'ANIMALS SHARE WITH US THE PRIVILEGE OF HAVING A SOUL' ~ Pythagoras

'THE GREATNESS OF A NATION AND ITS MORAL PROGRESS CAN BE JUDGED BY THE WAY ITS ANIMALS ARE TREATED' ~ Mahatma Gandhi

I left the UK and came to live in this beautiful part of Greece with two cats in 2005. Never did I think that animal welfare/rescuing would take over all other planned activities. The plight of these helpless innocent souls is heartbreaking.

21 February 2012

The story of Scooby Doo

Scooby on his journey to a new home
I thought I would share this lovely story with you.  What a fine young man Scooby Doo has turned out to be.  He turned up down a narrow lane in the old village, which was bad news.  He barked at the Greek neighbours and children.  But what did they expect?  They threw stones at him and harmed him.  With us, he was different.  With all the Greek strays that we fed close by, he was their protector.  However, one particular night, there was a disturbance.  The neighbours were planning on removing him and there was nothing we could do.   I was seen on the balcony and everything stopped, but I felt totally sick with pain and worry.  Scooby still didn't trust us, but we had to get close to him to take him away.  The neighbours also told us not to feed the dog, but that was not our nature, to the annoyance of them.  As time went by, we were able to get a collar on him and move him away to foster parents, until a permanent home could be found.  Months later, the exchange of emails changed everything. Scooby was going to start a new journey to a new permanent home.  We had to get him to Aegina, but Scooby had never been in a car, let alone on a boat.   It was a very scary journey, but he was a good boy and behaved really well.  His full story can be read by following this link:  
http://www.ermioni.info/things-to-know/story-scooby-doo Why did we call him Scooby Doo?  He had big paws, floppy ears and ran just like Scooby Doo.


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