A family member has just adopted a Romanian puppy, I think that one difference is that Romanian strays are not taken to a shelter,where they are looked after, they are clubbed and beaten, if any survive they are taken in by people who then try to rehome them.
When Cousescu came into power he put families , farmers etc into high rise flats and did not allow them to take their pets, they were left to fend for themselves, they are now a huge problem.
‘Our’ puppy was found on the roadside with her dead mother and dead siblings by Gypsies who then took her to a person who then put her details onto FB.
She’s a real sweetie. Other older dogs have also been adopted.
This doesn’t mean that I wouldn’t have preferred that our relative adopted a dog from the UK though, but not our decision.