Romania Animal Rescue, Inc Dba Animal Spay Neuter International
RAR/ASNI community spay/neuter campaigns, vet training, vet care, shelter food and education as a 501 (c) 3 charity. Romania Animal Rescue Inc.
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. We immediately noticed the sad state of the dogs……unwanted animals abandoned to life on the streets, in forests, and fields. Upon returning to the Bay Area, we began registration for Romania Animal Rescue Inc. Romania Animal Resc
ue 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. 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
09/10/2025
Peticel a venit in bratele unei doamne care are 16 suflete acasa . L-a găsit asa si nu a rabdat-o inima sa-l.lase si a cautat ajutor chiar daca orice banut contează. Cu vocea blanda ne-a spus ca tot ce își dorește e sa nu -l mai știe suferind dar noi stim ca eforturile sa hrănești 16 caini sunt foarte mari asa ca am anuntat-o pe doamna ca operatia lui va fi acoperita de către comunitatea noastră. Hai sa-l ajutam cu orice putem , e simplu sa faci bine :
Orice suma ajuta , orice SMS este de folos iar orice formular 3,5% este de mare ajutor :
The first day of the Spayathon in Teleorman County, Romania helped prevent hundreds of offspring from ever being born to suffer. The Dream Team was on point working their magic whilst Ovidiu and Catalin were out on the field tranquilizing and catching strays to prevent them from reproducing uncared for and unwanted litters.
This campaign was sponsored by the generous help of Ylva Gefvert’s “donate for one, get two” match campaign. Romania Animal Rescue, Inc Dba Animal Spay Neuter International fabulous donors stepped up and helped save lives 🌹
09/09/2025
The girl fed sausage spiked with nails survived 💝
09/09/2025
26 sweet souls will no longer reproduce unwanted offspring thanks to the Waite sponsored Spayathon held at Romania Animal Rescue, Inc Dba Animal Spay Neuter International RAR at Center of Hope today 🥰💝
Thanks so much!
09/08/2025
While we’re still cherishing all the happy moments and images from this weekend, two little souls were brought in, fighting for their lives 💔.
This is the result of neighbors who are against keeping dogs and have already tried several times to drive the rescuers away.
And then the unthinkable happens: the dogs are fed sausage… with nails inside. Can you imagine? How sick do you have to be to do something like that? 🤬
Luckily, they were rescued in time and taken to the Center of Hope. They have undergone surgery to save their lives.
Please help us by contributing to the costs involved in the surgery, medical care, and to help them become healthy and happy again. This act of inhumanity is not acceptable.
And here they are in Holland after a long journey from Romania 💝. The once abandoned, tattered and sometimes broken bodies and souls now will live beautiful lives in loving homes 💝. Thank you forever Stichting Le Woef Romania Animal Rescue, Inc Dba Animal Spay Neuter International. RAR at Center of Hope.
09/07/2025
Thank you so much SPCA International 💝🥳
09/06/2025
Yessss, there they are!!! 🥳Early this morning the Happy Bus arrived safely at Le Woef! 🐾 ... and what a special moment it remains every time, but especially today! All those sweet happy dogs after this long journey, ready to start a whole new chapter in their lives.Once dumped, unwanted, run over, unseen, driven out of the public shelter. Each with their own story. Some just a few months young, innocent and curious about the world. Others have been waiting for years... some even 7 years!! But today is their day. Finally here . Finally a chance for a home where they will find peace, love and warmth💖.The recognition was there for many. Tired eyes, uncertain faces but also lots of wagging tails. It's hard to put into words how special this moment is. After all the miles, after all the waiting, a new life begins for each of them.Welcome darlings! 💕 Here's to a future full of hugs, hikes, and a place of our own to feel safe and 🥰. Stichting Le Woef. Romania Animal Rescue, Inc Dba Animal Spay Neuter International. The Adoptables
09/06/2025
09/05/2025
Enormous thanks to UK Vet Nurses Worldwide for all your hard work 🎉
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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
