Romania CRISIS APPEAL TO SAVE OUR DOGS FROM THE KILLING POUND

Our Friends Dog Rescue, Romania CRISIS APPEAL TO SAVE OUR DOGS FROM THE KILLING POUND


Our Friends Dog Rescue, 'Prietenii Nostri' is in Slatina, Romania. The shelter was founded in 2005 by Teodroa Ristea and her daughter Gratiela. They have fought against a climate of total indifference to ensure they save as many dogs as possible.All of the dogs at the shelter have been rescued from the Kill Pound, the streets, the dog catchers and from abusive situations. We also operate a spay and release programme for stray and owned dogs, an animal therapy programme for children with special needs and an education programme within local schools to promote animal welfare.All of the dogs in our care are neutered, vaccinated, fed daily and have veterniary treatment when it is required. Sadly, in February 2012 Teodora Ristea died in tragic circumstances. Teodora was the most amazing lady with the biggest heart, she cared so much about everybody and her beloved dogs. She had so little, gave so much and saved so many - this has to be her legacy.The Mayor owns theland that Our Friends is currently built on. Heâ??s cut the water and electricitysupplies off and wants us off the land ASAP. He has the power to kill our dogsoutright if he wants. We cannot evenbegin to imagine this. We are in urgent needto move the dogs to new land by June 2012. If we fail to do this the DogCatchers will enter our shelter and kill the dogs by rounding them up with anoose. Humane euthanasia is not anoption as the dogs would be transferred to the public killing pound. Here theywill have no food, water or comfort of any kind, this leads to many fights andultimately the slow, painful death of the dogs. The dogs that resist being caught willbe bludgeoned to death or drenched in water and taken to the electric fence. Ihave visited the Killing Pound which was absolutely heart-breaking. I alsofound a dog eating her own dead puppies. We canâ??t save all the dogs, we donâ??thave the capacity or money to but to see sad eyes stare at you as their onlychance of survival and have to walk away is terrible. We are now facing theharsh reality that this could happen to our dogs. I will not show you a videoof the dog catchers or killing pound as it is highly distressing. Please watchthe short video clips of some of the dogs that we filmed last week

Can you really watch these videos, looking at those beautiful dogs and ignore them? If you choose to ignore them you are contributing to their death sentence.We would be extremely grateful if people can please consider a small contribution to help our dogs. The smallest of donations will make the biggest difference to the lives of so many. Please help us to save them. They need YOU now more than ever.Please visit our website www.prieteniinostri.com and/or our Facebook group 


Our Friends Dog Rescue. 


Thank you x


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Our Friends Dog Rescue - The Shelter and Dogs
by OurFriends DogRescue