GreekSTRAYS

09 March 2012

Lu - Bo

Lucy (dog) appeared in a field last year. We don't know where she came from, or whether she has a home. But one thing we do know and that is she is such a loving, gentle dog, who protects all the other GreekSTRAYS in the field. She has been sterilized and many times it has been promised that she will go to a new home. Each time, she is overlooked and the reason is that she is a big dog now. For us, this is sad, but we love her dearly and hand on heart, if the day came for her to be re-homed, we would be happy, but very sad. Boubolina (cat) on the other hand, turned up when we were catching strays for neutering purposes. We only saw her a couple of times in a particular area, when we were feeding, as she wasn't a regular. At the time, we didn't know how sick she was. She was skin and bone and naturally could not be neutered. She needed to go to a home to be looked after. But like most cases for stray animals, there was no-one who was interested in taking her home to nurse. We could not put here back in the field in the condition she was in, as she wouldn't have survived. So we took her home for 2 weeks and nursed her. She made a full recovery, which was great, because we were able to have her neutered. After her neutering, we took her to the field where all the other cats were. Lucy and her have become inseparable. They love playing together and it is so nice to see her back to normal.

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04 March 2012

Abandoned puppies

Yesterday my husband was contacted about 6 puppies that had been abandoned on the Bisti peninsula in Ermioni. Why do certain Greeks continue these terrible practices? Why don't they believe in having their animals sterilized or neutered? It is heartbreaking finding strays in this situation and not being able to help them. Sadly we don't have land to offer, so a couple of telephone numbers were given. It was the same old story, no one available, the local charity full etc. But what is the local charity full with? Anyway this morning these 6 little puppies had vanished. Upon investigation, it was identified that they were rescued and are going to Germany on Wednesday to start their new life. They are so lucky and we are so pleased. But the person who rescued them, refused to take the little 2 that were found by a passer by in some bins. Instead they were euthanized!!!!!! They deserved to live and I cannot forgive or forget. It is with this, that it is so important for me to raise funds, to buy land and build a shelter for the plight of GreekSTRAYS. Today we learnt that no-one rescued the poor abandoned puppies from the Bisti peninsula. They vanished overnight!!!! I hope that some kind animal lover found them. It is unbearable to think otherwise.

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28 February 2012

Sad story of Michael - Angelo

These 2 tiny puppies were found in a large metal bin by a passer-by, who was totally shocked. But sadly this is normal practice here in Greece. If it is not poisoning, then it is dumping helpless creatures into bins. This cruelty has to stop, but when? Some are lucky and might get a chance to survive if found by kind people, sadly others are not so fortunate. They were very small and would not have survived much longer, especially as they had injuries, so the passer by took them home and didn't really know what to do with them. She rang round to see if anyone could help. Like usual, the answer was NO and this included the local charity. My opinions are that everyone is too preoccupied with their own needs, that sometimes they forget that others need immediate help too. Someone could have helped short term, until a longer term solution was found. But the reality was there wasn't anyone. Even the person who found them, didn't have the means to help them. So it was decided to euthanize them. The local vet wouldn't euthanize, so they were taken approximately 100 kms to another vet, who again said the same. Finally it was a third vet who euthanized Michael & Angelo. They did not deserve to die, they deserved to live!!!!!! What was going through their little minds being passed from one vet to another. The reality is that many people just do not want to pay out of their own pockets for the welfare of GreekSTRAYS. I promised that something like this will never happen, but I need money to allow me to continue in the welfare of strays and get a shelter, so that stray puppies found, can be given a chance. Will you support me and consider making a donation?

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27 February 2012

Lucy - the gentle giant

A trip to Germany was planned for the beginning of March, but sadly Lucy has missed the opportunity for re-homing again!!!! Promises, promises and more promises have been made for her, but nothing ever develops. Promises were made for Sheba and her 4 puppies. Sadly these promises never developed. As a result, Sheba and her puppies have since disappeared. Promises were made for Lara, and she was sterilized, but again nothing developed. Lara has disappeared too. Will this happen to Lucy? She is so lovely, so affectionate and the protector or our Greek strays in the field. She loves company, loves other animals and will make a super companion to anyone. I will hate to see her go, but here in Greece, being a stray and living in a field, the day may come when we never see her again and we will never know the reasons why. She has been sterilized, but if someone was interested, I am being honest, I would appreciate some support in terms of costs. Please consider helping Lucy. I don't have land and that is why it is so important for me to raise money to execute our dream of a sanctuary and make a safe haven for the plight of GreekSTRAYS. Your help is vital. Please do consider supporting me.

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24 February 2012

Iria Cats

Arthur - Archie - Arnie

This rescue story is about an SOS from some German holiday makers, who had holidayed at Iria camping beach, very close to Nafplio, Greece. After their holiday, they were very sad that they were leaving many cats behind, that they had befriended. In November of that same year, they came back and had 7 neutered and took them back to Germany to be re-homed, but why they didn't neuter all the others is just beyond me. However, word got round as to how upset they were and they wanted to get the remaining cats neutered and re-homed. But there was no-one who was interested, as it was too far away. We couldn't turn our backs on this plea, so we traveled over 100 kms (one way) to try and locate these cats. But each time, there were no cats to be found. Then at the start of the season last year, we sighted some. It was difficult to catch the cats, but with a trap we managed to trap them and take them to the local vet, for neutering. We noticed running in and out of the filthy toilets were 3 little kittens. No way would they come anywhere near us. Luckily for us on one particular visit, they were huddled in a soiled toilet bucket, which made it easier for us to snatch and grab them. We took them back to Ermioni, to be together with all our other furry little pussy cats, and they have turned out to be the most lovable cats ever. They deserve a home, but this will never happen, so at least they are safe with us..............for now.

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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:

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05 February 2012

Junior

Little Junior was brought to a cat neutering session that I had organised, together with many others, who were so tiny. He had a little brother or sister that had to be taken back too, also because they were so feral, it was difficult to handle them. Little Junior was different though. He just wailed in his basket and wanted to come out. I took my chances and took him out of his box, loved him and knew he would never go back to where he came from. He is now happily playing with many other GreekSTRAYS, but has a cold at the moment.