WHERE WE WENT IN 2020
Despite 2020 being one of the most challenging years we’ve faced as a charity, we were still able to reach well over 1000 animals across Greece for veterinary care, sterilisation or treatment, including 817 cats, 205 dogs and 129 equidae (horses, donkeys and mules)…
Kanella gets her own shelter
This old lady has been ‘sleeping rough’ all her life. (She’s about 17 years old). But now, after a ‘special case’ appeal from the Municipality of Athens, (Δήμος Αθηναίων) we have given her her very own kennel. Over the years, local welfare volunteers have made repeated efforts to bring Kanella, a street dog in the […]
World Animal Day 2019: “Humpy” has a message about neutering!
Today marks World Animal Day and Animal Action Greece Hellas is taking the opportunity to promote the latest version of its “Humpy” dog animation – a social message created to educate the public on the benefits of neutering. October 4th has been established internationally as World Animal Day. However, as they celebrate the lives of […]
ONE MILLION EU CITIZENS MAKE HISTORY FOR FARM ANIMALS
One million EU citizens have signed the #EndTheCageAge European Citizens Initiative (ECI) petition, the biggest ever political push for farm animal welfare. The #EndTheCageAge ECI, which aims to end the use of cages for farm animals across the continent, was launched in September 2018 by Compassion In World Farming in partnership with Eurogroup for Animals […]
IN TIMMERMANS WE TRUST
Animal Welfare is a policy field that does not sit with one Commission department only. Ultimate responsibility for this field should now sit with Frans Timmermans as Executive Vice President for a European Green Deal. Commission President-elect von der Leyen has today unveiled her proposed new team that will take office on 1 November. Whilst […]
‘Ghostly’ no more!
Her fluffy coat may give her a slightly fuzzy, phantom-like outline, but Melina is solidly there, and now in her forever home where she can enjoy the 100% real care that she deserves. She’s just one of the 50 “ghost dogs” that we sterilised last year. She had been particularly badly let down by humanity. […]
VISITING THE SAWA SHELTER IN SANTORINI
On the 24th and 25th of April 2019 our Equine Programme Team -consisted of our veterinarian Michael Gaganis and farrier Aris Vlachakis- travelled to the island of Santorini to care for the retired working equines at the SAWA shelter. Overall they treated a total of 26 animals none of which would have otherwise access to […]
NEW DONATION FORM!
Will the politically diverse new EP mean a unified voice for animals?
The results are finally in, and we are optimistic to see that more than 100 candidates who pledged to act for animals have been elected to the new European Parliament, with representation across the political groups and across the EU. Of the candidates who took the animal welfare pledges in our VoteforAnimals2019 campaign – their […]
Irma, Gigi and Jojoba got their “happy endings”
Irma, Gigi, and Jojoba all had the worst possible start in life but we have received news of some ‘happy endings’ that we thought you’d like to hear about… Last year the three pups were dumped, along with their mother, Truffle, and one further sibling, on a hillside above Aspropyrgos (a run-down industrial area) outside […]
