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.

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Like every year during this period, Save the Dogs performs a review of international adoptions which have allowed a certain number of lucky Romanian former strays to join a family overseas.

Compared to 2010, we have recorded a slight decline of departures, that is -40 animals, with the usual primacy from the north of Italy (308 between dogs and cats) followed by Sweden (148 adopted dogs), Finland (50 adoptions) and Switzerland (43 quadrupeds settled in many families).  As for the origin of the animals, 282 were from the Cernavoda shelter, 274 from Medgidia (but about sixty came from Limanu, a place often visited by our mobile clinic) while 2 came from Bucharest and 3 from Costanza. To view all the figures in detail, you can visit the relevant section of the website which records yearly the numbers of animals which leave and where they go to.

We would like to remind our supporters that while the adoptions from Northern Europe and from and the Italian-speaking Switzerland have covered the costs; all costs of travel toward Italy have been self-funded by STD.  We would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who decided to give a “put on the wings” cube during the festive season, thanks to these donations, 116 flights have been sponsored which offer salvation to lots of fortunate puppies.

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