'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.

06 November 2013

Goodbye BARNEY - TRIXIE - BOUBO - ARGOS - ELENI . . .

Towards the end of October, 5 doggies were rescued from Ermioni, Greece.  Plans were in place for transporting them to Germany at some point in November.  Some might express an opinion and say that this is not the answer, but as far as I am concerned, it is the only answer, otherwise there is chance of them being harmed, poisoned or starved. They now have chance of a loving home, a loving family, food, warmth and much more.  In an ideal world, maybe it would be far better to leave them where they were, but only with a planned feeding programme in place.  Sadly this would never happen, because of lack of commitment from individuals.  Equally Greek winters can be bitterly cold and wet for the strays.

Early November, the day arrived and it was all systems go.  They might have lived together on leads in a garden, but putting them in a car and travelling with them, one really didn’t know what might happen.  It poured it down with rain, which dampened the spirits.  One by one, into the back of the jeep  they went.   Lots of biting and barking was going on amongst themselves.  The space really wasn’t suitable.  But we were assured that the transport was going to be big enough.  Sadly it wasn’t.  There was no turning back either. 

The first part of driving was from Porto Heli to Patras, followed by boat from Patras to Ancona.  A journey of cold weather, with very strong winds.  Such a long boring journey, with facilities on board, but how did the doggies feel?  They were in the upstairs part of the boat, protected from the cruel cold weather.  Probably pretty comfortable too.  Once the boat docked at Ancona, it was the start of the long journey to Munich.  Overall, it was pretty emotional seeing them hugged and loved by their new owners.  This made the long journey, so worthwhile in every way.


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Location: Ermioni, Greece

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