Romania has one of the largest stray populations in Europe. These groups work on it from different angles — sheltering, sterilising, treating street injuries and pushing for better conditions in public shelters. Each links straight to its own site.
Cernavodă, Constanța
Founded in 2001 after its founder answered an appeal about strays being poisoned in Cernavodă. It negotiated a mass sterilisation programme in exchange for the lives of roughly 2,000 street dogs, and now runs the Footprints of Joy sanctuary.
Galați (shelters in Smârdan)
Registered in Galați since 2006, ROLDA runs no-kill shelters alongside veterinary care, sterilisation and community education, and supports owners who cannot afford to keep their animals healthy.
Suceava
A small Suceava association started in 2016 that rescues abandoned dogs and cats, gives emergency treatment to injured animals found on the street, and rehomes them. It publishes how supporter money is spent.
Works Romania-wide
Concentrates on the root cause rather than the symptom: free and low-cost sterilisation across Romania, plus veterinary training and its Center of Hope clinic, opened in 2017.
Bucharest & partner municipalities
An international organisation whose Romanian work is catch-neuter-vaccinate-return, improving conditions in public shelters, and campaigning on responsible ownership — with an estimated 500,000 stray dogs nationally.
Listed for information, not as an endorsement, and we take nothing from your donation. Details were taken from each organisation's own website in August 2026 and figures are the ones they publish themselves. Before giving, check the organisation's current reporting — good ones publish it openly.