From Neglect to Care: Animals Reached During the Mission

Many of the animals brought to the campaign — particularly in Ceacu, where the team worked for two days — were strays living in extremely poor conditions. They were often infested with ticks, weakened, and suffering from neglect.

Each animal received not only sterilization, but also parasite treatment and identification through ear tags and tattoos, ensuring that they are now recognized as sterilized.

At the same time, several urgent medical cases highlighted the severity of the situation.

An infant puppy weighing less than 1 kilogram was brought to the Center of Hope with a serious rectal prolapse. Thanks to the expertise of Dr. Aurelian Stefan, the puppy underwent delicate surgery and is now receiving care.

A cat with a broken and bleeding jaw, likely the result of a road accident, was also transferred for emergency treatment.

Another stray dog, found in Perisoru, was suffering from two perforated eardrums and severe fungal infections, enduring intense pain before finally receiving the care it needed.

In addition, several dogs required full grooming, as their fur was so matted that it had become a source of further suffering.

A Coordinated Effort on the Ground

This mission was made possible by the extraordinary dedication of the veterinary team led by Dr. Aurelian Stefan and Dr. Roxana Elena Sten, supported by veterinary technicians Lakmal, Ovidiu, Roshan, and Amila.

They were joined by international volunteers and members of Romania Animal Rescue, as well as local organizers and volunteers in Ceacu and Perisoru, who ensured that animals were brought in and that the campaign could run efficiently.

Their combined efforts allowed the team to reach animals who would otherwise remain invisible and without care.

Moving Forward

With this campaign, Romania Animal Rescue is approaching an extraordinary milestone of 155,000 sterilizations carried out over the years.

Yet, the situation in many rural areas of Romania remains critical. Thousands of animals still live without access to veterinary services, exposed to disease, injury, and neglect.

Each sterilization is not just a single act of care — it is a step toward breaking a cycle of suffering that affects entire generations.

 

Thank You

To everyone who contributed to this campaign:
your support made this work possible.

Behind every number is a life changed — and a future made safer.

 

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OIPA sent a letter to the Romanian ambassador of the European Union, Mihnea Ioan Motoc, asking to considerate the Written Declaration of the European Parliament of 13 October 2011 on dog population management in the EU, signed by 400 MEPs, as well as the recent “Appeal to stop the systematic slaughter of stray dogs in Romania” of the European Parliament’s Intergroup on the Welfare of Animals of 6 September 2013 and addressed to the President Mr Traian Băsescu.
OIPA asked a meeting to the ambassador Mihnea Ioan Motoc to discuss about the situation and to offer support and humane solutions to address the issue of stray animals.

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The local organization Romanian Stray Dogs Ploiesti (RSDP) calls it “June Ploiesti Siege” against homeless animals. Well, from the second week of June RSDP started receive many calls from local animal lovers signalling poisoning and men wearing blue/dark red overalls tranquilized and took in their vans dozens of dogs from the South and West neighbourhoods of Ploiesti. Disappeared animals were not be found at the local Bucov pound, the only one shelter of the city, under authority of the Ploiesti administration. Bucov shelter management continuously denied having anything to do with these actions.

THE SUSPECTS
The main suspected is the mayor, Julian Badescu, because last year in his electoral campaigns he promised to rid the city from stray dogs.

Another suspected for the poisonings is the local veterinary authority, because they started placing posters in public areas, informing citizens to walk with their dogs on leash and with muzzle on. The official reason is that they placed baits with rabies vaccines for wild foxes. By the way, local animal activists never saw wild foxes in the town. Despite the advice, owned dogs had to be rushed to the veterinary for poisoning symptoms and the danger is for children playing in these areas too.

Last days of June, volunteers of the organization Romanian Stray Dogs Ploiesti found a poisoned dog still alive. They immediately called the vet and tried everything to save her, but she started having seizures and there were nothing to do for the poor dog. She was a friendly homeless dog sterilized by the organization Vier Pfoten.

The OIPA member league RSDP commissioned and paid for the post mortem analyses of three poisoned dogs and the lab results show that the cause was Furadan, a highly toxic and deadly poison, banned in Europe since 2008. This poison causes an atrocious pain.

THE TURNING POINT: VIDEO SHOCK INCRIMINATE LOCAL POLICE AND BUCOV SHELTER
Romanian Stray Dogs Ploiesti came in possession of a shocking video footage from North Farmers’ Market during the night of June 13th- 14th showing Bucov shelter employees led by vet technician tranquilizing and taking to their vans homeless dogs from the area. None of those dogs captured that night was ever be found alive at Bucov shelter.
The video footage shows clearly a car belonging to the local police so the organization RSDP officially asked to the County Police (higher rank than the local police) to go collect the footage from the Farmers Market. The reply of Bucov shelter and local police was that they were not involved in those night’s activities. Unfortunately for the local police, they did not know that RSDP was in possession of the footage! Well they lied in an official statement.
The press release of the organization reports “It seems that on June 13th 2013 Bucov shelter contacted Protan (a major incinerator from Bucharest) asking Protan to come pick up from Bucov shelter dead animal bodies for incineration the following day. This suggests Bucov shelter premeditated the events that were to ensue that night”.

In the last weeks, representatives of local animal protection organizations and animal lovers held various protests against the mass poisoning of strays in the streets and in front of the City Hall.
They showed shocking images of dead animals, asking to the mayor Julian Badescu to stop the mass murder.

On 2012, the OIPA member league Romanian Stray Dogs Ploiesti launched the “Ploiesti Neutering Challenge”, a campaign providing free sterilizations for street, owned and shelter dogs and cats. On 2012, they did 328 sterilizations and this year, until July, they sterilized 526 animals of Ploiesti and suburbs. Sterilizations, vaccines and all veterinary treatments are possible thanks to donations.

Romanian Stray Dogs Ploiesti: http://romanianstraydogsploiesti.blogspot.ro/

Make a donation for Romanian stray dogs and cats!

This mail will be sent to:

This mail will be sent to:
Iulian Badescu, mayor of Ploiesti
iulian.badescu@ploiesti.ro
comunicare@ploiesti.ro

Iacob Oana Cristina
oana.iacob@ploiesti.ro

Mircea Cosma, County Council
cons_jud@cjph.ro

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