We are ROLDA and we exist to #givehope to neglected, abused animals and people who care about them. Our primarily focus is rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming animls in need, as well as providing aid to poor communities & others rescuers in Romania and since the war started, also in Ukraine.
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We fight against animal abandonment by taking them in or helping their owners.
Fighting animal cruelty, neglect and abuse is a constant uphill battle for us.
We pay for sterilization campaigns, the humane way to stop stray overpopulation.
Help us get illegal shelters and their traumatizing practices become history.
Wildlife trafficking is life-threatening for the animals. ROLDA is fighting against it.
We want to stop wildlife tourism exploitation. Join us.
Learn a bit of our history, how ROLDA started, why we operate in Galati, what we have been able to change for animals in a country where public shelters continue to put Romania to shame under EU's indifferent eyes.
Find out some of the most important moments of ROLDA activity.
To make HOME a little better for every living soul. To give SHELTER.
Because the bigger the challenge, the bigger the people rising up to face it.
that makes ROLDA rescue work possible in a country where animals have no one else.
Rescued in Romania, loved all over the World
Preventive care is the best way of showing these dogs somebody is really looking out for them, by not letting them contract diseases and parasites.
Taking care of animals means keeping preventable illnesses at bay.
Transmissible from dog to dog, a terrible condition easier to prevent than cure.
More than being a nuisance, these parasites may carry crippling or fatal diseases.
Neglect, abuse and abandonment, backed by lack of knowledge are the causes of suffering we need to address. How? By educating people.
0 unwanted pups born = 0 unwanted pups abandoned
Not all owners are heartless. Some are just very poor. So, we help
Before-after images show our animals’ difficult journeys. They show the resilience of dogs and our hard work.
Although abusive and punishable by law, keeping dogs in chains is still a practice in many rural areas in Romania. It is a challenge to really change things.
Dog pounds are the places hope and humanity go to die. Help shut them down!
Help us call on authorities to punish the Tulcea animal abuser caught on tape.
Join our plea to ban fireworks in Romania and stop animals getting injured.
Wildlife animals’ lives are worth more than the price of tickets. Help us save them!
Speak out! Spread the word about our activity, about what we have already done, about what we plan to do. Wear our logo and start a conversation.
We run two dog shelters, a cat sanctuary and help over 1000 animals each year. But if it wasn’t for the generosity of our supporters like you, we wouldn’t exist. Can you continue help fund our vital work?
Send a check to ROLDA branches in Romania, the UK, the US, or Australia.
We have bank accounts open in the UK, the US, Switzerland, Norway, Australia, Sweden.
How gifts in will make a difference
Animals give us a better life. We can make them a better World. See how!
Every gift in will has the power to transform the animals World the way YOU dream it to be.
Help us build a piece of art animal sanctuary in South-East Europe for people to also benefit.
When you donate Bitcoin and other crypto to ROLDA, you generally owe no capital gains tax.
You can turn your used vehicle into a meaningful contribution to help animals and ROLDA USA
Buy a virtual gift that helps a real animal in need!
Buy lovely, handmade items and help animals in need as all proceeds go to them.
ROLDA mission is to provide aid efficiently, responsibly and humanely to strays and abused animals in Romania.
Below is an overview of how ROLDA has changed the lives of thousands of dogs left to die on the grounds of a local steelworks company.
With a population of some thousands of dogs, from which many were unsterilized, decreasing their number was a challenge in itself.
Galati is the 5th largest town in Romania and also a major industrial city because it hosts the largest steel plant in Europe, which is the size of a small town itself, spread over 1600 hectares!
This huge surface, partially used for storage and partially for operational buildings and offices, was the home of approximately 10000 strays who migrated from the city of Galati, in search of a new territory or strays who were born there, on the industrial plant. The packs of dogs were concentrated in the areas where workers offered them food or where they could find scraps. From this huge number of strays, some became territorial and started attacking and even biting clients and workers.
In 2006, the situation was out of control. The dogs were at risk of being captured and killed using very inhumane methods. This was when ROLDA stepped in and bravely offered to solve this massive problem using humane, no-kill methods.
To solve this giant problem, ROLDA built a large shelter from scratch with the capacity to welcome 700 dogs. But building a shelter is not enough if it is not properly maintained.
Until 2017, when our shelters were full to capacity, ROLDA also sterilized and returned dogs to their territory. However the law changed and it is now illegal to catch, sterilize and return stray dogs.
A humane catching policy (most of the dogs have been captured with bare hands, limiting stress as much as possible and when this wasn’t possible, our team used catching poles and a tranquilizer gun, approved in the EU for this type of activity).
Responsible management of the shelters (including strict rules for diseases control management).
A rehoming policy in collaboration with reliable international partners which helped maximize our efforts to find every dog a perfect home.
What happened to an estimated population of 10000 strays?
70% of the dogs entering our shelter needed rehabilitation because they were wild, traumatized and afraid of humans. 30% of them were re-homed successfully immediately.
At the end of the collaboration, 1000 dogs remained alone or in packs.
From these 1000, approx 200 were un-sterilized.
600 dogs were housed in the shelter.
Some were sterilized
and returned to the steel
plant property.
Some others remained in our care for longer or shorter periods of time for medical treatment.
Some were successfully
adopted in Romania and
across Europe.
Some others remain
in our care to the
present day.
Conclusion
Our promise is that we never put down a healthy dog. And we always keep our promises! Using humane methods, a minimal budget and well-thought-through logistics, alongside passion, hard work and the unwavering dedication of our small team, ROLDA helped to prove that nothing is impossible.
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