Please Help If You Can

[paddyk]

http://romanianrescueappeal.uk/
We now have a little "Rommie rescue" dog who has recently joined our doggie family, our 2 Labradors adore him - although it was hard work at first as he had been a street dog and was very scared. He had been rescued from a public shelter in Romania by this charity and adopted by me and my wife to bring him to us for his "forever home". The stray dogs in Romania are treated much worse in than in Britain - it makes our RSPCA look like paradise (I know as I used do a lot of voluntary work for our local RSPCA animal home). The dog catchers get them in a noose and they are taken to the "Public Shelters" where they are only fed twice a week and are usually put down after 21 days (I don't even want to think about the method as it really upsets me.) If you or anyone you know is thinking of adopting a dog, please consider one of these Romanian dogs as you are saving them from a terrible fate as they are such affectionate dogs and so grateful for their new homes which must seem like paradise to them after their awful experiences trying to survive in Romania

[murraymints]

NOM has adopted a pet from there very recently

[anneasquith]

Pups/dogs are " put down" every day in this country .

[paddyk]

I will change my Avatar to a picture of "Jasper" - if I can remember how to do it !! (current picture is "Paddy")

[Islay]

I help a charity that supports a rescue centre in Serbia, and I know the tortures that they go through there! it was minus 22 this winter and know heating in the public shelters so we raised funds and a volunteer went in everyday and ensured the dogs were fed and heated - we also sent over loads of coats. More recently we paid for a load of dogs to be neutered so that it helps with the street dog issue. Sorry I can't help with your charity as I give all my spare pennies to this one but good luck xx

[corylus]

Well done you, hope your little dog has a happy life.

[paddyk]

Pups/dogs are " put down" every day in this country .
anneasquith. I'm sorry but as an animal campaigner all my life , I am aware of a huge difference in the treatment of strays in the UK and Romania. As I said in my original post, I used to be actively involved with the RSCPA and the dogs there are well looked after. We also support Dogs Trust - who never put down healthy dog - that is their motto. You cannot compare the animal welfare conditions in Romania to those in the UK. Nicolae Ceausescu was in charge in Romania 1965-89 and he forced people out of the towns to the countryside and they had to abandon their animals - that is where the problem started - as I have just stated, you cannot compare the two situations. History lesson over !!

[Guilbert53]

Rather strange, we are helping to save dogs in Romania yet here in the UK we kill millions of animals each year.

From a web site:

"Every year in the UK approximately 2.6 million cattle, 10 million pigs, 14.5 million sheep and lambs, 80 million fish and 950 million birds are slaughtered for human consumption.

[paddyk]

anneasquith. I note your sarcasm by placing the term "put down" in speech marks. In my original post, I used this term quite deliberately for its impact value (I could have put something far worse) - I didn't really want to get to this - but lets just say it's not an euthanasia injection in Romania. I'll leave it to your imagination. To others who have been so kind, sorry to mention this - it upsets me too, I have to try to block it out most of the time. I can't cope any other way

[anneasquith]

Paddy, not intentionally sarcastic at all, I was also being careful re what wording to use, I wish you're new dog good health, my priority would be a more local location, that's all.

[paddyk]

Guilbert53, I am a vegetarian - so not quite sure what point you're trying to make here. Goodnight everyone.

[EDDIE51]

Anyone else noticed how a post advocating rescuing animal refugees from Eastern Europe does not attract the level of condemnation that it would were it about rescuing human refugees from a similar situation?

[Barmaid]

I assume people did notice, Eddie. however, this is animals and nature and not the place for such discussion.

[lankeela]

My breed rescue is in the process of bringing over another Romanian rescue that looks like our breed- she is somewhere between Belgium and Calais and will be arriving in the UK later tomorrow to be fostered and we will be then finding her a suitable home. The difference is the dogs in shelters in this country have a chance of being rehomed and are treated well while there but that is not the case in Romania in the public shelters. The dog catchers get paid for how many dogs they bring in, so they are not worried how they do it and they often get injured in the process and many suffer attacks from other dogs in the same pens. Our breed supporters raised the money to bring this one over within 24 hours - I am so proud of them for answering the call when needed. We raised more than needed and donated the rest to a neutering fund so that several more bitches could be spayed, which in effect saves even more lives as the bitches are put in with dogs or get mated on the streets. We know we cannot help them all but every one brought over gives a place to another.

[hereIam]

paddy - very well done to you and PLEASE ignore the negative responses on here! You are a saint to rescue this little dog from such vile conditions and your post at 18:26 says it all. Their plight is appalling and I know as I rescued a little street dog from Spain and it has been hard work, but she is so beautiful. Lots of love to you ad your little dog xxx