Frumusani is a village not far from Bucharest and one of the best examples of our ongoing free mass spay/neuter projects. It all started in 2016 with the appeal of a local rescue who felt overwhelmed by the vast number of stray dogs and cats and the cruel fate waiting for them: death by poisoning, car accidents, starvation or even brutal killing by the locals who were fed up with this situation and didn't know or care about finding a more compassionate solution.
Since then, SUST Orphan Animal Hospital Bucharest returned 23 times and managed to spay/neuter for free a total of 975 dogs and cats and this amazing result is possible thanks to your generous support and care for those who can't defend themselves. But for this project to be a successful one, we need to go back to Frumusani on a regular basis, just so we can make sure we reach every household. Although we have the support of the local authorities - the mayor offered us a good space for our projects and his wife not only manages to inform and convince more and more people to spay/neuter their animals, but also goes to remote gypsy areas to make sure no animals are kept from this amazing chance and no more unwanted litters are born - our project is now blocked for lack of funds. There is still a great need for our return, because Frumusani is a place where people from other villages bring unwanted animals and dump them - sadly, this is a very common practice in Romania; 80 dogs and cats are waiting for our help as we speak and it seems unfair to disappoint them and their owners.
Free mass spay/neuter projects in villages are special because people in the rural area of Romania are used to treat dogs and cats as tools, with little or no respect at all for their lives. Over the years, I came to understand that most villagers don't care about their dogs or cats and as long as the chain is still in their yard, they will always find another dog to wear it around their neck. Cats are kept hungry, so they become more motivated to hunt for mice and if they dare to take food off the table, they are killed; dogs are kept hungry, thirsty, chained in the back of the yard with little human contact and no sign of affection, because they need to be fierce and catch potential thieves. And that is why our projects in rural areas are so important, because even though people there are raised to see their animals as tools and control their breeding by drowning the unwanted puppies and kittens as soon as they are born, if shown the better and more humane way, they will slowly come to see that there is more to their animals than they thought. One my favorite moments during such a project is when people come to take their animals home and witness the care and affection our medical team and volunteers show them and somehow the owners feel compelled to see them differently; the look on their faces is priceless.
If you think this is a cause you would like to get involved into, if you think that chained dogs have had enough of suffering, please support our Frumusani project! Please choose to reward people who managed to step beyond what they knew for generation after generation and chose compassion over indifference!
You can support Frumusani project by donating here: https://www.susyutzinger.ch/en/Donate or here:
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