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 […]
Greece appoints a Special Secretariat for the Protection of Companion Animals
We are very pleased to see the news that Marsha Dimopoulou, animal rights lawyer and professor at Zero Stray Academy has been announced as the Head of the Special Secretariat for the Protection of Companion Animals in the Ministry of Interior, on the initiative of the Greek Prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis. The purpose of the […]
Amorgos Equine Outreach
We were delighted to receive this wonderful video of our recent Equine Outreach trip to Amorgos! A big thank you to Litsa Passari of ‘Animal Zone International’ for kindly taking the time to make it. https://www.animalactiongreece.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Animal_Action_in_Amorgos-1.mp4
Carriage horses of Spetses
On Μay 8th and 9th 2022, the Animal Action Greece/Animal Action Greece Hellas team paid a two-day visit to the island of Spetses to provide veterinary, dental and farriery care to the islands’ equines. Spetses is one of the Argo-Saronic islands that played an important role during the Greek Revolution of 1821. Here, history meets […]
Returning to Hydra’s working equines
On 6th and 7th May, the Animal Action Greece Hellas team paid a two-day visit to the island of Hydra, to provide veterinary, dental and farriery care to the islands’ working equines. Hydra makes up one of the Saronic islands, and is known for its outstanding beauty along with its lack of cars! Hydra holds […]
Tackling colonies on Syros!
Our work on Syros island continues in collaboration with We Live Together clinic. The team decided to head to a village which hasn’t been visited for a long time – Azolimnos. This is the closest village to Hermoupolis, where the team have been trapping, neutering and releasing since the winter in preparation for breeding season. […]
Annual visit to Agia Marina Donkey Rescue
Our Equine Care team returned to Crete to visit our partners, Agia Marina Donkey Rescue, on 27th and 28th April. Aris the farrier and Alkis the equine dental technician treated a total of 7 geldings and 23 female donkeys, ranging from 4 to approximately 40 years old! Thanks to daily attention from their loving carers […]
3 islands in two days!
Our Equine Care Team have been very busy recently, paying a 2 day visit from 9th – 10th April to the islands of Leros, Lipsi and Patmos to provide veterinary, dental and farriery care to 43 of these islands’ equines. It was a demanding trip as it included travelling across three islands by car, plane […]
