Equine Care Outreach at Arcadia Animal Care Shelter in Paralion Astros
In August 10, 2024, after the request of Arcadia Animal Care, our vet and Equine Care Programme Coordinator Elisa Geskou and equine dental technician Alkis Gkeskos, visited Paralion Astros to provide veterinary and dental care to the shelter’s equines. Our farrier Vaios Bakratsas had provided farriery service a few weeks ago on the 25th of […]
Welfare Assessments for the donkeys of Lindos
On July 10-12, our Equine Care Programme Coordinator Elisa Geskou and Alkis Gkeskos visited Lindos, in order to do welfare assessments of the donkeys working at the Acropolis. The visit is part of the 2-day seminar that will take place later in the year, in order to educate the owners on donkey health and welfare. […]
Annual Equine Care Outreach in Amorgos 2024
On June 14-16, after the request of local welfare group Animal Zone International, the Animal Action Hellas Equine Care team made their 11th annual outreach visit to the island of Amorgos , to provide veterinary, dental and farriery care to the island’s equines. Amorgos is the easternmost island of the Cyclades island group. Inhabited since […]
Equine Support in Eastern Crete
On May 29 & 30, our equine dental technician Alkis Gkeskos and our farrier Vaios Bakratsas made a two-day visit in eastern Crete, in order to offer their much needed practical services to 34 equines in the two donkey shelters that care for the abandoned and unwanted, usually elderly donkeys. As every year, our team […]
Enhancing Equine Welfare Across the Dodecanese
From 23-25 May 2024, the Animal Action Hellas equine team made a 3-day outreach to several remote islands of Dodecanese. This outreach trip involved ‘island hopping’ between the islands of Leros, Lipsi and, once again after a two-year pause due to very bad weather, the island of Patmos where Saint John wrote the book of […]
Hydra Equine Outreach 2024
On May 17 & 18, 2024, Animal Action Hellas Equine Care team, made a 2-day outreach visit to the island of Hydra, in Argosaronicos, in order to treat the working equines and train the local owners. On the way to Hydra, Equine Team members, old and new, cannot but bring in mind memories of […]
Equine Welfare Mission on Spetses Island
From 13-16 of May 2024, our equine outreach team, consisting of vet Kostas Okkas, dental technician Alkis Gkeskos and farrier Vaios Bakratsas, visited the island of Spetses, in Argosaronicos. Spetses is a small Greek island with a rich history and beautiful buildings of neoclassical and traditional architecture. Regulations are strict for cars and motorbikes while, […]
Equine outreach on Pelion
On March 2nd and 3rd, Animal Action Hellas’ Equine Care team visited the region of Mount Pelion. According to Greek mythology, Mount Pelion was the home of the mythical Centaurs, creatures who were half-men and half-horses. Ancient Greek heroes such as Achilles, Jason and Theseus came to Mount Pelion to master the arts taught by […]
Improving Carriage Horse Welfare on Spetses Island
As a welfare charity we recognize that working equines have, for many decades, played a crucial role in agriculture and tourism. Where working equines are encountered all over Greece, we are here, through our Equine Care Programme, to ensure that they work and live under the best possible conditions. We have been visiting Spetses for […]
Samaria Equine Outreach 2024
We received a request from the Management Unit of Samaria National Park and Protected Areas of Western Crete (National Environment and Climate Change Agency), to offer our dental technician’s services to their working equines. We responded positively, as we are always happy to meet these hard workers and contribute to their wellbeing, helping them, in […]
