Animal Welfare Romania Project #12863

Spay and Neuter for 2000 Cats in Romania

by Romania Animal Rescue, Inc.

Spay and Neuter for 2000 Cats in Romania

Project Report | Mar 29, 2025
New Caravan to Reach More Villages

By Nancy Janes | President, Founder and CEO

The caravan purchased from Germany

Greetings Supporters and Friends,

Romania Animal Rescue has continued its never ending mission to stop the needless suffering of unwanted animals through spay and neuter.

We are now over 137,312 spays and neuters of cats and dogs as of March 1. Thus saving millions of cats from ever being born into a place that cannot or will not provide for them.

2025 brings new challenges and a new mission ahead:

Romania Animal Rescue has purchased a used caravan to be converted into a mobile animal hospital. This will reach hundreds of cats in rural locations who have never seen a vet. It's a huge undertaking for RAR, but it is so necessary. We need to spay/neuter and treat animals who cannot get to our clinics. We will be able to treat the cats right where they live.

Here is the list of supplies we will need to outfit our new (used) caravan:

4 surgery tables, 2 anesthesia units, 1 generator, 40 surgical packs, 1 autoclave, 4 powerful flexible lights, 1 natural gas tank, 1 microwave, good quality headlamps. Some of these items can be purchased in the USA and shipped (surgical packs, lights, headlamps). The rest are best purchased in Romania due to the weight, size and chance of braking during shipping.

We are reaching out to you, our fabulous donors, to help.

We have been contacting companies asking for their help with these supplies, so far to no avail. If you or your friends have any connections to secure some of these (must be new as we will using them on live animals and cannot have faulty equipment). Monetary donations will help us to purchase these supplies from Europe and Romania. This is a massive undertaking, however with help we know it is achievable.

We hope you are as excited to take on yet another endeavor with us! We are! Let's sterilize more cats!

Educating new vets on spay/neuter

Sweet Tom cat

Spayathon at Center of Hope

Veterinary Center of Hope, Romania

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Dec 2, 2024
This Holiday Season's Work

By Nancy Janes | President, Founder and CEO

Cats being spayed or neutered

Dear Supporters and Friends,

We at Romania Animal Rescue have been extremely busy with spays and neuters. Our new total as of November 30 is:

134,811 cats and dogs that will no longer reproduce unwanted offspring in a country that cannot or will not provide for them.

Our team of dedicated veterinarians, vet techs and nurses also train other veterinarians so that they too will be able to return to their communities and provide excellent surgeries for more animals. The surgical technique used by our vets is achieved by using spay hooks for spaying. This provides a minimally invasive operation leaving a small wound that can be as small as one and a half centimeters *. Through this the ovaries and uterus are removed and can be done in few minutes. This provides less trauma on the body and less recovery time.

The Hook Technique was taught to our Veterinary Director Dr. Aurelian Stefan by an American vet 15 years ago. Dr. Aurelian then taught this technique to his fellow surgeons, who now along with Dr. Aurelian train new vets via our Veterinary Training Program carried on at Center of Hope hospital Romania.

Romania Animal Rescue Inc. is able to sponsor the training of Romanian vets as our donations allow. The cost for this intensive training program is $1800, and includes lodging at our Center of Hope near Bucharest.

*Animals that have had multiple pregnancies or pyometra require larger incisions.

We are pleased to be renowned for this incredible work in Romania....and with our UK partner, Animal Spay and Neuter International, have been able to reach more countries these past few months. RAR has been traveling to Sliven, Bulgaria for now 12 spayathon campaigns. Generally twice a year. Animal Spay and Neuter International funds these campaigns through donations with our vet team.

We also went to the country of Moldova, the seemingly forgotten country locked between Romania and Ukraine. This was our second spayathon in Moldova, also with the help of Animal Spay and Neuter International. Dr. Aurelian reports that Moldova is like Romania was 30 years ago, with little presence of any animal welfare.

I would like to personally thank each and everyone of you who continues to help our mission. Less unwanted animals means less suffering. Thank you with all my heart for your care and compassion.

Cat Spayathon at COH

Cat brought to the Moldova campaign

Center of Hope Hospital Romania

cats recovery at Dragalina mobile spayathon Romani

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Aug 8, 2024
Update About Our Work

By Nancy Janes | President, Founder and CEO

Vet Tech Ovidiu prepares a cat for spay surgery

Greetings Friends!

In this report I would like to share the latest information with you. We are extremely busy spaying and neutering at Center of Hope, using the air conditioned Spay Shuttle to pick up cats from rural locations to help. The Red Van is continuing our remote spay and neuter campaigns, whereby the mobile team stays for days at a location to provide spays and neuters and veterinary care in villages. In total Romania Animal Rescue has spayed and neutered 130,140 cats and dogs.

In July we were joined by a vet team from the USA who stayed at Center of Hope providing their skilled spay and neuter surgeries. 197 animals were spayed and neutered during the week of their stay. Our Romanian team now has new international colleagues.

With the collaboration we have with the County of Ilfov to provide spays and neuters to stop the abandonment of cats and dogs, we are working harder than ever. This first of its kind initiative began in September 2022.

Our Surgical Procedure:

Cats have special needs in recovery due to their small size and are vulnerable under anesthesia. A cat's normal temperature is 101 - 102.5 F. A low temperature can set in rapidly during surgery and anything below 97.88 degrees is considered hypothermia. Therefore it is essential after surgery to monitor the cats temperatures. We now have a new Mistral Air Plus 11 Air Warming System. This provides blankets that have hot air blown into them to keep cats warm.

Veterinary surgeons use the hook spay method to provide minimally invasive surgery. Pre-meds given to cats are administered in their carriers prior to surgery, calmly and quickly without the need for "scruffing" or crush cages to do so. Cats can take longer than dogs to wake up after surgery, up to 2 hours, so often an anesthetic reversal is needed to maintain their core temperatured. Cats are more prone to vomiting during recovery also so careful monitoring is essential. Once they are awake it is important to get them into their carriers as soon as possible. All these actions help maintain homeostatis in a cat throughout the surgical procedure.

And we are proud to announce that we have received 3 new awards by GlobalGiving for the year 2024:

2024 Vetted Charity

2024 Charity of the Month

2024 Site Visit Verified

I wish you all the best and thank you for helping us to help the most needy animals and save thousands from ever being born to suffer in a place that cannot or will not provide for them.

Cats being returned to their guardians

Cat waits for his turn at Center of Hope

Dr. Mo

Location of Ilfov County, surrounding Bucharest

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