{"id":38301,"date":"2018-05-29T10:28:07","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T10:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/?page_id=38301\/"},"modified":"2025-01-21T10:45:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T09:45:59","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/en\/our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our history"},"content":{"rendered":"

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”#ff551d” custom_padding_tablet=”50px|0|50px|0″ custom_padding_phone=”” transparent_background=”off” padding_mobile=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off”][et_pb_fullwidth_header title=”Our history” content_max_width=”none” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”rgba(255, 255, 255, 0)” button_one_letter_spacing_hover=”0″ button_two_letter_spacing_hover=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” button_one_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”on” button_one_letter_spacing__hover=”0″ button_two_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”on” button_two_letter_spacing__hover=”0″ button_one_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off”][\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” disabled_on=”on|on|” admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”#ffffff” custom_padding_tablet=”50px|0|50px|0″ custom_padding_phone=”” hover_enabled=”0″ transparent_background=”off” padding_mobile=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″ da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off”][et_pb_row padding_mobile=”off” column_padding_mobile=”off” admin_label=”2001″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_image=”https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/201-1.jpg” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”||25px|” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”2001″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”justified” custom_margin=”-10px|230px|-30px|110px” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]Sara Turetta (already involved as a volunteer in supporting shelters in Bucharest) received the desperate appeal of an Italian family living in Cernavoda<\/a>. The streets of the city were full of corpses of strays poisoned<\/strong> by the operators of the Municipality, a thing that was taking place in a similar way across the entire country.
\nRealizing that the Municipality was open to a constructive dialogue, Sara Turetta became the promoter of an agreement (May 2002)<\/strong>: an intense sterilization initiative sponsored through foreign funds in exchange for the life of the approximately 2,000 strays living on the streets, who would not have been killed.
\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row padding_mobile=”off” column_padding_mobile=”off” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_image=”https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2002-1.jpg” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”||25px|” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”2002″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”justified” custom_margin=”-10px|110px|-20px|230px” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]The project should have been carried out by a small local association (Spike<\/em>), which was supposed to manage the clinic and the shelter at the time partially built thanks to donations collected in Italy. Faced with Spike<\/em>\u2019s refusal to accept strict rules, both sanitary and administrative and given the Municipality\u2019s threat to start killing strays again, in October 2002 Sara Turetta decides to leave her job in Milan and moves to Cernavoda<\/strong>. There she lived for over 3 years, starting from scratch with a new building to be renovated granted by the Municipality.
\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row padding_mobile=”off” column_padding_mobile=”off” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_image=”https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2003_2004.jpg” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”||25px|” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”2003-2004″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”justified” custom_margin=”-10px|230px||110px” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]The facility included a small veterinary clinic of 160 square meters<\/strong> with a small shelter annexed.<\/p>\n

During this period, doctors are missing and we rely on volunteers. Nevertheless sterilizations go on intensively.
\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row padding_mobile=”off” column_padding_mobile=”off” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_image=”https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2005.jpg” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”||25px|” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”2005″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”justified” custom_margin=”-10px|110px|10px|230px” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]Sara takes control of the fundraising in Italy<\/strong> (until that moment delegated to another organization) and founds the Italian charity “Save the Dogs and other Animals”<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The office in Milan opens the following year and Sara hires the first collaborator. From that moment the growth of the Italian team will be gradual but constant.
\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row padding_mobile=”off” column_padding_mobile=”off” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_image=”https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2006.jpg” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”||25px|” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”2006″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”justified” custom_margin=”-15px|230px|30px|110px” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]Successful fundraising permits the sterilization of stray dogs project in Medgidia<\/strong> to begin, after Save the Dogs<\/em> obtained a moratorium on killings from the city council.<\/p>\n

 
\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row padding_mobile=”off” column_padding_mobile=”off” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_image=”https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2007.jpg” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”||25px|” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”2007″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”justified” custom_margin=”-10px|110px|20px|230px” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]The mobile clinic project<\/a> starts, with the aim of reaching the rural areas around Cernavoda and Medgidia and reduce the dramatic phenomenon of puppy dropouts<\/strong> from neighbouring villages. In the Romanian countryside the most basic health services are lacking<\/strong> and the need to reach the owned dogs (all held in chains) is even more evident.
\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row padding_mobile=”off” column_padding_mobile=”off” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_image=”https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2008.jpg” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”||25px|” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”2008″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”justified” custom_margin=”-15px|230px||110px” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]Property\u00a0 is\u00a0 purchased\u00a0 in\u00a0 the\u00a0 hills\u00a0 near\u00a0 Cernavoda<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0 partnership with the British organization The Donkey Sanctuary<\/em><\/a><\/strong> allows us to open the first shelter in Romania and Eastern Europe for abandoned and abused donkeys<\/strong>, with a maximum capacity of 65 animals.
\nIn the following years the horses stables will be added to those already accommodating donkeys, made by the association with own funds.
\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row padding_mobile=”off” column_padding_mobile=”off” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_image=”https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2012.jpg” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”||25px|” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”2012″ _builder_version=”4.22.2″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”justified” custom_margin=”-10px|110px|30px|230px” hover_enabled=”0″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n

The model animal shelter Footprints of Joy<\/em><\/a><\/strong> is inaugurated with the ambassadors of Italy and the United Kingdom in attendance. All of the Romanian national TV stations broadcast the event.<\/div>\n
The free home service<\/a> for horses and donkeys<\/strong> begins.<\/div>\n

[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row padding_mobile=”off” column_padding_mobile=”off” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_image=”https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2013.jpg” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”||25px|” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”2013″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”justified” custom_margin=”-15px|230px|40px|110px” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]The “door-to-door” project of micro-chipping of owned dogs starts<\/strong>, first using a database created by the association and then (from 2014, with the approval of the new law on stray dogs) registering the dogs directly in the national canine registry.
\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row padding_mobile=”off” column_padding_mobile=”off” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_image=”https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2017.jpg” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”2017″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”justified” custom_margin=”-15px|110px|30px|230px” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]On October 27th the new veterinary clinic in Cernavoda is inaugurated<\/strong><\/a>, right next to the dog shelter and the equine sanctuary, inside the association’s property.
\nThe Italian Ambassador Marco Giungi and various representatives of the embassies of the main financing countries take part in the ceremony.
\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row padding_mobile=”off” column_padding_mobile=”off” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_image=”https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2019.jpg” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”||25px|” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”2019″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”justified” custom_margin=”-15px|230px|40px|110px” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]In spring Save the Dogs<\/em> launches the Too Many Puppies<\/em> program<\/strong> for the prevention of the stray dogs and cats phenomenon in Southern Italy.
\nThe first project takes place in the western suburbs of Naples, in collaboration with the local association Oreste Zevola<\/em>.
\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” disabled_on=”||on” admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_color=”#ffffff” custom_padding_tablet=”50px|0|50px|0″ custom_padding_phone=”” hover_enabled=”0″ transparent_background=”off” padding_mobile=”off” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″ da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off”][et_pb_row padding_mobile=”off” column_padding_mobile=”off” admin_label=”2001″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”||25px|” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/staff.jpg” align_tablet=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16″ animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”left” animation_duration=”500ms” animation_intensity_slide=”10%” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”left” sticky=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” align_phone=”center”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”2001″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”justified” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

2001<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Sara Turetta (already involved as a volunteer in supporting shelters in Bucharest) received the desperate appeal of an Italian family living in Cernavoda<\/a>. The streets of the city were full of corpses of strays poisoned<\/strong> by the operators of the Municipality, a thing that was taking place in a similar way across the entire country.
\nRealizing that the Municipality was open to a constructive dialogue, Sara Turetta became the promoter of an agreement (May 2002)<\/strong>: an intense sterilization initiative sponsored through foreign funds in exchange for the life of the approximately 2,000 strays living on the streets, who would not have been killed.
\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row padding_mobile=”off” column_padding_mobile=”off” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”||25px|” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/clinica-Cernavoda-2002.jpeg” align_tablet=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16″ animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”left” animation_duration=”500ms” animation_intensity_slide=”10%” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”left” sticky=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” align_phone=”center”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”2002″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”justified” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

2002<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The project should have been carried out by a small local association (Spike<\/em>), which was supposed to manage the clinic and the shelter at the time partially built thanks to donations collected in Italy. Faced with Spike<\/em>\u2019s refusal to accept strict rules, both sanitary and administrative and given the Municipality\u2019s threat to start killing strays again, in October 2002 Sara Turetta decides to leave her job in Milan and moves to Cernavoda<\/strong>. There she lived for over 3 years, starting from scratch with a new building to be renovated granted by the Municipality.
\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row padding_mobile=”off” column_padding_mobile=”off” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”||25px|” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/010.jpg” align_tablet=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16″ animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”left” animation_duration=”500ms” animation_intensity_slide=”10%” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”left” sticky=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” align_phone=”center”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”2003-2004″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”justified” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

2003-2004<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The facility included a small veterinary clinic of 160 square meters<\/strong> with a small shelter annexed.<\/p>\n

During this period, doctors are missing and we rely on volunteers. Nevertheless sterilizations go on intensively.
\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row padding_mobile=”off” column_padding_mobile=”off” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”||25px|” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/sedeSavethedogs.jpg” align_tablet=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16″ animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”left” animation_duration=”500ms” animation_intensity_slide=”10%” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”left” sticky=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” align_phone=”center”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”2005″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”justified” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

2005<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Sara takes control of the fundraising in Italy<\/strong> (until that moment delegated to another organization) and founds the Italian charity “Save the Dogs and other Animals”<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The office in Milan opens the following year and Sara hires the first collaborator. From that moment the growth of the Italian team will be gradual but constant.
\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row padding_mobile=”off” column_padding_mobile=”off” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”||25px|” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Medgidia-101-1.jpg” align_tablet=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16″ animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”left” animation_duration=”500ms” animation_intensity_slide=”10%” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”left” sticky=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” align_phone=”center”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”2006″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”justified” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

2006<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Successful fundraising permits the sterilization of stray dogs project in Medgidia<\/strong> to begin, after Save the Dogs<\/em> obtained a moratorium on killings from the city council.<\/p>\n

 
\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row padding_mobile=”off” column_padding_mobile=”off” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”||25px|” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/SAVE-THE-DOGS-001.jpg” align_tablet=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16″ animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”left” animation_duration=”500ms” animation_intensity_slide=”10%” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”left” sticky=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” align_phone=”center”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”2007″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”justified” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

2007<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The mobile clinic project<\/a> starts, with the aim of reaching the rural areas around Cernavoda and Medgidia and reduce the dramatic phenomenon of puppy dropouts<\/strong> from neighbouring villages. In the Romanian countryside the most basic health services are lacking<\/strong> and the need to reach the owned dogs (all held in chains) is even more evident.
\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row padding_mobile=”off” column_padding_mobile=”off” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”||25px|” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/asini-Mesiano.jpg” align_tablet=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16″ animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”left” animation_duration=”500ms” animation_intensity_slide=”10%” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”left” sticky=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” align_phone=”center”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”2008″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”justified” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

2008<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Property\u00a0 is\u00a0 purchased\u00a0 in\u00a0 the\u00a0 hills\u00a0 near\u00a0 Cernavoda<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0 partnership with the British organization The Donkey Sanctuary<\/em><\/a><\/strong> allows us to open the first shelter in Romania and Eastern Europe for abandoned and abused donkeys<\/strong>, with a maximum capacity of 65 animals.
\nIn the following years the horses stables will be added to those already accommodating donkeys, made by the association with own funds.
\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row padding_mobile=”off” column_padding_mobile=”off” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”||25px|” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/FOJ_rid.jpg” align_tablet=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16″ animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”left” animation_duration=”500ms” animation_intensity_slide=”10%” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”left” sticky=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” align_phone=”center”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”2012″ _builder_version=”4.22.2″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”justified” hover_enabled=”0″ use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n

2012<\/strong><\/h3>\n
The model animal shelter Footprints of Joy<\/em><\/a><\/strong> is inaugurated with the ambassadors of Italy and the United Kingdom in attendance. All of the Romanian national TV stations broadcast the event.<\/div>\n
The free home service<\/a> for horses and donkeys<\/strong> begins.<\/div>\n

[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row padding_mobile=”off” column_padding_mobile=”off” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”||25px|” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Microchippatura-6.jpg” align_tablet=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16″ animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”left” animation_duration=”500ms” animation_intensity_slide=”10%” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”left” sticky=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” align_phone=”center”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”2013″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”justified” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

2013<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The “door-to-door” project of micro-chipping of owned dogs starts<\/strong>, first using a database created by the association and then (from 2014, with the approval of the new law on stray dogs) registering the dogs directly in the national canine registry.
\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row padding_mobile=”off” column_padding_mobile=”off” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Discorsi-e-taglio-del-nastro1V0A9868.jpg” align_tablet=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16″ animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”left” animation_duration=”500ms” animation_intensity_slide=”10%” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”left” sticky=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” global_colors_info=”{}” align_phone=”center”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”2017″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”justified” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

2017<\/strong><\/h3>\n

On October 27th the new veterinary clinic in Cernavoda is inaugurated<\/strong><\/a>, right next to the dog shelter and the equine sanctuary, inside the association’s property.
\nThe Italian Ambassador Marco Giungi and various representatives of the embassies of the main financing countries take part in the ceremony.
\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row padding_mobile=”off” column_padding_mobile=”off” admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” make_fullwidth=”off” use_custom_width=”off” width_unit=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/sito_2.jpg” align_tablet=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.16″ animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”left” animation_duration=”500ms” animation_intensity_slide=”10%” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” animation=”left” sticky=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” align_phone=”center”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”2019″ _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” text_orientation=”justified” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

2019<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In spring Save the Dogs<\/em> launches the Too Many Puppies<\/em> program<\/strong> for the prevention of the stray dogs and cats phenomenon in Southern Italy.
\nThe first project takes place in the western suburbs of Naples, in collaboration with the local association Oreste Zevola<\/em>.
\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sara Turetta (already involved as a volunteer in supporting shelters in Bucharest) received the desperate appeal of an Italian family living in Cernavoda. The streets of the city were full of corpses of strays poisoned by the operators of the Municipality, a thing that was taking place in a similar way across the entire country. Realizing that the Municipality was open to a constructive dialogue, Sara Turetta became the promoter of an agreement (May 2002): an intense sterilization initiative sponsored through foreign funds in exchange for the life of the approximately 2,000 strays living on the streets, who would not have been killed. The project should have been carried out by a small local association (Spike), which was supposed to manage the clinic and the shelter at the time partially built thanks to donations collected in Italy. Faced with Spike\u2019s refusal to accept strict rules, both sanitary and administrative and given the Municipality\u2019s threat to start killing strays again, in October 2002 Sara Turetta decides to leave her job in Milan and moves to Cernavoda. There she lived for over 3 years, starting from scratch with a new building to be renovated granted by the Municipality. The facility included a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"parent":987511032,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38301","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nOur history - Save the Dogs and other Animals ETS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/en\/our-history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Our history - Save the Dogs and other Animals ETS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sara Turetta (already involved as a volunteer in supporting shelters in Bucharest) received the desperate appeal of an Italian family living in Cernavoda. The streets of the city were full of corpses of strays poisoned by the operators of the Municipality, a thing that was taking place in a similar way across the entire country. Realizing that the Municipality was open to a constructive dialogue, Sara Turetta became the promoter of an agreement (May 2002): an intense sterilization initiative sponsored through foreign funds in exchange for the life of the approximately 2,000 strays living on the streets, who would not have been killed. The project should have been carried out by a small local association (Spike), which was supposed to manage the clinic and the shelter at the time partially built thanks to donations collected in Italy. Faced with Spike\u2019s refusal to accept strict rules, both sanitary and administrative and given the Municipality\u2019s threat to start killing strays again, in October 2002 Sara Turetta decides to leave her job in Milan and moves to Cernavoda. There she lived for over 3 years, starting from scratch with a new building to be renovated granted by the Municipality. The facility included a […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/en\/our-history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Save the Dogs and other Animals ETS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SavetheDogsSTD?ref=bookmarks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-21T09:45:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@SavetheDogsSTD\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"23 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/en\/our-history\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/en\/our-history\/\",\"name\":\"Our history - Save the Dogs and other Animals ETS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-05-29T10:28:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-21T09:45:59+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/en\/our-history\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/en\/our-history\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/en\/our-history\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Mission\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/chi-siamo\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Our history\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/\",\"name\":\"Save the Dogs and other Animals ETS\",\"description\":\"Save the Dogs ha come mission la prevenzione del randagismo e del sovrappopolamento canino e felino attraverso la sterilizzazione e la salvaguardia degli animali da compagnia.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Our history - Save the Dogs and other Animals ETS","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/en\/our-history\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Our history - Save the Dogs and other Animals ETS","og_description":"Sara Turetta (already involved as a volunteer in supporting shelters in Bucharest) received the desperate appeal of an Italian family living in Cernavoda. The streets of the city were full of corpses of strays poisoned by the operators of the Municipality, a thing that was taking place in a similar way across the entire country. Realizing that the Municipality was open to a constructive dialogue, Sara Turetta became the promoter of an agreement (May 2002): an intense sterilization initiative sponsored through foreign funds in exchange for the life of the approximately 2,000 strays living on the streets, who would not have been killed. The project should have been carried out by a small local association (Spike), which was supposed to manage the clinic and the shelter at the time partially built thanks to donations collected in Italy. Faced with Spike\u2019s refusal to accept strict rules, both sanitary and administrative and given the Municipality\u2019s threat to start killing strays again, in October 2002 Sara Turetta decides to leave her job in Milan and moves to Cernavoda. There she lived for over 3 years, starting from scratch with a new building to be renovated granted by the Municipality. The facility included a […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/en\/our-history\/","og_site_name":"Save the Dogs and other Animals ETS","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SavetheDogsSTD?ref=bookmarks","article_modified_time":"2025-01-21T09:45:59+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@SavetheDogsSTD","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"23 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/en\/our-history\/","url":"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/en\/our-history\/","name":"Our history - Save the Dogs and other Animals ETS","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-05-29T10:28:07+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-21T09:45:59+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/en\/our-history\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/en\/our-history\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/en\/our-history\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Mission","item":"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/chi-siamo\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Our history"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/","name":"Save the Dogs and other Animals ETS","description":"Save the Dogs ha come mission la prevenzione del randagismo e del sovrappopolamento canino e felino attraverso la sterilizzazione e la salvaguardia degli animali da compagnia.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38301"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":987518164,"href":"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38301\/revisions\/987518164"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/987511032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.savethedogs.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}