Asociatia Milioane de Prieteni translates to Millions of Friends. AMP was founded in 1997 by Cristina and Roger Lapis. There were so many stray dogs in the streets of Brasov, many of them ill and hungry, injured by cars. Cristina wanted to help them and began building a shelter … that was the beginning of the Dog Shelter Triage. These dogs are rescued, desexed, vaccinated, wormed and then rehomed in the UK and Germany.

In 1998 AMP began investigating tourists’ complaints about bears kept in horrible conditions in cages outside restaurants and petrol stations all over Romania. This eventually led to a collaboration in 2005 with the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) to construct the Libearty Bear Sanctuary in Zarnesti.

Today, AMP runs the Dog Shelter Triage and Libearty Bear Sanctuary. In addition, the association also works to protect all animals in Romania through local projects, campaigns and education programmes.

Please explore their website, meet their animal friends, and come and visit them in Brasov! http://www.ampbears.ro/