About us

Sos Dogs started in 2003 , when Oradea`s Noah`s Ark Association contacted Robert Smith of the Foundation for the Protection of Community Dogs, in the hope of finding a humane solution to Oradea`s street dog problem. In January 2008 Animal Protection Law No. 205 made the killing of healthy dogs illegal. Oradea therefore provides an example for the whole of Romania as to how dog problems can and...

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Open shelter

A NEW SOLUTION AGAINST EUTHANASIA " Open Shelters are a solution for shy and older dogs, which cannot easily be rehomed. An open shelter gives them a good quality of life withstimulation and freedom. It is not suitable for aggressive or sick dogs. Although the theory of Neuter & Return is that all dogs able to survive on the streets should be returned to their territory, in practice the...

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F.P.C.C.'s other projects

In Romania`s other locations, until the 1st of April 2019, F.P.C.C. has neutered 37,931 dogs : GORJ  Targu Carbunesti - 998  Ticleni - 109  Motru - 1.068  Rovinari - 1.332  Sadu - 495  Targu Jiu - 20  PRAHOVA  Campina - 8.700  Baicoi - 1.555 Filipesti - 689  Magureni - 962  Floresti - 322  Banesti - 197  Plopeni - 1.134 ...

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SOS Dogs Bihor/Neutering

Bihor county has a human population of 600.000 and an estimated inadequately supervised dog population of 50.000*. By inadequately supervised we mean not just feral dogs living on rubbish but community dogs and owned dogs, whose owners perhaps unintentionally allow their dogs to escape from their property and copulate. (It is incidentally not true that dogs enjoy sex, in case any reader believes...

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Adopted dogs

It is a great pleasure to watch the happiness on the face of a dog which has found a home, care and love…isn`t it? Up to the 1st of September 2012, SOS Dogs Oradea has rehomed 5.180 dogs. Up to the 1st of October 2016, the total number of adopted dogs, from Bihor county (including Oradea), rise up to 8.771 dogs. Most of these dogs found families in and around Oradea and a few have been...

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Education

A community dog education project for schools With the help of Mr Ray Griffin, Dogs Trust and Mrs Shirley Hill FPCC has developed an education booklet for schools promoting Responsible Pet Ownership. Our new colourful booklets have been sponsored by the Marchig Animal Welfare Trust and are either in English for older children or in Romanian for 10-13 year olds. The booklets are fun and have...

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THE NEW SITUATION

In June 2011 Mrs. Barbu again tried to force her Catch & Kill law through the Chamber of Deputies, proposing a secret vote.  Fortunately a majority of deputies rejected the secret vote proposal at which point PDL beat a tactical retreat, sending to law back for consideration of the committee for a 3rd time. 

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The bad weather arrived at the open shelter at the bigining of December 2015

In early December 2015, in our open shelter, with the rainy and wet season, it started the mud, which caused a great discomfort to our dogs. Around cages and where in the nice weather, the dogs lay in the sun or were playing, now their paws were swallowed by the mud. When we saw how muddy are looking our dogs, we knew that we have to cover these muddy areas of land. With the financial aid received...

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