While Greece is in lockdown, people need a certificate if they leave their homes for any reason. Animal Action Greece is doing what it can to respond to animal welfare emergencies, including lobbying successfully to ensure official permits for people to go out and feed stray animals!
For now town halls across the country issue special permits to volunteers that have to leave their homes to care for stray cats and dogs they regularly feed. However, these permits only apply to people that feed stray animals within the municipality’s geographical limits!
Here you can find the permit translated in English. Please note that this is only meant to be used as a guide to understand the form in Greek, as an English one won’t be accepted as valid by the authorities. You need to then fill in the Greek form to get approved. Here you can find the Greek form.
We are still waiting to hear from the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Civil Protection to URGENTLY extend the permit permissions to include volunteers maintaining small dog shelters, or looking after animals some distance from their homes. We will keep you updated!
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