In the early hours of a wet spring morning life began. By the side of a road an emaciated, flea ridden and scabby stray female dog gives birth to a litter of puppies. A few miles down the road another female, also not particularly well fed, and chained up in a back yard with virtually…
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A volunteer shares her story

In January this year Yvonne Riedel spent some time volunteering with us at the Bucov shelter in Ploiesti. She very kindly wrote about her emotional experience there which we would like to share with you now. The original German version is at the bottom of this post. “Right now there are around 1800 dogs locked…
And so a new year begins

2015 was an incredibly busy year for us,full of highs and lows. We managed to save so many dogs, finding homes for many, funding vet treatment, providing extra food, improving conditions in the shelter and laying the first foundations for our own sanctuary of hope. We laughed with joy at miracles, such as large donations…
It’s our Birthday!

In August 2012 Aniela Ghita founded Hope for Romanian Strays. Aniela’s work in rescuing dogs begun well before this but it was in 2012 when she decided to formalise her work through an official charity. The name Hope for Romanian Strays describes the role of the charity – we want to bring hope to Romanian…