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"WENDY"
This month's newsletter is dedicated to the memory, and life, of WENDY who passed over the Rainbow Bridge. Read more about Wendy in the
Dedication section below.
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Dear RAR Supporters and friends,
Spring in Romania means more puppies and kittens! Your generous donations and support to fund Dr. Bachman's trip next month are even more important! We are deeply touched by so many wonderful responses to our pleas for help to fund this trip.
In May 2008 Dr. Richard Bachman, a highly skilled veterinarian who has worked in India and Mexico, and long-time friend of RAR's, will travel to Romania for his second trip to train vets and perform spay/neuter surgeries. Our plan is for Dr. Bachman to go to Bucharest, Buzau, and Sibiu, from May 11-23.
Veterinary supplies are costly and of poor quality in Romania. With your financial help, we can purchase them here for Dr. Bachman so he can train Romanian vets on
modern surgical procedures and spay/neuter. I have included a bio of Dr. Bachman below.
Neuter or Spay! No More Strays!
As always, thank you everyone--we simply could not have done all this work without your financial and mental support. Bless you all.
Love,
Nancy
THANK YOU DR. ILEANA AND DR. BACHMAN
I would like to thank Dr. Ileana Gheorghita for taking matters into her own hands and purchasing some much needed equipment for her practice. Dr. Ileana purchased products thru RAR as we could get them for her at a good price, thru ACES. RAR was able to get a large animal veterinarian scale, dog stretchers, and an ultraviolet light for diagnosing skin diseases, for Dr. Ileana.
Thanks to Dr. Bachman for ordering all the supplies for his upcoming volunteer work in Romania, as well as ordering bute and Vitamin B12 for us!
WHAT WE NEED NOW
- $5000 FOR THE PURCHASE OF A VAN to transport animals in Galati and Braila. We have started helping, albeit on a small scale, in Braila, where the need is extraordinary for animal welfare. RAR needs a van to be able to transport the animals for the people in Braila, and for emergencies in Galati. Braila is located approx. 20 Km from Galati, and therefore is accessible for Dr. Ileana and the Geo/Viorel rescue team!
- DONATIONS OR FUNDS TO PURCHASE Frontline, Revolution, or Advantage to rid the Romanian animals of parasites so that they may live a decent life.
- FUNDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF 100 DOSES OF "BUTE" (an anti-inflammatory and pain relieving drug in paste form) for horses. RAR can purchase this medicine "at cost".
NEWS FROM DR. ILEANA IN GALATI
Here is Dr. Ileana's Spay/Neuter report for January 2008. Remember, every $25-$40 donated covers the cost of one spay/neuter (depending on the complexity of the surgery.)
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Cost (in Lei) |
Cost (in USD) |
| | Female dogs | 17 | 100.41 | 1,706,97 | $742.00 |
| | Female cats | 21 | 89.90 | 1,887,90 | 820,65 |
| | Male dogs | 3 | 71.40 | 214,20 | 93,11 |
| | Male cats | 3 | 59.50 | 178,50 | 77,59 |
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| TOTAL S/N PROCEDURES IN FEBRUARY 2008 |
44 |
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Total |
3,987,57 |
$1,733.35 |
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The low numbers of s/n are due to the fact that we do not have the funding to do more.
Dogs treated with donated anti parasite medications: 30
Treatments paid for by Dr. Ileana's practice (Dr. Ileana personally donated these costs): 25 dogs and 23 cats.
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ROMANIA ANIMAL RESCUE IS NOW A REGISTERED CHARITY IN ROMANIA!
RAR is now a registered charity in Romania, and we are seeking sponsorships for our spay/neuter programs from international corporations who are located in
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CHECK OUT RAR'S NEW VIDEO ON OUR WEBSITE!
Go to our Photo Diary Page to
view our NEW VIDEO, featuring the mellow tones of Rob C., one of RAR's greatest friends.
RAR HONORED BY INDIANA SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
Indiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ISPCA) is working for animal rights in Indiana, USA. This year, ISPCA is honoring 15 people and organizations that help in defending animal rights.
Romania Animal Rescue was named one of the two organizations in their list.
(Please go to our News page for details.)
Thank you, Indiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, for this honor!
SUCCESS AND MORE! SPAY/NEUTER FOR DOGS OF THE ELDERLY WOMAN IN
BRAILA
A few months ago we sent out a plea to our supporters for $1500 to spay/neuter dogs owned by an elderly lady outside of Braila. RAR collected $2500 from you, our generous donors, for this project, leaving us with a $1000 balance which we earmarked for animals in Braila. Dr. Bachman will perform the spay/neuter surgeries on the elderly lady's dogs during his May trip.
RAR is fortunate to have a wonderful friend and colleague in Braila, and we offered to help her with the $1000 so that she could spay/neuter some of the feral and stray animals she cares for there.
Because of YOUR generosity, our friend was able to fund spay/neuter surgeries of a number of cats and dogs in this town. She sends you, our wonderful donors, heartfelt thanks! There are
two wonderful vets that work for our friend in Braila, and we intend on sending them a "Thank You" certification from all the donors at RAR. Please continue to support our efforts in Braila!
Here are photos of some of the Braila dogs and cats YOU enabled us to help! (Go to our
Photo Diary Page to see more photos of these dogs and cats.)
 
 
SPREADING THE WORD IN A LOCAL CHURCH
We received this lovely email from Vera, a friend of Romania's animals in Rhode Island - she went out in the bitter cold to spread the word about the plight of Romania's animals! Thank you Vera!
Dear Nancy,
St. John's is a small and beautiful church in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. i was greeted at the door and asked the lady if i could speak with the priest, Onisie Morar. He came to meet me, was very cordial, and asked why I was there. i told him, "I am on a mission," and went on to explain why Romania Animal Rescue was founded and the good works of your organization in Romania. He broke into a big smile. i gave him the calendar, your pamphlets, and a handwritten note from me (on the notepaper you sent with the sketch of a dog). i also enclosed an excerpt from the book OUTERMOST HOUSE by Henry Beston. We chatted for a while; he promised to review the literature; and then moved on to the altar where he sang the liturgy which took about 1-1/2 hours of a two hour mass. It was a beautiful service.
After that i joined the parishioners to receive his blessing. He asked me to leave my phone number which I did. Again, i reminded him of my request to make his congregation aware of the animal issue in Romania and your organization. I also mentioned to him that if he becomes aware of anyone who is an animal activist in the Romanian community to have them call me.
As with all other denominations where attendance is down, there were no more than thirty people in church. Whatever the outcome, I want to believe that I put a bee in their bonnet which will lead to a step in the right direction. It would even more helpful if this could happen in all other states.
Love,
Vera.
NEWS FROM GEO AND VIOREL IN ROMANIA
Dear Nancy,
Here is where the street dogs breed without number. They can have a life full of
problems. They can have bad luck from the beginning. Maybe if the people will see these pictures, they will continue to sponsor our goal, so we can continue our
program. Neuter or Spay--No More Strays!
Love, Geo
Look at these sweet, loving street dogs and puppies, just trying to survive, through the lens of Viorel's camera.
(See MORE PHOTOS on our Photo Diary page.)
 
 
STORY OF A LOYAL ROMANIAN DOG
Here is a story from Geo and Viorel which will touch your heart. It is a great story which proves that many Romanians love animals!
Dear Nancy,
 We told you that Viorel made pictures of a street dog that had a sad and an emotional story. This is the dog that was in car with a lady ho had a terrible accident and passed away (the lady). The dog escape and from then (2 years) he is staying in that place, never moved away. The people heard the story and they stopped and give him food to eat. Viorel made a cage and put there to protect him from rain, wind and all.
Kisses,
Geo and Viorel
AN OPEN LETTER FROM EIGHT ROMANIAN PUPPIES
Dear RAR people,
Our story begins 2 months and a half ago. Our life was, from the beginning, a treadmill. We are 8 brothers and sisters and we are living in a yard of a Hospital in Galati, Romania between riff-raff and something that our mum told us to be very careful of:
CAR!
From what we saw until now, LIFE is not like we understood from mum's stories, in the colds nights of the winter. No one told us we will not have a home, no one told us the food and water will be so difficult to find, and more than that, no one told us that will not have a good soul to love and protect us.
LIFE CAN BE SO HARD SOMETIMES!!!
Signed: Us
PLEASE GO TO RAR's PHOTO DIARY PAGE TO SEE MORE PHOTOS OF OUR FAMILY!!
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| Here we are eating the food Geo and Viorel has brought for us. |
Here are close-ups of some of us brothers and sisters. |
Here we are roughhousing among broken glass, pull-can tops, and garbage. |
BECOME A MEMBER OF RAR!
Now what was once only a dream is a reality: YOU CAN BECOME A MEMBER OF RAR! Your membership funds are used to pay for the spay/neuter of stray dogs and cats in Romania. Memberships are available at four levels. GO TO OUR Donations Page to see how you can become a member!
- $30 INDIVIDUAL
- For just $30 a year, the cost of one spay/neuter surgery of a cat or dog, you can be part of the change now occurring in Romania.
- $60 FAMILY
- Pay for two spay/neuter surgeries and prevent even more births of animals destined to be homeless.
- $120 COMPANION
- With four spay/neuter surgeries, prevent even more cats and dogs from reproducing and suffering life on the streets or in the pounds.
- $200 SUSTAINING
- Your generous support will go directly for spay/neuter, food, surgical and vet supplies. More animals will be surgically altered sooner than later, helping us reach our goals.
- OTHER DONATION
- This membership category has its own rewards. Your contribution will be used directly to fund RAR's programs in Romania!
UPDATE: HELP LABUS SHELTER FOR DOGS; SOME HORSES ARE NOW BEING HELPED!
Here are some photos from Help Labus in Galati. They are building a shelter for the dogs, and are now able to care for some of the horses! RAR was able to send them some medicine for the horses, and Nancy intends to bring more horse medicine when she comes to Romania in May.
Dear Nancy and RAR donors,
We thank you once again for the medicine you have sent to us; this happened in the most appropriate moment. We were asked by a lady to help a horse who was in great pain, maltreated by his owner, a gypsy man...For this horse ("Gica"), we have called the veterinarian who prescribed some medicine and we have bought it. He did not have shoes so we took him to a smith. This gipsy has a
neighbor who has a mare who has no shoes, just like Gica. We helped this mare, too.
We know that is very important for them to have shoes due to the fact that they are
over-demanded by their owners and run most part of the day. Unfortunately a horse with an injury could not be treated, he had a sedimentation of calcium.
His owner loves it but he cannot use it at his carriage. He asked us to help him with food from time to time. We hope there is a remedy that may help it.
It is a great happiness for us to be helped by you and we, in return, to help them!
Thank you!
Corina
GO TO RAR'S PHOTO DIARY PAGE TO SEE MORE PHOTOS!
 
 
ROMANIAN PUPPIES NEED LOVING HOMES IN USA
Our friend AURA with DAISY HOPE, has asked us to check with our supporters to see if anyone would like to give one of these 6-month old puppies a loving home in the United States. These puppies will be six months old in MAY when we hope to assist Daisy Hope in re-homing them to loving American families.
WE NEED TO FIND THE FAMILIES FIRST! Please look into these wonderful eyes and, if you are able and interested, please contact Nancy Janes (romaniadogs@sbcglobal.net) if you would like to offer a loving home to one of these beautiful puppies! Go to our Photo Diary Page TO SEE PHOTOS OF ALL OF THE PUPPIES that need loving homes:
 
 
IN APPRECIATION
Very great thanks go out to A.J., Amanda, Ana, Barbara, Beth, Bonnie, Calliopes BVBA, Charlotte, Christina, Cristina, Debra, Denise, Ellen, Evelyn, Frances, Gail, Janet, Janet D., Janet M., Jared, Julie, Lauren, Lilly, Lindsey, Lisbeth, Melissa, Nancy, Dr. Nurre, On Shore Foundation, Patricia, Peg, Ray, Rob, Ruth, Sheila, Stacy, Susan and Vera for their generous support!
Unending thanks and big puppy breath kisses go out to one of RAR's very special supporters, Dr. Richard Bachman for all his hard work in getting the supplies for Romania, for once again donating his valuable time by traveling to Romania for RAR in May, and last but not least, for his unending support and guidance!
Again, our deepest thanks to A.J., Nancy E., and Cristina, and our friends in Romania who have provided travel and lodging costs for Dr. Bachman's trip.
Thanks to Cristina, Sheila, Lindsay, Denise, Gail, Peg, Charlotte, Beth, Ana, Liz, Barbara, Stacy, Susan, Julie, Lauren, Nancy H., Christina and Ray On Shore Foundation for financing the costs of supplies for Dr. Bachman!
Great big thanks to Cristina P. for arranging and supplying our accommodations in Romania and for her generous, heartfelt support of the animals and human welfare in Romania! Thanks to Cristina, 170 doses of horse worming medication are on their way to Romania with Nancy on May 3rd !!
Great thanks to Charlotte C. for her words and wisdom and invaluable work on our brochure and other critical presentations, and for your generous donation for the
Braila dogs. Thanks to Charlotte, many supplies are joining Nancy on her trip to Romania!
A very, very big Thank You to Rob for his incredible, ongoing help with our brochure, for our new YouTube video, and his constant hard work and wonderful input on so very many levels!
Great thanks to Bill Brothers, of ACES
for his donation of free admittance for Nancy to attend the "Chemical Capture Seminar", on April 1, at the San Francisco Zoo.
Thanks to Baughman's Western Outfitters in Livermore and Christesens Tack and Horse Supplies for their donation of many supplies for the horses in Romania! The people in Buzau will be getting some great work boots and gloves for animal care!
Thanks to Rory Janes, Kuranda dog bed samples will be brought to Romania as a "model" type for Romanian shelters to design.
Thanks to Christesen's Tack in Pleasanton, California, many jars of antibiotic ointment for use on dogs, cats and horses will be going to Romania May 3! Also, brushes for dogs will be included.
Great thanks to Jodie and Dog's on Death Row (www.dodr.org) for contributing to the spay/neuter of animals in Bucharest!
Big thanks to Lilly Pierce for securing a donation of supplies from the Helen Woodward Animal Center for RAR!
And thanks to Amanda at HWAC who has offered to save supplies for RAR in the future!!
Once again, great thanks to Lilly for her invaluable help with translating to/from Romanian, and helping our group in so many ways!
Thanks to Gail for doing the newsletter, and her donation in memory of Isadore (aka "Izzy", aka "Princ Iz", aka "Queen Iz").
DEDICATION: "WENDY"
"WENDY"
RAR's friend and dedicated supporter, Christina, lost her beloved "WENDY" in February of this year. Two weeks after Wendy was diagnosed with a heart murmur and mild kidney disease, she began an unexpectedly rapid decline and passed over on February 12, 2008.
Here is Wendy's story:
Wendy, a somewhat feral stray, hung around an auto dealership, where Christina's neighbor, Mr. Murphy,
would feed her. Eventually he captured her and took her home. Wendy was terribly frightened, hissing at everyone--no one could come near her. His other cats, Katie and Bobby, would not let her into the kitchen, so she was fed outside on top of a wall. Barred from the house by the other cats, she endured very cold weather in the winter and soaking rainstorms.
Christina would feed Mr. Murphy's cats when he went out of town, then in 2003 the family asked Christina to look in on their father, Mr. Murphy, and also feed the cats. Well, Wendy became so happy to see Christina that she came running! Christina would stay with her while she ate--she was the ONLY person Wendy trusted. When Mr. Murphy passed away in July 2005, Christina took in Wendy and Bobby (a 3-legged cat, due to an accident) as the family would have euthanized them, and continued to feed Wendy outside. In November 2006 Christina was able to capture Wendy and bring her into her home, where she was very frightened at the change, hiding in closets for many days. But, eventually, she came out.
Wendy soon turned into a true "lap cat" for, no matter where she was in the house, Wendy ALWAYS KNEW when Christina sat down--in seconds, she would come running and jump into her lap! And when Bobby quietly tried to tip-toe his way onto the chair next to Christina, Wendy would become jealous, no doubt remembering how he used to treat her!
One day Christina knew something was wrong, and took her to the vet where she was diagnosed with a heart murmur and mild kidney disease. In just two weeks, Wendy's health went quickly downhill, and she passed away quietly with Christina at her side. As Donna and Ray, friends of Christina and of Wendy said, "the time we have with our animals becomes enormously more special when, at some point in their feral lives, they decide to allow human contact after so many years in the wild."
Wendy had a very hard life, but she was truly a loving, caring soul, who in her autumn years, was able to find and share a deep love and bond with Christina. Christina, the only person Wendy ever trusted, misses her every day and every night, but holds so much love in her heart from their years together, she will never be forgotten!
All of us at RAR share your sorrow, Christina, at your loss, and your joy at sharing Wendy's life!
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| "Wendy" (2005) |
Wendy and Bobby (keeping a 'comfortable' and peaceful distance!) |
Flowers grow over Wendy's resting place in Christina's garden. |
OTHER WAYS TO HELP
CAR DONATION PROGRAM Reminder, RAR NOW HAS THE ABILITY TO ACCEPT VEHICLES AS DONATIONS! (Only available in CA)
Contact Nancy Janes via email
for details.
HELP the animals and receive HOPE - Introducing Animal Welfare to Romania (our new photo book)!
SEE OTHER WAYS TO HELP, VOLUNTEER AND DONATE.
Dear Friends and Supporters of RAR and the animals of Romania,
It is only WITH YOUR HELP that we are able, step by step, day by day, to bring animal welfare to the animals, and the people, of Romania. What we have accomplished to date is incredible, what we have planned for the future is attainable - with support from our wonderful donors.
WITH YOUR HELP we have prevented the births of hundreds of thousands of stray dogs and cats, made life better for the animals, through education and training; and introduced the compassion that we all have for the animals, most of whom we will never meet, to people who never dreamed any of this could be a reality in their country!
WITH YOUR HELP, our dreams--and the dreams of thousands of stray, hungry, lonely, loving animals in Romania--will come true.
WITH WARMEST REGARDS,
NANCY JANES
Founder
ALTHOUGH RELOCATING ANIMALS TO THE USA IS NOT OUR PURPOSE, we feel it is necessary to help the animals who are alive in Romania as best we can, while preventing their births in the first place. We hope that someday in the near future Romania will be in a position to care for its own dogs, but currently, this is not the case. Please remember to adopt animals in your local shelters in the USA, who need loving homes as well!
- OUR WEBSITE:
- www.romaniaanimalrescue.com
- OUR EMAIL:
- romaniadogs@sbcglobal.net
- OUR ADDRESS:
- Romania Animal Rescue, Inc.
8000 Morgan Territory Rd, Livermore, CA 94551
- OUR TELEPHONE NUMBER:
- 925-672-5908
- OUR TAX ID:
- 72-1546354
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