

"From the hole where I was sitting the road seem to go nowhere.
I don't know where I came from, nor where I'll go, I only know that I can not move and the pain overwhelms me. I wish I'll cry for help, but I'm afraid no one can hear me, the cars noise if too loud."

If you never been in countries like Romania, you cannot guess how many stray stories can start like this...If some of these dogs were lucky eventually and a car stopped and rescue them...than I believe it's our "duty" to help them have a home.
A homeless life isn't a lost life, if we don't remain indifferents.

Give a stray an identity, adopt him/her! Save his life TODAY, tomorrow it might be too late!www.rolda.org

Because homeless animals suffer in silence, we must be their voices.
Everyday in Romania, homeless animals wander the streets, searching for food, shelter and even a friendly gesture from passers-by. Romanian League in Defense of Animals (ROLDA) has succeeded in saving many of these animals from their cruel life on the streets.

But there is always more to be done. That’s where YOU come in. You are invited to join a growing group of supporters, to raise international awareness of our much-needed, grassroots organization.
Won’t you please consider joining us in saving the homeless animals of Romania?
For more information about ROLDA, please visit www.rolda.org Our site is frequently updated, so please visit often!