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SPONSORROLDA never put to sleep healthy dogs.
We never turn back to a dog in need.
ROLDA provide forever care.
We never
give up.
Our work helps animals in Romania PERMANENTLY and DIRECTLY!
If you happen to be born in the worst place possible to live as a dog…
You, kind human, are his last hope!
Dogs suffer on the street
Dogs life in PS are a nightmare
Animals are often abused
Romania has by far the worst stray overpopulation issue when compared to all the Eastern and South-Eastern countries in Europe. Millions of innocent animals are condemned to suffer and die from the very moment they are born. Millions of puppies succumb to starvation, disease, and violence before their eyes are even open. But our eyes are open. We can see their suffering.
Tragically, the situation receives far less attention and media coverage when compared to countries like Greece, Turkey, and Spain. Primarily because Romania is not a major tourist destination. There are no outsiders to see the pain endured by our abandoned and abused animals. They sadly remain out of sight, out of mind, and of little interest to the international media.
Help ROLDA to save abused, neglected, homeless animals in Romania! These animals never lose hope, they cling to it. As we do, every day. Hope is a priceless gift that we can give to the millions of abused and abandoned Romanian strays. What creature does not fight to keep its life? Struggle against impossible odds to protect and provide for their young? We have far more in common with our four-legged companions than perhaps we realize.
And we have the power to transform their lives, to give them a safe, decent future. Without us? They have nothing, and no one. We work to demand justice for the forgotten, for those who have no voice to speak up with. This dream is possible, but not without your support.
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We focus on:
Rescue, provide medical care and sheltering for homeless animals
Dog shelter 1
where we prepare rescued dogs of all ages to be ready to go their new forever homes.
Dog shelter 2
where we provide daily care and rehabilitation for hundreds of dogs, as well as permanent shelter for many seniors for the rest of their life if they are not adopted.
Animal related work includes:
Medical veterinary care, food and support for pets from poor, rural communities
People from rural areas live in dark poverty, have poorly paid jobs (or no job at all), lots of family members to look after. With a tough life to survive from a day to another, the pets owned by these people (like dogs, cats) do not represent a financial priority for them. Helped by our partners and sponsors, working with local clinics, ROLDA pays for the food aid, vaccination, sterilization, microchipping, and other emergency medical services for the pets from rural communities to ensure that low-income people can:
• comply with restrictive and costly legislation, avoid huge fines
• keep their beloved pets home instead of abandoning them
• offer a humane alternative to drastically reduce the number of unwanted animal babies born or the number of abandoned animals
• offer a decent life and the medical care for these pets
Sterilization & microchiping
Food aid
Cover vet bills for medical emergencies
Donate doghouses
Click below to see how ROLDA managed to reduce in 6 years a population of strays from 10.000 to 1.000, using humane methods, minimal funding and logistics
Going after only the stray overpopulation problem is just temporarily treating the symptoms of a far bigger problem. Going after the root causes, the community perceptions of how and why these abuse and abandonment problems have come about, will provide permanent solutions. ROLDA is determined to address these issues, and confident, given our many years of involvement with rescue, animal rehabilitation, and local community work, that we will succeed.
Failure has, and never will be, an option for our dedicated team of international staff and volunteers.
Our team rescues, provides sheltering, rehabilitation, and rehome dogs all year round. Not just in Romania, but to loving families across the world. Our team works all day, every day, to save the lives of not just dogs, but so many other creatures.
ROLDA strategy is always aimed at providing long term, permanent, sustainable solutions to the massive problem of abandoned, abused and stray animals everywhere we can.
Many animal abuses and abandonment issues are largely the combined result of neglect and community indifference to these poor souls, coupled with a lack of understanding regarding the truly sad situation of millions of dumped animals in Romania. Low-income families, and seniors, have the worst problems.
This is why ROLDA works so hard in rural villages, to educate people, and thus improve a lot of the animals, and life in general, for all those living in the communities where we operate.
The main reasons why stray dogs exist are because pets are abandoned, and as a result, uncontrolled reproduction results. Countless puppies and their mothers suffer slow deaths as a result. The males fight and injure each other, also ending in agonizing deaths alone in the ditches, streets, and local dumps.
Sometimes citizens, even local children, are caught in the middle and injured. Even deaths have resulted.
But it does NOT have to be this way. Working together, this can be entirely preventable.
ROLDA offers free sterilization and microchipping to both dogs and cats from poor communities. This drastically reduces the number of unwanted animal babies born. Those tiny creatures who would inevitably suffer slow and painful deaths, alone on the streets and in the back alleys.
A one time gift or a legacy donation will be maximized for the benefit of homeless and abused dogs. And also divine support for the low-income villagers, especially seniors who do not want their four-legged friends taken away, and destroyed.
Just to remind you, ROLDA is located in southeast Romania, and we work tirelessly to serve one of the poorest regions of our country. Our sanctuaries are a real home for hundreds of dogs. The only home these dogs have ever known. And it never would have been possible without you.
ROLDA’s goal is to provide aid for each animal in need: the homeless, abused, malnourished, and abandoned. Using our extremely limited resources in a responsible, efficient and transparent way, we continue to adapt and improve ourselves each year. We have built, and continue to improve and maintain two private dog sanctuaries. We provide assistance to poor communities, offering free sterilization, microchips, and emergency food aid for their pets. We rehabilitate scared and shy dogs and give them the chance to be adopted.
Are you curious to see the steps made to transform a semi-wild dog into a perfect pet?
Permanent, meaningful change for the millions of suffering animals worldwide starts with you.
