Romania Animal Rescue, Inc Dba Animal Spay Neuter International
Over 145,000 spays/neuters We immediately noticed the sad state of the dogs……unwanted animals abandoned to life on the streets, in forests, and fields.
Save injured animals, improve lives,find loving homes, train vets on surgery, education programs, provide food, spay/neuter services to save unwanted animals from abandonment, neglect, abuse, or ending up in hellish “shelters”. THE ROMANIA ANIMAL RESCUE STORY, HOW WE CAME TO BE �
By Founder Nancy Janes:
In 2001, myself and 2 friends from the San Francisco Bay area took a hiking trip in Romania. U
pon returning to the Bay Area, we began registration for Romania Animal Rescue Inc. as a 501 (c) 3 charity. Romania Animal Rescue Inc has been working in Romania since 2003. Our headquarters in Romania is located at the Center of Hope near Bucharest, although we also work at Family Vet in Craiova, and have mobile veterinary campaigns throughout Romania (as funding permits). We run these programs:
*Spay/neuter (approaching 145,000)
*Homeless Animals Hospital that treats animals that have no help either due to being strays or cared for by impoverished guardians that are unable to afford treatment. It is our social animal hospital program held at Center of Hope hospital that was built in 2016-2017. Romania Animal Rescue Inc. fundraised for the building of the massive Center of Hope Social Hospital, its Spay/Neuter extension, and the Veterinary Campus.
*Mobile spay/neuter campaigns (Spayathons) in towns and villages whereby the Veterinary Team stays for days at a location to spay/neuter dogs and cats for the community and catching strays as possible.
*Veterinary Training Program scholarships provided for Romanian vets and others from impoverished countries, held at Center of Hope veterinary campus. This program trains vets on highly skilled veterinary surgical techniques using a spay hook for minimally invasive surgery so that they may return to their communities with a high skill level.
*Education programs and outreach services. We hold field trips to Center of Hope as well as Family Vet hospital in Craiova, and go to schools and events to teach children about animal welfare.
*Veterinary Patrol program that goes to villages and communities providing on the spot veterinary care and sterilization with the HOPE ambulance. We recently received a new (used) caravan from Germany that is being converted into a massive mobile clinic.
*Provide food and services for a shelter of 400+ dogs and cats.
*Work with international adoption partners who find loving homes for many of the dogs we treat. All our work is possible only through donations. No staff or Board Members from Romania Animal Rescue or Animal Spay and Neuter International UK receive a salary, as they are all volunteers. Only the vets in Romania are paid for their work. Please review the 990 on our website for details of expenditures: www.romaniaanimalrescue.org
11/09/2025
Yes, there they are! 💖💖💖
After a long, intense journey, our Happy Bus has arrived safely from Romania!
At least 35 beautiful souls have arrived! Of course tired, traveled and confused. They have traveled thousands of miles to start their new lives here.
From today, their new chapter starts full of love, gentleness, warmth and safety. Grateful to everyone who helped, livened up and sympathized. Together we make a difference, again and again! 🥰
Welcome sweethearts, now stretch the legs and then finally home!
Bless you Stichting Le Woef 🌹🌹🌹🌹
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11/07/2025
On Monday and Tuesday of this week an amazing 140 animals were spayed and neutered by the incredible Romania Animal Rescue, Inc Dba Animal Spay Neuter International Dream Team at RAR at Center of Hope Hospital 💝💕🥳🥰
All sponsored by the amazing Zohar and Britto 🤩🤩🤩
Thank you so very much 🌹🌹
11/05/2025
11/03/2025
Food arrived for Marius shelter dogs and cats. Marius Anton found more abandoned puppies in the forest. He truly needs all the help he can get to provide food for all his 400+ dogs and cats.
Please let’s try to help this wonderful man care for these animals he has become responsible for. Either through his page Anton's Animal Rescue or through Romania Animal Rescue, Inc Dba Animal Spay Neuter International
Should you choose to help via RAR, our donation information is here:
Thank you. He really and truly needs all the help we can give.
11/03/2025
Thank you so very much SPCA International for helping us to reach even more animals 💝💝
11/03/2025
11/02/2025
After a few heavy weeks, it's time for a happy, excited Stefan! 😍 Thanks to the arrival of Ingrid & Madison! Completely flown over from America to help here in Romania for the next few days 💪🏼🇷🇴.
Of course we start with all the sweet dogs here at the Saint’s shelter! And tomorrow we're starting with a big sterilization campaign! At least 130 animals are on the program, all sponsored by this amazing couple🙌🏻.
In addition to that, of course, we will try to catch as many dogs as possible, to have them spayed/neutered.
Also our partners Stichting Le Woef are also busy with all the preparations for the departure of the Happy Bus on Thursday. In which 35 lucky dogs will join for a better life in the Netherlands.
Updates to follow! 🐾
Romania Animal Rescue, Inc Dba Animal Spay Neuter International
11/01/2025
A little update about the sweet mama dog 🐾 She was recently found on the streets together with her puppies. Emaciated, exhausted, and covered in wounds. It was a heartbreaking sight, but her will to live was incredibly strong.
After a week at the Center of Hope, where she received the medical care and love she so desperately needed, she’s thankfully doing much better. 💕 Now she and her little ones can continue their recovery in a loving foster home.
There, she can finally rest, regain her strength, and get used to the feeling of safety. And hopefully… we’ll soon find her a loving forever home. 💖
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In 2004 RAR began sending veterinarians from the USA to train Romanian vets on spay/neuter techniques. While still helping shelters with infrastructure costs, food, supplies, and doing adoptions, we started trying to move the public to understand the importance of spay/neuter, and began increasing our support for spay/neuter as much as possible....but one of the problems was finding skilled vets to work with, as well as knowledgeable charities and individuals who could understand that spay/neuter would stop the crisis of never-ending suffering. In 2004 we started spay/neuter in one community. In 2006 we began moving from shelter help to provide spay/neuter on a grander scale, as our funding would allow......something desperately lacking in Romania. While accompanying Dr. Richard Bachman (USA vet) in Romania during a vet training trip in 2008, I was told of a young vet who had recently returned from a 4 month veterinary training trip in the USA, a Dr. Aurelian Stefan. Dr. Bachman and I met with Dr. Stefan (now Dr A) for coffee.....Dr. Bachman asked the right questions and got the right answers. He advised me to give this new vet a try. In 2009 we began working with Dr. Aurelian Stefan and his brother, Dr. Petrisor Stefan. Our first spayathon was held in Sibiu with the charity Animal Life. Soon more vets were added to the “ RAR Dream Team” of highly skilled veterinarians. In 2010 RAR did 2 massive spayathons, one in Bucharest for over 700 animals with the charity GIA, and one in Tecuci for over 650 animals with Association Tomita. Our mission was now taking hold! And I can proudly report that RAR/ASNI is now over 80,000 spays/neuters . We often have spayathons now in villages and towns simultaneously, providing excellent surgeries to those who cannot afford the pay for them. Our hub cities are near Bucharest at the Center of Hope and Craiova at Family Vet clinic. We also run mobile campaigns with the Red Van and with HOPE our spaymobile.
Our main focus is to get funds for spay/neuter, as the EU does NOT provide funding for spay/neuter in Romania and never has, and only through donations is our work possible.
In late 2015, construction began to build the amazing Center of Hope. In February 2017, the first patients began arriving. The Center of Hope is located outside of
Bucharest. This new Center is a state of the art Center for Romania and Eastern Europe. The Center features the latest in diagnostic equipment and the highly skilled vets from our Bucharest hub Dream Team call this home. Our goal is to spay and neuter 500 animals per month at the Center of Hope, many brought in from villages by our Spay Shuttle.
But what to do about the injured animals living on the streets? What to do about the pets of people who loved them but could not afford to treat them for injuries? Many people come across injured animals, yet are reluctant to help them because they are unable to afford the cost burden or take the animals to their homes. RAR needed to reach out to the Good Samaritan, by providing a “no commitments” service to help the animals. While we always helped to finance veterinary care, we needed to do more. The Homeless Animals Hospital was born. HAH provides free or subsidized care for homeless animals brought in by the public or local rescuers *as our funding allows*. Foster care homes and friends from local shelters often help us to provide safe havens for animals that need a place to go following treatments, and then these animals are put up for adoption if possible. It is also one of our experiences that often times the Good Samaritan decides to adopt the animal they helped!
HAH also provides free spay/neuter services as donations allow.
We knew that education was needed as well so that the public would understand the importance of spay/neuter, to learn to have compassion for the animals whose fate was not of their choosing, and how to humanely treat them. We began our education program with the help of FPCC who allowed us to use their education books. Help from Mayhew International, UK and Global Giving donors allowed us to print and distribute now approximately 18,500 education booklets to schools, charities, an orphanage, and community events.
Another program we sponsor is the Veterinary Training Camp. VTC is the creation of Dr. Aurelian Stefan, Dr. Petrisor Stefan, and Veterinary Technician Ruth Osborne. RAR sponsors Romanian veterinarians who need to heighten their skill level for spay/neuter surgeries and other surgeries. At the VTC, vets are trained on the skills to perform keyhole incisions for faster recovery time and minimal discomfort for the animals. By reaching out to train more vets in Romania, even more animals in more communities will be helped.
And now, here are some statistics in regards to the dogs: Each female and her offspring, according to Dogs on Death Row, PETA, and HSUS, can produce in 6 years up to 67,000 puppies. Granted, even if born, many of these puppies would die of parvo, distemper and other diseases or infestations, be hit by cars and receive other injuries. One spay of one female dog can prevent the suffering of thousands. This is why we do what we do....to decrease suffering and stop the uncontrolled breeding of unwanted animals that are abandoned .
Our sister charity Animal Spay and Neuter International UK has provided spays/neuters for animals in Romania, Bulgaria, Suriname, Dominican Republic, Portugal, UK, USA, Greece, and Donations are needed to be able to provide this service: www.romaniaanimalrescue.org
