U p d a t e o n V . T S P E C I A L

P O I N T S O F

I N T E R E S T :

Kerry, Kosta and dogs

and cats are now safely

back in Rudozem. Many

thanks to everyone

who donated towards

transport and new pens

for the extra dogs.

Update on police visits

and inspections in

Rudozem.

10 of our dogs left for

new homes.

12 new rescues

Thank you to Carmel,

Julie, Mick and Tracy

who all volunteered and

helped this month.

Thank you to all our

great supporters who

have sent parcels this

month.

R.I.P Rambo, Yasmin

and Bess.

We still have many dogs

that don’t have a spon-

sor. If you can spare 10

Euros a month to help

us to feed and care for

one of our rescue dogs,

please go to

http://

www.streetdogrescue.com/

sponsoradog.htm

July 2011 Issue 32 Foundation No. 175647065

RSDR

(Rudozem Street Dog Rescue) W W W . S T R E E T D O G R E S C U E . C O M

Thanks to the the support and donations from our kind supporters, we were able to build new

pens and now have all the dogs and cats from V.T back in Rudozem. The animals were brought

on three separate trips with Kerry accompanying the second group of dogs. Rambo, who was

shot whilst in the garden at V.T was also with the second group of dogs. Although he had looked

like he was making a bit of an improvement, he was still losing weight and not eating well. The

evening that he arrived he was out in the yard with the other dogs, investigating and wandering

around. The next morning, he was sick and his breathing became labored. He wanted to go out so

Kerry and Carmel (volunteer) helped him outside where he lay down in the sunshine. All three

of us were sat with him talking to him and within 10 minutes he had passed away. We are just

grateful that he didn’t have a long and painful death and that they were here so that we could be

with him and support Kerry and Kosta who were devastated.

Bigdog arrived with the first group of dogs and yet two days later it was claimed that he was run-

ning about the village in V.T chasing children. We know he is a super dog but I don’t think even

he is capable of getting from Rudozem to V.T and back without any of us noticing.

It has been a very busy time for us with the building of the pens and finding a new routine with

all the extra dogs and also working out which dogs are compatible and can be let out together.

We are grateful to Sean for having let us have the use of the house and both he and us are sorry

that it didn’t work out. We couldn’t risk any more dogs being shot whilst in the garden or being

accused of being loose and attacking people. Kerry who is expecting a baby in October had been

flashed at, had obscenities shouted at her and stones thrown at her and the local gypsy population

were always trying to goad Kosta into a fight and making threats of what they would do to Kerry

if he should ever go out and she was at the house alone.

We were touched and overwhelmed at how kind and supportive people were in response to our

emergency appeal for the evacuation of all the animals from V.T. Thank you. We couldn’t have

done this without you.

R.I.P Rambo. You suffered so much at the hands of humans but at least you knew some of them

loved you.

As we reported in the last newsletter, Tony and I were both given a letter by the police saying that we had to appear at the police sta-

tion to answer questions regarding having dogs at the building (proposed shelter/clinic) in Elhovets, Rudozem. We were told that it

was nothing serious and that we didn’t need a translator. Fortunately for us, Georgi and Penka who do a lot for animals and animal

rights, had offered to come from Plovdiv to be with us. It turned out that it was to prepare a case and statements for the prosecutor.

Georgi is familiar with the various laws and prepared a statement for us to sign giving our side of things. Without him there, that

wouldn’t have been possible. There was then an inspection at the building by the police and other authorities. We were told that the

prosecutor had a month to decide whether any charges are going to be brought against me.

Days later we had another unexpected visit from a ministry vet who at first seemed very unpleasant. One argument erupted when he

told me I should cut a piece out of all my dogs ears to identify that they come from here. Things became very heated but then we later

heard that he was very impressed by the care for the animals and most of all by the passion that we all had for them and that he

would help us to register as a clinic. We applied for that last week and we are waiting to hear if it has been granted. In the meantime

the mayor has publicly declared that he will make sure we don’t get a license or permission for anything and that us and the dogs will

be gone by the time of the elections which are in October.

Will update on the Facebook RSDR fan page when we have news regarding the prosecutor’s decision and whether our application for

the clinic number is granted.

U p d a t e o n s i t u a t i o n i n R u d o z e m

P a g e 2 R S D R

J u l y a d o p t i o n t r i p

Ten dogs left us in July and are now in Holland and Belgium. We had

to say goodbye to Jessie, Theo, Buster, Chanel, Gizmo, Chrystal, Ga-

ble, Lila, Blue and Noelle.

Jessie and Gizmo were adopted and now live in Belgium. Theo went

to his new home in Holland. Buster is adopted but his new family

were going on holiday soon after the arrival so they were there to

meet him and have visited him but he is being fostered by Nathalie

one of our team members In Holland. Noelle and Lila are being fos-

tered by team members Marian and Jenny and Chanel is also in fos-

ter. Team members Erika and Dion very kindly offered to foster Blue,

Gable and Chrystal despite already having Nita and Flower from the

previous trip.

Gable has now been adopted by Kim (team member). Kim and fami-

ly were at the adoption meeting and fell in love with Gable.

Erika’s mum has fallen in love with Nita and has adopted her and

Erika and Dion have now adopted Flower.

A big thank you to the adoption teams, foster carers and people who

have adopted.

1 2 n e w R e s c u e s

P a g e 3

S n o o p y

R S D R

Sarah

Luke was at the shop not far

from our house when he spotted

this poor girl. She was very

weak and exhausted. He picked

her up and carried her to the

house.

Sarah had several nasty wounds

which looked like burns and was

very thin. She is putting on

weight and is now happy and

playful.

Whilst driving through

Rudozem, we saw a very poor

little dog trying to stagger across

the middle of the road. Cars

were heading towards him with

no intention of slowing down.

Before Tony had fully stopped

the car, Carmel and I jumped out

and ran out in to the road. I

grabbed Snoopy and jumped

back in the car with him. We

didn’t even have time to talk to

him or assess if he was aggres-

sive, we just had to act fast be-

fore he got hit. As it was he be-

haved perfectly. The poor little

boy was very weak and had a

bad case of demodex.

He is now much stronger and his

hair is growing back. It won’t be

long before he has made a full

recovery. Snoopy is such a

sweet natured little guy and has

captured everyone’s hearts.

Chippie Two men turned up at the RSDR building and

asked if we could take a dog. We did explain that

we had no room but they begged us and explained

that her life was in imminent danger. Chippie’s

owner had died and she had found herself on the

streets. For quite some time, people had been trying

to shoot her. The men explained to us that some of

the villagers were going to round her up and kill her

later that day. We told them to bring her and we put

her in one of the pens that we had just built for the

dogs that were due to arrive from V.T.

Zennor and pups

Having just put Chippie in a pen that was

intended for the dogs that were due from

V.T, Tony was on his way to buy more

wood and wire to build another pen. He

had to slam his brakes on when he sudden-

ly saw a mother and her five tiny pups,

cowering in the middle of a busy road.

Someone told him that the dog and pups

had just been dumped from a car and the

mother hadn’t even moved from the mid-

dle of the road. Kerry and Tony quickly

got the mum and babies off the road and

brought them back.

The mother dog, Zennor, was very thin and scared and wasn’t putting down one of her

back legs. They were all full of worms and had very bad flea infestation.

We had to split Zennor and her pups up after a couple of days as she had clearly had

enough and was turning on them. One pup had a cut face after she had bitten him.

Zennor moved in with Chippie and both get along very well.

The vet came last week and Zennor and Chippie were vaccinated and microchipped and

all Zennor’s pups were vaccinated with Primadog to give them protection form 6 weeks

old against some of the nasty canine diseases. The pups have been named Casey, Digit,

Sinbad and Tosca and there is just one little girl pup left to be named.

Three karakachan pups.

Whilst Tony and I were in Smolian last week over the clinic registration, a couple of

men came to the RSDR building and told Kosta and Carmel that they had accidentally

run over and killed a pup and then found three other Karakachan pups nearby.

The three pups were full of fleas and worms. The smallest little girl, Whitney was very

scared at first but is now just as friendly and confident as the others.

All three pups have had their Primadog vaccination and are all doing well.

Harlem Sancho Whitney

Y a s m i n a n d B e s s R . I . P

P a g e 4 R S D R

It was bad enough that Rambo lost his battle for life

after being shot, but that same week whilst doing the

evacuation of dogs and cats from V.T, we also lost Yas-

min and Bess.

Yasmin was a very old cat and we didn’t know how

much longer she would be with us. Kosta went to get

her from the house before the move and found that she

had passed away in her cat bed.

Bess was at our own house in Rudozem. She had been

playing out in the garden with the other dogs and

minutes later couldn’t be found. Tony and the boys

searched everywhere but there was no sign of her.

The next day they searched the forest and the town thinking she must have escaped from the garden. Later the next day,

Luke found her dead under some cat beds in the cellar. It is a total mystery as to what the cause was as she didn’t seem to

be ill but we can only guess that she felt unwell and hid herself away.

Her brother and sister never showed signs of any illness and are fine.

Yasmin and Bess will both be sadly missed.

Volunteers

We were very lucky in July to have our first volunteer,

Carmel Graves. Carmel arrived on the 5th July and in-

tended to stay for 2 weeks. The night before her last day

she asked if she could stay longer and we were so happy.

Apart from being a lovely person, Carmel has a lot of

experience and was a blessing to us during some difficult

times. It was only her second day with us when we had to

go to the police station over the “shelter” and leave her in

control of everything for the full day. She was fantastic

and it was as if she had always been here. She stayed with

us for just under a month and was with us through good

and bad times and during new rescues. We really miss her

and hope to see her again.

Julie Lewis (RSDR UK) came for 5 days with her

brother Mick. They brought lots of goodies for dogs,

cats and humans.

Mick’s first challenge was to fit a cat flap in the secu-

rity grill so that Gingerpuss, the partly blind cat, can

get in through the window instead of going through

the yard when the dogs might be out.

Julie and Mick were a great help and it was good for

the dogs and pups to meet them and interact with new

people. Five days soon went and we were sorry to see

them both go. A big thank you to Julie and Mick.

A lady called Tracy came with Pet Chauffeurs and

stayed for a couple of days to help out before they left.

A big thank you to Tracy.

P a g e 5 R S D R

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UK Adoptions

Changes to entry requirements for dogs entering

the UK have now been announced.

The new law will take affect on the 1st January

2012. This will make adoptions to the UK much

easier .

The new rules can be found on the DEFRA web-

site at the below link:

New Defra Rules

Derri Dunn (new RSDR UK Adoption

Team Member), had a stall at the

Snodland dog show in the UK - She got

the whole stall there on her motorbike!!!

At the front you can see some dog and cat

beds she crocheted from rag strips - She

calls them Rag and Bone pet beds!! Derri

raised over £78. If anyone wants to help

do any fundraising events for RSDR at

any stalls in their area, please go to our

fundraising page on the website: http://

www.streetdogrescue.com/fundraise

forus.htm

Sarah Yeadon and Ailish Finn

held a cake sale at their school

to raise funds for RSDR. They

made a grand total of £55.07

so a great success. BIG thank

you to you both for all your

hard work and for caring

about the RSDR dogs. Photo:

Sarah left and Ailish on the

right