Romanian League in Defense of Animals: Support our organization as an Advocate for Change
Dana Costin:PRESIDENT MESSAGE
Probably every person lives for a mission or follows a dream. My dream was to build a shelter for homeless animals, which seemed excessively idealistic, especially in the Romanian circumstances, but slowly it started to become a reality.
Until very recently, when I decided to update the ROLDA website, I never took the time to look back on how everything started. Time is always short, and I always have lots of projects and ideas that keep me looking ahead.
My initial idea to build a shelter came after seeing constantly so many animals suffering. Just in the city of Galati, where I was born and have always lived, there are believed to be from 15,000 to 18,000 dogs and cats living in the streets.
I believe ignorance and lack of awareness of what can be done is primarily responsible for the Romanian homeless animal problem continuing. Romanians rarely volunteer to do charitable work on behalf of either animals or humans, unlike in western countries. As long as they are not seriously affected themselves by a problem, most want to avoid acting for others' benefit--and if they are seriously affected, they want overnight results and want radical measures to be taken to achieve them.
I believe that often local authorities don't want to see the homeless animals problem solved, as there are different way to benefit from it. Attempts are made to do something when the situation becomes critical. In Galati, for few years, an international charity had a spay/neuter program in partnership with City Hall, but it wasn't continued, for undisclosed reasons.
Never losing hope for even one single moment, I spent two years doing research about everything related to dogs, cats, and how to house them.
I avoided complicated kennel design and unnecessarily expensive buildings. I was very lucky to find committed people who helped me with serious, intelligent advice. Merritt C. from Animal People and Veronica T. helped me to understand the various problems I would have to address. Eventually I chose a British kennel design.
During this period of my life I stayed hours in front of computer, analyzing what to do and seeking sources for funding. Nancy J., an animal lover from USA, helped to buy our first van for dogs' transportation, also helped by sending supplies for dogs, and set up Romanian Animal Rescue, a registered charity which now helps many Romanian animal charities, but initially only supported ROLDA. People started join our dream and a small international "community" was formed, consisting of people who responded to my periodic appeals and to the protests we made in the form of petitions against animal massacres occurring during that period.
Please join as an Advocate for Change in support of Rolda here
Probably every person lives for a mission or follows a dream. My dream was to build a shelter for homeless animals, which seemed excessively idealistic, especially in the Romanian circumstances, but slowly it started to become a reality.
Until very recently, when I decided to update the ROLDA website, I never took the time to look back on how everything started. Time is always short, and I always have lots of projects and ideas that keep me looking ahead.
My initial idea to build a shelter came after seeing constantly so many animals suffering. Just in the city of Galati, where I was born and have always lived, there are believed to be from 15,000 to 18,000 dogs and cats living in the streets.
I believe ignorance and lack of awareness of what can be done is primarily responsible for the Romanian homeless animal problem continuing. Romanians rarely volunteer to do charitable work on behalf of either animals or humans, unlike in western countries. As long as they are not seriously affected themselves by a problem, most want to avoid acting for others' benefit--and if they are seriously affected, they want overnight results and want radical measures to be taken to achieve them.
I believe that often local authorities don't want to see the homeless animals problem solved, as there are different way to benefit from it. Attempts are made to do something when the situation becomes critical. In Galati, for few years, an international charity had a spay/neuter program in partnership with City Hall, but it wasn't continued, for undisclosed reasons.
Never losing hope for even one single moment, I spent two years doing research about everything related to dogs, cats, and how to house them.
I avoided complicated kennel design and unnecessarily expensive buildings. I was very lucky to find committed people who helped me with serious, intelligent advice. Merritt C. from Animal People and Veronica T. helped me to understand the various problems I would have to address. Eventually I chose a British kennel design.
During this period of my life I stayed hours in front of computer, analyzing what to do and seeking sources for funding. Nancy J., an animal lover from USA, helped to buy our first van for dogs' transportation, also helped by sending supplies for dogs, and set up Romanian Animal Rescue, a registered charity which now helps many Romanian animal charities, but initially only supported ROLDA. People started join our dream and a small international "community" was formed, consisting of people who responded to my periodic appeals and to the protests we made in the form of petitions against animal massacres occurring during that period.
Please join as an Advocate for Change in support of Rolda here
Tags: animal charities, animal refuge, animal sanctuaries in romania, rolda, save animals
If you like what we do please consider making a token donation.
For every £1 donated we will Plant a Tree.
First there was Earth and then there was Man. And Man reaped everything he could from our Earth but failed to "give back". And then there came a time of reckoning. And Man began to "give back"... Everything started to Change..... The World is changing. People are changing. And business has changed... Every business you find in our ethical directory is a giving business....giving back to Our Planet by working in the Spirit of Harmony with Earth. ...Every member on Pledging for Change is here because they believe in Giving Back in the Spirit of Harmony with Our Planet
Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can. -- John Wesley, "Letters of John Wesley"
Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centres of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance. -- Robert F. Kennedy
A little thankyou for our free gif animations
© 2010 Created by Karen Maskall
