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 ...

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," ...

Authorities attempt to control the 60,000 stray dogs that roam Bucharest. Last year, a four-year-old boy died after he was mauled by a stray beside a Bucharest park. Street protests demanded something ...

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 ...

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 ...