Tim was found in 2011 by the president of Save the Dogs Sara Turetta in a parking bay on the Bucharest-Cernavoda motorway. There were various other strays with him; however, Tim was the only one that was crouched in a corner, apathetic and seemingly sick. It was only later, that we realized during the visit from our veterinary doctors, that Tim was bitten in different areas by the other strays: old and meek he was destined to succumb according to the cruel rules of the road. But things should turn out quite differently for Tim. After a period at the Cernavoda shelter and then at the home of one of our Romanian collaborators, Tim has flown to Sweden. The look on the dog’s face in the latest photos, speak a thousand words: the sad and resigned eyes of the first photos are now unrecognizable. We would like to thank our partner Hundhjalpen who permitted us to write “happy ending” next to the photo of our Tim.

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It was one of the many appeals on FB, but this time STD was so close to the reported case that we could not close our eyes.

On a Bucharest animal welfare association call, that had been contacted by a Roamanian lady, we were asked to help an undernourished dog, that had been thrown in a wretched yard in a village between Cernavoda and Costanza together with her puppies.

The dog – medium size, friendly and loving – let us take her without fighting and she was transferred to our Medgidia shelter, in spite of the chronic overcrowding that is unfortunately constant in our structure.

After a few weeks, here are the pictures of Marina (this is the way she has been renamed), that has 2 big meals a day and has already gained a healthier look. As soon as possible Marina will be part of DogRescue adoption program, one of the two STD Swedish partners.

Cernavoda · Costanza · DogRescue · facebook · Marina · save the dogs

It has been months of intense work for our mobile clinic in Romania. For the first year, thanks to one more nurse at the Cernavoda center, we could use the caravan for more days in a week, sharing it between the two staffs: the veterinarian Valentin and the nurse Aura centered in the Cochirleni village, a few kms away from Cernavoda, trying to win people’s heart who were initially very suspicious. Many collars were replaced on the poor animals that were kept tied at a chain, collars that are always needed very much and that we ask you to send (new or second-hand) to our Milan headquarters.

The Medgidia team, instead, was divided between the Topraisar and Limanu villages and the Mangalia and Braila towns, where we were called by several animal lovers who needed care. Mangalia especially gave a favorable welcome thanks to the female participation, that has always been significant compared to the male part of the people. In total our mobile clinic has managed to neuter during summer time 489 dogs and 176 cats.
Right while coming back from Mangalia the clinic witnessed a dramatic discover along the way, of which we show some pictures: a poor exhausted stray dog was seen in the dark thanks to his white color. His conditions, as you can see in the picturesi, were really desperate and our Alina considered euthanasia as the best choice for the poor dog.
Unfortunately the stray dogs that wander in these conditions are thousands in all those Romanian cities where there is no association like Save the Dogs operating. We are comforted by knowing that in Medgidia and Cernavoda cases like that are now rare and are soon found by our collaborators, while in the rest of the country these stray dogs are condemned to a slow and painful death.
Those who want to support the mobile clinic, through which we sterilize free all the animals who are carried to our veterinarians, can make a donation by Pay Pal or our bank account, indicating the cause “mobile clinic”. We will go on working in the caravan until the temperatures allow us to.

Braila · Cernavoda · clinica mobile · Cochirleni · Limanu · Mangalia · Medgidia · sara turetta · save the dogs · sterilizzazioni · Topraisar

Construction work on the new shelter in Cernavoda continues tirelessly.
Recently, as can be seen from the photos, the cement cast for the first lot has been finished, and the perimeters for a part of the smaller dog pens have been traced out.

To read all the latest news concerning fundraising, please visit this section of the website www.footprintsofjoy.eu.

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