Six months since the start of our community cat care on Paros and Antiparos
In our ongoing commitment to the welfare of the cats on Paros and Antiparos, we are thrilled to provide you with the latest update on our project. The core objective of our project is to create a substantial, positive impact through a comprehensive community based approach. We aim to address the issues faced by the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Make us your Amazon Smile charity!
Did you know you can support us by making us your Amazon Smile charity?! It’s quick and easy, just go to www.smile.amazon.co.uk or switch on Amazon Smile in your Amazon app settings, and select Animal Action Greece as your chosen charity. We then receive 0.5% of every eligible purchase, without costing you an extra penny! Remember […]
Animal Action Greece RETURN TO HYDRA
Our Equine Outreach team have been visiting the island of Hydra and treating its animals for over 10 years. But in 2020, we were forced to cancel the trip due to both a lack of funding and, of course, the outbreak of Covid-19.
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 […]