Ariane Schmitz

We are a German animal welfare association that has taken care of the suffering and plight of Romanian street dogs around Bucharest. These souls would have no chance of a normal life without any help. Thus, captured, mistreated and/or injured dogs and cats live in our Romanian reception centre and are provided there by our Romanian animal rights activist, medically cared for and cared for until we have found a new, suitable and loving home for her.

Savethedogsbih is a non-profit organization in Bosnia. We rescue dogs that have been abandoned, abused and chained up. For over 6 years, the founder Bruno Jelovic and his team have been caring for over 1000 dogs. Our dogs are not kept in kennels, but live on our ranches where they can just be dogs. We are committed to growing and plan to build more ranches to accommodate more dogs.

SpecialDogs e.V. stands for sustainable animal welfare at home and abroad – with a focus on Romania and Germany. In Romania, we pursue effective animal welfare through spay/neuter programs, education, political advocacy, and carefully selected adoptions. In Germany, we run the “New Start” project: here we take in dogs in need that would otherwise have no chance – animals that have already bitten or are facing euthanasia.