{"id":5949,"date":"2010-06-27T20:36:14","date_gmt":"2010-06-27T17:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arsofia.com\/uncategorized\/how-it-all-started"},"modified":"2012-01-10T18:20:07","modified_gmt":"2012-01-10T16:20:07","slug":"how-we-started-bogrov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arsofia.com\/en\/how-we-started-bogrov\/","title":{"rendered":"How we started"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As you may know Animal Rescue Sofia has been working for years now to improve the living conditions of the animals living in the municipal shelter of Seslavci. In the beginning of 2010, after 2 years of work in Seslavci, we were invited by the Sofia Municipality to manage the largest shelter and castration centre in Bulgaria \u2013 the shelter of Bogrov.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After weeks of debate and thought in our team having in mind the scale and hardship that such a project would require \u2013 we agreed. Leaving aside all the difficulty in administrating, finding funds that are necessary for the medical upkeep and food for the animals \u2013 we would face hard and intensive work, a lot of heartbreak and happiness altogether\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We agreed to take on Bogrov knowing that it would require immense work, funding and nerve wreck, because we are ready to do anything to prevent Bogrov turning into yet another dog concentration camp. To create a place where many dogs\u2019 stories start, not end.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/arsofia.com\/uploads\/2010\/06\/post-101185-127713077138_thumb.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5953\" title=\"post-101185-127713077138_thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/arsofia.com\/uploads\/2010\/06\/post-101185-127713077138_thumb-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/post-101185-127713077138_thumb-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/arsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/post-101185-127713077138_thumb-25x25.jpg 25w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/arsofia.com\/uploads\/2010\/06\/post-101185-127713066769_thumb.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5957\" title=\"post-101185-127713066769_thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/arsofia.com\/uploads\/2010\/06\/post-101185-127713066769_thumb-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/post-101185-127713066769_thumb-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/arsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/post-101185-127713066769_thumb-25x25.jpg 25w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-5958\" title=\"post-101185-127713104929_thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/arsofia.com\/uploads\/2010\/06\/post-101185-127713104929_thumb-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/post-101185-127713104929_thumb-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/arsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/post-101185-127713104929_thumb-90x90.jpg 90w, https:\/\/arsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/post-101185-127713104929_thumb-25x25.jpg 25w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today, more than ever, we need your support. So that Bogrov can be a place of example for the municipality of Sofia. An example showing that the dogs need to be looked after by those who love them, who truly care.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"\/?page_id=5027\">BACK TO THE BOGROV PAGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/?cat_ID=27\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5036\" title=\"bogrov newsflash icon eng\" src=\"http:\/\/arsofia.com\/uploads\/2010\/05\/bogrov-newsflash-icon-eng.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"89\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/?page_id=235\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5926\" title=\"donate bogrov icon eng\" src=\"http:\/\/arsofia.com\/uploads\/2010\/05\/donate-bogrov-icon-eng.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"89\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you may know Animal Rescue Sofia has been working for years now to improve the living conditions of the animals living in the municipal shelter of Seslavci. 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