A HANDY TOOL: MAP OF LOCAL ANIMAL WELFARE GROUPS
How many of us have been on holiday, only to be faced with countless sick and hungry strays? Whether on the beaches of Thailand; the streets of Turkey; or loitering hopefully outside a Greek restaurant, it begs the question…what can we, as tourists, do to help?
AN UNLIKELY LOCATION FOR TRAP, NEUTER, RELEASE
For many years, the Olympic stadium in Piraeus has been home to countless stray cats. Surviving on the good nature of local animal-lovers and well-meaning tourists, their numbers continue to grow. So we’re delighted to share latest TNR success…
WHERE WE WENT IN 2020
Despite 2020 being one of the most challenging years we’ve faced as a charity, we were still able to reach well over 1000 animals across Greece for veterinary care, sterilisation or treatment, including 817 cats, 205 dogs and 129 equidae (horses, donkeys and mules)…
ONE PERSON, MAKING A REAL DIFFERENCE
In October, cat loving Athens resident, Anta, got in touch with us recently to ask for help getting control of the colony of stray cats she cares for in her neighbourhood, Kallithea…
FOLLOWING UP ON THE ISLAND OF NAXOS
HERE TODAY AND HERE TOMORROW. FOLLOWING UP ON THE ISLAND OF NAXOS. Back in April we sent a box of ‘goodies’ to the volunteers of NAWS (Naxos Animal Welfare Society). The cats and dogs they look after at their shelter needed protection from diseases spread by ticks, fleas and intestinal parasites. ( Shhhh… never say […]
GETTING HELP TO THE CARERS IN NAXOS
In this period during which we’re all so restricted in our movements, we haven’t let up on our work; we’re just adapting and doing some things a little differently. For many years part of our strategy has been to offer support to carefully selected local welfare groups that we know are caring effectively for stray […]
Corinth Visit, 2020
Naomi and the volunteers of CAR, Loutraki On Wednesday, 22 January 2020 our own Sophia and Serafina took a 81 km journey to the seaside spa town of Loutraki, close to the isthmus of Corinth and its famous canal. There, they met with the inspiring volunteers of Corinthia Animal Rescue (CAR), the local welfare group. […]
Kanella gets her own shelter
This old lady has been ‘sleeping rough’ all her life. (She’s about 17 years old). But now, after a ‘special case’ appeal from the Municipality of Athens, (Δήμος Αθηναίων) we have given her her very own kennel. Over the years, local welfare volunteers have made repeated efforts to bring Kanella, a street dog in the […]
35 DOGS NEUTERED IN NORTHERN EVOIA
Istiaia is a small seaside town on the island of Evia Greece and one of the areas with the highest numbers of stray dogs. During 2018 we neutered 35 dogs in collaboration with the local animal welfare organisation “Artemis” and the veterinary clinic Blue Cross. Nelly is a purebred Pitbull, she was found in a […]
NEUTERING PROGRAMME – NEA FILADELFIA: 50 MORE CATS AND 8 DOGS STERILISED!
50 more cats and 8 dogs were sterilised through our Neutering Programme in collaboration with the shelter of Nea Filadelfia. It’s amazing what we can achieve when we work together with such devoted and hardworking volunteers! And we have more good news!! We were just informed that all 8 of the dogs we sterilised have been adopted. Amazing! Hearing […]
