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Animal Webaction visited the site 07 December 2019 and confirms the situation described below.
In Romania, Andrea no longer has kibble to feed her 187 dogs, they won't survive through winter!
To answer Andrea's SOS, we went there on December 7.
From December 14, there will be no more kibble, the dogs already don't have enough.
They have escaped euthanasia, but risk dying this winter if they do not get kibble.
Contacting local merchants, calls for help, Andrea has been struggling for months and can no longer cope with this pace.
Its few supporters abroad are already doing all they can, and ask us to intervene.
We want to help them, by sending 3000 kg of kibble urgently.
Andrea's shelter is now gathering 187 dogs, for whom she has to find food month after month, without counting the other dogs in her care, especially in the streets.
"They eat dry dog food, pork rind, bones Because of the poor quality food, the dogs can’t gain any weight. Sometimes they are fighting due the lack of food" as she told us.
The few bags left during our visit have been exhausted for several days : "We bought 14 bags of food which will cover until tomorrow....the food is not good quality but we do what we can" Andrea told us on December 12.
Since 2010, Andrea has been involved with abandoned dogs, especially with those in the pound where the practice of euthanasia is applied. Because according to the law in force, any dog placed in a pound can be euthanized after a period of 14 days, in the absence of adoption: thousands of dogs die every year ...
Andrea is fighting tirelessly to avoid this fate to the greatest number, and allow the survivors to know a second chance. They are 187 to have escaped a tragic death in the pound, we must help them overcome the winter.
Andrea doesn't receive any money from the municipality, who sees no interest in her actions ... She must therefore manage on her own to maintain the shelter, and cover all the costs involved.
If faithful supporters participate financially, their help is far from reaching the expenses generated by the management of the shelter, starting with food.
Andrea struggles to make the shelter known to as many people as possible, and try to ask for help from local shops in order to obtain leftovers to make up for the lack of kibble, but that is not enough!
To meet the needs of the shelter, Andrea now occupies a full-time position in a town far from the shelter. For the sake of dogs, she travels hundreds of miles each month ...
Due to lack of resources, she can neither move the shelter to her side, nor allow herself to lose her job, which today allows her to pay multiple expenses for the shelter.
Andrea is already investing a lot of her own money, time and energy to help the dogs, so there is no room left for more.
We can take action, we have already booked a truck and pallets, but we have to pay it before December 15.
If the collection fails, we will not be able to pay, the departure of the truck will be cancelled and none of the collected kibbles will be delivered...
If the collection fails, we will refund all donors.
While eight public shelters have been active in the area for several years, the closure of five of them has been agreed this summer, mainly for budgetary reasons.
Hundreds of dogs were threatened with euthanasia in the absence of adoption by the deadline set for the closure. Several shelters were mobilized on the department to avoid this fate to a maximum of animals: more than thirty were welcomed by Andrea on this occasion.
But the lack of resources is becoming more and more hard to deal with, the shelter lacks everything, they need our help.
In her fight, Andrea is supported by several small groups and associations from abroad, who have been helping her for months, even years, to help abandoned dogs.
But the past few months have been very hard for everyone, and the many interventions required since the summer have largely dried out their means. If they continue to do their best to help Andrea to adopt the dogs (147 dogs have been adopted since January 2019), they are at the end of their capacity to buy kibble, and ask us to support them.
Andrea has been fighting for more than 10 years to help abandoned dogs : "I share myself between family, job and dogs. It's hard but I don't complain, as this is what I chossed to do. My happiness is to see dogs leaving for a better life.." she told us.
If she accepts the personal sacrifices involved in her commitment, she refuses to see the dogs suffering from her lack of resources : "I want nothing more than to know that those dogs have food, good care, medical care, shelter, and a chance to be adopted."
If the collection succeeds, the food will leave directly from our logistics centre in Romania! So we can act very quickly, let's help Andrea and her 187 dogs to receive kibbles!
This collection is organized by Depind de Noi association, ruled by Andrea . The 3000 kg of kibbles collected will be delivered to Andrea to feed the 187 dogs welcomed at her shelter.
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