Romanian Animal Rescue Is on A Mission to Help Country’s Enormous Stray Dog Population

Passion fueled Elena Daniela Costin to do something about the stray dog population in her native Romania.

That fuel was first sparked in 1998 soon after she graduated high school when she rescued Printz, a German shepherd mix, from an illegal dog fighting ring. “He was abused, didn’t trust humans, and he was difficult to handle in crowded places as he acted aggressively because he was trained that way,” Costin said.