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 […]
Andros Equine Outreach 2024
On March 22-25th Animal Action Hellas’ Equine Care team visited the island of Andros in Cyclades. The outreach expeditions of the Equine Programme involve many visits to Greek islands and islets. Getting there and staying to offer vital services to working animals is not at all holidays. On the opposite, there are often quite harsh conditions. […]
Our Three-Day Mission on Kea
On November 24-26, the Animal Action Greece team made a three-day visit to the island of Kea, in order to provide veterinary, dental and farriery care to the island’s equids. The veterinarian Kostas Okkas, the equine dental technician Alkis Gkeskos and the farrier Tasos Skyllas offered their services to 58 equines of the island (30 […]
Preserving Equine Heritage on Skyros Island
On October 27-29, the Animal Action Greece Equine Care team made a three-day visit to the island of Skyros, in order to provide veterinary, dental and farriery care to the island’s equids. Veterinarian Kostas Okkas, equine dental technician Alkis Gkeskos and farrier Tasos Skyllas offered their services to 72 Skyrian horses and 1 donkey. The […]
VITAL VET CARE FOR RESCUED EQUINES
July 30th, our Equine Outreach team returned to Paralion Astros in Arcadia, to provide veterinary, dental and farriery care to the rescued equines of the local animal welfare organisation Arcadia Animal Care. The team treated 5 donkeys, 7 horses (four of which had recently arrived at the shelter, therefore received care for the first time), […]
