Keeping Up With Kea!
On 27 – 30th October, our Equine Outreach team offered their services to 64 equines (34 donkeys, 20 mules and 10 horses) over a four-day trip on the island of Kea! The island has a large number of working equines used in various types of work by the locals (transporting materials, tourism etc), and also […]
An autumn clean up by the marina
It’s been a busy autumn of TNR in Syros with We Live Together and Syros Cats! A large number of cats have found shelter in a messy, scarce area near the marina in Lazareta. They are lucky to be visited frequently by their guardian angel, Aliki, but they were clearly in need of neutering to stop […]
Wounded donkey in Chalki
A satisfying before and after! During our Equine Team’s recent visit in Chalki, they treated 4 donkeys and 2 mules (100% of the equine population of the small island!), and encountered a specific case involving a donkey with a nasty wound. During the summer, we were informed by our local partners, Donkeysland Γαϊδουροχώρα – το Ελληνικό […]
Equine outreach in Rhodes
This summer we received welfare complaints about the working donkeys in Lindos, Rhodes, and we have previously received requests from their owners to offer our advice, expertise and services to improve their conditions and achieve a better level of welfare. Our Equine Outreach team visited the island from 8th – 11th September and offered their […]
Sterilisation clinic saving lives in Taxiarchis!
In collaboration with local animal welfare group, ARTEMIS, and with cooperation from the Municipality, we are proud to have our sterilisation clinic up and running in Taxiarchis! Unfortunately, our latest outreach for World Animal Day on 4th October was postponed due to a case of Covid in the veterinary team, but nonetheless, the clinic will […]
Don the lucky sea turtle
At the beginning of August, our local partners Naxos Island Wildlife Protection were informed by swimmers off the coast of Orco that a sea turtle was swimming in the shallow water and behaving abnormally. When the team arrived, they found the large male and transferred him to their station. Examinations and tests showed he was […]
ISLAND HOPPING EQUINE OUTREACH – NAXOS
On 12th June, the Equine Outreach team visited Naxos, an island that we had visited many times in the past, but haven’t been able to visit for several years now, due to difficulties in coordinating the local owners. Naxos is the biggest and most fertile island in the group of Cyclades, located right in the […]
Island Hopping Equine Outreach – Koufonissi & Donoussa
The next stop on the Equine Outreach team’s four-day island hopping trip was Koufonissi, followed by Donoussa. On 11th June, they visited Ano Koufonissi island for the first time. Ano and Kato Koufonissi are both part of the Natura 2000 Network of natural habitats and feature a varied coastline of soft limestone that has been […]
Island Hopping Equine Outreach – Amorgos
On 9 – 12th June, the Animal Action Greece Hellas equine team made a four-day ‘island hopping’ visit to the Cycladic islands of Amorgos, Koufonissia, Donoussa and Naxos, to provide veterinary, dental and farriery care to a total of 48 working equines on the islands. It was a difficult, tiring and demanding four days with […]
From Paros to Paris!
Jenny was brought to our collaborators, Φιλόζωοι Εθελοντές Πάρου (FEP Vet Clinic), from a neighbourhood in Parikia on the island of Paros. It was pretty clear this poor girl was suffering awfully with her feet, she had huge ulcers on all 4 paws. FEP’s veterinarians diagnosed her with Plasma Cell Pododermatitis, an autoimmune disease which […]