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 […]
Equine Care on Amorgos: A Decade of Dedication
On June 17th and 18th, after the request of local welfare group Animal Zone International, the Equine Care team of Animal Action Greece visited the island of Amorgos, just like every time for about ten years now, to provide veterinary, dental and farriery care to the island’s equines. Amorgos is the easternmost island of the Cyclades […]
Equine Care Expedition on Santorini
On April 19, 2023, Animal Action Greece’s Equine Care team made a 1 – day outreach visit to the island of Santorini, in Cyclades, in order to provide its services to the Santorini Animal Welfare Association’ rescued equines. The visiting team was comprised only of the equine dental technician Alkis and farrier Tasos. Our vet’s […]
Outreach Report Samaria National Forest Park, Crete
The Animal Action Greece Equine Care Team has a long lasting relationship, more than a decade, with the mules that work in the Samaria National Forest Park! See here a short video from a local TV station in Crete, 8 years ago: On March 28th, we treated them in their new winter location, in the […]
Andros Equine Outreach
From March 23rd-26th, 2023, Animal Action Greece’s Equine Care team embarked on a transformative four-day mission to the island of Andros in the Cyclades, extending their comprehensive services to the working and companion equines of the region. The Equine Care Programme, led by veterinarian Kostas Okkas, equine dental technician Alkis Gkeskos, and farrier Tasos Skyllas, […]
Improving lives for donkeys in Karpathos
On March 12th, our Equine Care team were pleased to return to Karpathos island last month after an urgent request from Dr Anna, Veterinary Surgeon at Animal Welfare Karpathos, to help an elderly donkey with overgrown hooves. The donkey’s elderly owner was concerned with the condition of her hooves, but with no access to a […]
Keeping up with Kea’s Equines
Another island recently visited by our Equine Outreach team is Kea. The team have not been able to visit for a few years due to the pandemic, but on 1st and 2nd October they were welcomed back with open arms by the owners of the island’s equines. Vet Kostas, dental technician Alkis and farrier Tasos […]
Miniature horses on the island of Skyros
Our Equine Outreach team visited the island of Skyros from 29th – 31st October, home to the native rare breed of miniature Skyrian horses, not found anywhere else in the world! Kostas, Alkis and Tasos treated 68 horses during their trip, and checked another 6, mostly in two farms for the conservation of the Skyros […]
Positivity in Paros
Our equine team have been visiting the Greek island of Paros for 12 years, and during our most recent visit in September, we were pleased to see how our ongoing support has improved the welfare of the working equines and attitudes of their owners. We treated 58 donkeys, horses and mules, all either living in […]
