Animal Friendship Foundation
Nyíregyháza, Hungary
Paca, now in a care-family in Germany
Billy found a new home in Graz, Austria
With this brochure, the Animal Friendship Foundation (AFF, Állatbarát Alapítvány in
Hungarian), Nyíregyháza, Hungary is presenting its work in order to get in touch with foreign
organizations for animal protection worldwide.
The AFF was established in 1993; it works in the Northern-East Hungarian region, in
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. The main activity of the organization is the operation of an
animal shelter, where around 140 dogs, cats and other pets can be hosted until new families
are found. The shelter is mostly over-crowded; when an animal leaves for a permanent home,
around twenty new animals are waiting for the free place.
Another priority program of the AFF is to rescue injured and ill animals, nurse and cure them
thereafter. The foundation owns a utility van that can be used for animal and material
transportation; it rescues smaller and bigger pets in need 24/7 from the entire county.
The shelter tries to find new families for its residents in several ways; such as printed in local
press and online per facebook, the AFF’s website or internet advertisements, email or
telephone mediations. Almost a thousand pets were given to attentive, loving homes in 2010.
The AFF also operates a webpage and an office for the protection of animals where people
can ask in person or on phone and a shelter staff or veterinary answers their queries. The
activities of the foundation is open for everybody interested, few thousand inquiries are
handled annually. Schools from the city and the county often bring student groups to the
shelter to get theoretical and practical information and experience on animal keeping and
protecting. Many of these kids come back to volunteer after these educational visits.
Numerous events and festivals are organized annually. The biggest and most important among
them is the so-called “Festival for Animals”, which becomes more and more popular each
year; it attracted a few thousand visitors in 2010. By now the festival also serves as a
significant gathering for animal lovers in the whole area.
Another event is the “Give an Object for the Animals”, where people donate used books,
small gifts they no longer need and the AFF sells them at the Christmas Fair in the center of
Nyíregyháza. The collected money is used for feeding and curing the residents of the shelter.
Each year the “Christmas of the Animals” is organized at the shelter, where a Christmas tree
is set up and decorated together with staff and visitors who also bring little presents for the
pets. The guests are entertained with programs and shows about dogs.
Other projects of the FAA include the Neutering Campaign run together by the City Council
and the Veterinary Chamber and street promotions on the Day for the Protection of
Laboratory Animals and on the Day of Animals.
The FAA also cooperates and organizes joint programs with other NGOs and city councils.
The foundation is interested in joint ventures or generating other connections with foreign
organizations for animal protection.
First Transport to Iserlohn, Germany in July, 2011
Rescued Dogs out of a cave
Goals agenda and mission tasks of the Animal Friendship Foundation
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establishing and running a high-standard shelter for the needs of cats and dogs
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feeding, nursing, curing, protecting and training animals living in the shelter
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treating injured animals
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searching for permanent homes for the animals of the shelter
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reducing the sanitation and animal health hazards caused by stray animals
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shaping the attitudes of the population about humane animal keeping
Recognitions
1997 – First visit of the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA)
2000 – Becoming member of the WSPA
2001 – Becoming member of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
(RSPCA)
2004 – Winning the prestigious award “The Animal Shelter of the Year” by the Association
of Hungarian Journalists (MÚOSZ)
2005 – Winning the title “The NGO of the Year” from the votes of the audience and the jury
on the County Civil Society Award
Contacts
Homepage: www.allatbarat.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/%C3%81llatbar%C3%A1tAlap%C3%ADtv%C3%A1ny/174090352614344
E-mail: allatbarat@allatbarat.com
Telephone: +36 42/ 727-736
+36 42/ 726-524
Address: 4400 Hungary, Nyíregyháza, Csatorna utca 2
Account Number: 68800109-11035240
Partnership:
http://www.handundpfote-tierschutz.de/
http://de-de.facebook.com/pages/Hand-und-Pfote-Tierschutz/169270583132534
Hand und Pfote Iserlohn, Germany
Arrival in Iserlohn