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Corfu Dogs
Cretan Donkey Care Walk with Donkeys Crete EreSOS Lesbian Wildlife Hospital Paros Dogs Support Club Skiathos Cats Stray Commons Tessaloniki Vocal of the Cats Alliance Crete Greece - Corfu Dogs
The situation for animals in Corfu is as bad as in other parts of Greece; that is to say, terrible. The Greek mind set towards animals is definitely third world. Animals are not respected, they are only used as tools (for hunting or guarding) and discarded when not acceptable. Even those Greeks who supposedly like dogs usually do not know how to look after their animals and can't be bothered to learn. Greece - Cretan Donkey Care
On Crete works Cretan Donkey Care together with CAWG. Our foundation Cretan Donkey Care is trying to get sponsoring and contributions for the donkeys, which are staying now at The Haven. On this moment we have now 4 donkeys, we hope that with this money, in the future (soon) we can help more retired, abandoned and neglected donkeys, and that this new donkey project succeeds so we can give the donkeys the life that they deserve!
Next too the care we have our outreach project The aim is to take specialists to the more remote villages of the island, to treat working donkeys. This provides a valuable service to the animals but also for their (often elderly) owners who rely on their animals for their livelihood, using them to carry goods, to work in the fields and for transport. After all, they are working donkeys, needed by their owners in order that they all can make a living. Just as the owners’ work every day in their fields, so too the donkeys have to work. The out reach project is taking care for the donkeys that they get 2x a year a ''check up'', 2x a year a farrier and a equine dentist is coming to look and treat the hoofs and teeth. Furthermore we inform the owner if necessary on how they can improve the well-being of their donkey by small changes.We will also be requiring medications and dressings, as well as vaccinations and worm paste. Mission Our goal is to leave the donkey in his own situation en we try to help the owner with it!! Websiteswww.ezelopvangkreta.eu www.cretandonkeycare.eu Greece - Walk with donkeys Crete
Alistair and Suzanne run a self-financed donkey shelter in south east Crete. Unwanted donkeys are an increasing problem here as owners of donkeys become too old or ill to look after them . We offer these owners a place where their donkeys can be cared for and loved, and an alternative to the traditional practice of leaving donkeys tied to a tree to die. Our shelter is funded by offering people the opportunity of visiting and getting to know the donkeys. We take people on picnics with the donkeys and small children are able to ride and walk with the donkeys. We do however desparately need more funding to enable us to fence in more land and improve the stables. Medical supplies, especially wormers are needed for the donkeys we have here and for the other village donkeys.
The donkeys often arrive with us as very frightened and wild animals. But with weeks of care and attention they become different animals. They begin to love the attention of people and especially small children. It is our intention to bring humans and donkeys together so that they can all benefit from this unique partnership and special communication. We plan to work together with the local schools in the future, so that the Greek children can learn that donkeys are lovable and friendly creatures. We also organize outreach programmes to help owners of working donkeys to care for their donkeys. Please help us to look after these donkeys and to find homes for other donkeys that deserve to live out their last years in contentment and not be left to die. Websites www.donkeycarecrete.com wwwalkwithdonkeys.com Greece - EreSOS
EreSOS is a Non for Profit Organisation under Greek law. It is a response to a demand for structural help for animals that need help. Eresos, located on the Greek island Lesvos, is the birthplace of the famous Greek poet Sappho. It is a heavenly spot, in the summer visited by many tourists. But like anywhere else, also here in Eresos, again and again situations occur where we can’t look away, but are summoned to let our hearts speak and take action. Many of us (tourists and those who live here) find animals in distress. The question however is: what happens then? The tourists fly back, sometimes they take a pet with them, but in many cases the animals stay in Eresos, where they need food and often medical care - especially in the winter, when all the guests are gone and the village is like a ghosttown. The animals are taken care of and often fostered. However, of course, the final goal is: a good life for every animal, here in Eresos or elsewhere. Greece - Lesbian Wildlife Hospital
The Lesbian Wildlife Hospital is an Animal-Hospital specialized in Wild Animals/Birds on the Greek island of Lesvos. Paros Dogs Support Club
The PAWS
shelter has approximately 40 dogs.
It is based
in a village called Tripiti.
It his basicly a small house, with about 300 square meters of space with a few kennels. On the frontside around the building are the young dogs and puppies, and on the back side are 3 bigger kennels with large adult dogs. The manager is Sabine, she is German, and lives in her own mobile home/truck behind the shelter. She lives like this because the building is in very bad condition, and only used for the kitchen, to prepare food, and bathroom. Fences are made of metal, mostly improvised from pieces connected to eachother. The puppies have the option to sleep inside the building when it’s bad weather, and the large dogs have doghomes, some of them improvised from wooden pallets and planks, because there’s not enough money to buy expensive doghouses. Sabine has help from approximately 4 volunteers, who come on regular base to the shelter to walk the dogs, and assist with things like vaccination and cleaning. There is a absolute no-kill principle, and the dogs are been treated with the most loving care and attention possible. Most dogs who get rehomed are going to Germany, through a organisation called Paroshunde, wich works very well organised, and is allmost constantly in touch with PAWS. There is no kennel for cats, but there are about 5 volunteers around the island who work 7 days per week, managing feeding stations, foster homes, recovery rooms, all in private houses. There are approximately 500 stray cats, who live in colonies all around the island. The volunteers are besides feeding, allso catching females to get neutered, and treated in case of being wounded or ill. Most volunteers spend money out of their own pocket due to lack of funds. There is no financial or practical support from the local authority. Paros Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) Paros Animal Welfare Society has been active on Paros Island since 1995 and became an official body in 1999. It remains the only organization involved with the welfare of animals under human care. PAWS aims to rehome unwanted dogs and help neighborhoods manage their stray cat communities. It also monitors and reports any animal abuse and recommends good practices. As the only Dutch member I’m the contact person, allso responsible for the networking and promotion. The website www.paws.gr is outdated and a new site will be launged very soon. http://paroshunde.blogspot.com/ Greece - Skiathos Cats
My husband Peter and I began 5 years ago adopting kittens, most of which were found; in plastic bags in garbage bins, at the side of garbage bins, dumped at our stray cat feeding site, thrown over our perimeter fence,abandoned in the boat yard, left outside out gate in boxes. The first two we took on we were able to take to the mainland to get neutered, then after several hundreds of euro's and many trips to the mainland for this purpose, at 110 euro per cat was getting out of hand, so that is when we got in touch with Greek Animal Welfare Society who from then on began sending voluntary vets about 4 times each winter, this was much better and was able to start asking the locals to get involved with neutering. This was a good start as many locals have now began adopting cats and kittens know the fact that there will be vet visiting at a much reduced rate to get their cats/kittens neutered. Our cat neutering database (for want of a better word) as quadrupled over the last 3 years. We also provide on and of site basic medical care/treatment, however we are not vets, just everything by experience. Through the summer we get many calls from tourists who have been feeding kittens during their visit and now feel guilty that they are leaving them to fend for themselves. I have to make it clear to them that we are not a cat sanctuary, we have no purpose made building for taking in cats which are in perfect healthy because as you can imagine we would have many hundreds of cats. This is not possible. We have managed to get the tourists to leave messages for the next visitors to feed them and in doing so these kittens will be about 4 - 5 months old and will more than likely be able to fend for themselves during the winter. We are on call 365 days a year for assistance and help not matter what time of day or night it may be. Our, when funds allow, is to build a fully equipped small vet room, the room will contain areas for vets to work, recovery area, (as cats at the moment are placed on our veranda to recovery, which in winter is not good for the cat), so when it is extremely cold I have to bring them into our guest room, not practical. This room must also have a small isolation area, because at the moment cats which are very sick have to be kept in our guest bathroom because I do not want the onsite cats to catch anything from them until we know what the problem is, again not practical. I also do cat care services during the winter, as many locals go back to their mainland homes, England, Holland, States, Greece and do not have anyone to take care of their cats so they are taken on site, (thus saving me going to and from different homes all day) and taken care of until their return. I am trying to complete our website, facebook and MySpace within the next few weeks, as this is the only way to received funds from outside Skiathos. During the winter I organise fundraising events for each month, does not bring alot of money, as you are hitting the same people everytime, but it is worth it. Apart from our now 90 on site cats we also have 4 dogs from the rescue centre. Stray Commons Tessaloniki
We feed every day around 75 animals in our little shelter and on the streets. We have 3 members and a few people who help us. It is very difficult. Most of the animals live outside and there are many dangers, like cars and people who want to poison them. We bring the animals to the vet and take care of them. We try to find a good home for them. We are always looking for help for food and medicins.
Wir fuettern jeden Tag um die 75 Tieren insgesamt in einem kleinem Platz fur unsere Tieren sowie auf den Strassen. Wir sind 3 aktive Mitglieder und haben noch einige die uns unterstuetzen. Aber es ist sehr schwer. Die meisten Tieren leben draussen und da gibt es viele Gefahren, Autos, Leute die diese vergiften. Wir bringen diese zum Tierarzt und verpflegen diese. Weiterhin versuchen wir ein Zuhause fuer diese Seelen zu finden. Weiterhin sind wir immer auf der Suche nach Hilfe fuer Medikamente und Futter. Update september 2011: ondanks vele mails en verzoeken hebben we geen reacties ontvangen op de pakketten die we gestuurd en kunnen hen daarom ook niet langer helpen. Vocal of the Cats Allicance - Crete
VOCAL was formed in October 2005 to provide an organization dedicated to the care and welfare of street living cats, in and around Elounda, NE Crete. Our official registration as a society was formed in July of this year. We are based in Elounda, which now has about 95% of the cat population neutered. We have an ongoing neutering campaign taking in villages in the area, and colonies in the large adjacent town.
365 days per year a volunteer makes a tour of the area and places food where cats need additional support, or where colonies are being worked for neutering. Street cats are wormed regularly and given other health care as necessary. VOCAL also supports approximately 10 other individuals who feed colonies with regular donations of food and parasite treatments and also helps with health care as necessary. VOCAL rescues and cares for cats/kittens. We do not have a shelter. Kittens and cats are fostered within the homes of volunteers. We currently have 7 foster homes. As it is almost impossible to find homes on Crete, we have a homing programme involving organizations in Germany, Holland, Switzerland and Austria. We maintain a strict protocol to ensure the ongoing wellbeing of cats in their new homes. Because we do not have the benefit of good quality veterinary care locally – we have to travel 80k to the nearest skilled vet – we have had to learn many skills in care and treatment of cats in our care. In recent times VOCAL has also become a source of knowledge, advice and support to others who own cats or who care for street cats in their own community. We have helped with neutering and finding homes, and donate treatments, loan equipment etc as needed. Our site www.miaow.info gives extensive information about all aspects of our work. |    Click on the photos to go to the photo album of the shelter.
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