Odobesti is a small
town in Eastern Romania with a population of about 9000 people, lots of stray
dogs, one rescuer and no proper veterinarian clinic that can help with the
numerous car accidents or other health issue a stray animal might have. Most of
the people see the dogs as vermin or dangerous animals, a real threat for their
children and they just want them off the street. The authorities don’t seem to
have any coherent and humane plan to sort out this problem, so the dogs are
left to the mercy of the public.
The rescuer that is
asking for our help finds herself forced to stand alone in the face of all this
suffering with no alternative than to post appeals on the internet and hope for
some deliverance; her tone is beyond desperate, as she feels helpless and overwhelmed
with all the stray dogs needing her help. Hundreds of adults and puppies roaming
the streets, looking for food and a
warm, safe place and never finding it, end up sick, or badly injured or
poisoned and all this at the end of a life full of suffering and frustration.
Because she loves dogs and cats very much, this is very painful for her; for
any compassionate human being all this drama would be heartbreaking to witness.
Over the years, after
she struggled to help as much as she could, she realized the solution is mass
spay/neuter events for the people and for the street animals. She hasn’t yet lost her faith in the goodness
of people and hopes they will choose to act humanely and do the right thing for
their pets, if given the chance. She knows she can never help all the stray
animals that need her, but at least there won’t be hundreds of unwanted puppies/kittens
sharing the same fate.
The first (and only)
time we went to Odobesti, the people were waiting for us impatiently with big
smiles on their faces. I was very
impressed to see a few of the patients of a Mentally Challenged Sanatorium
coming with their pets for a free spay and a very poor woman who paid for a
taxi to bring her and her 5 dogs to the event. This shows that there is hope
for Odobesti provided they are helped with the expenses and the help of a high
skilled medical team to which they can trust their pets to.
Please support our
Odobesti mission of helping 100 animals with free spay/neuter this Spring! With
your loving support we can provide the best care for their animals and the
guarantee they will never give birth to an unwanted puppies/kittens again.
If you wish to support this mission, please join our group on Facebook and find out how to do so: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1013343045373025/?__mref=message_bubble
Thank you!
Thank you!
