An investigation by the animal welfare group Four Paws reveals systemic neglect at Romania’s publicly funded shelters for ...

BUCHAREST (AFP) – Romanian lawmakers on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly for a law allowing stray dogs to be put down after a four-year-old boy was mauled to death by a pack of strays last week. The law, ...

In 2001, Nancy Janes was on a hiking tour of the Carpathian Mountains in Transylvania with a group from the San Francisco Chapter of the Sierra Club. Everywhere they went, she was appalled by the ...

When the UK government announced new restrictions on the import of rescue dogs from Romania last autumn, the news briefly flared and then disappeared. For a moment, it sat alongside wider debates ...

After Bulgaria and Romania finally shed their border checks and joined the Schengen, the officials on the Hungary-Romania border gathered to celebrate the significant milestone as crossings between ...

BUCHAREST, Romania – Thousands of Romanian street dogs have found a friend in Oscar-winning actress Hilary Swank. Swank, who won for her portrayal of a waitress-turned-boxer in "Million Dollar Baby," ...

A Romanian law that calls for the killing of any stray dog captured and unclaimed for more than two weeks has stirred vehement protests throughout Europe and the United States. Animal rights advocates ...