A year of community cat care on Paros and Antiparos

The end of February 2024 marked the first anniversary of our community cat care project on the Cycladic islands of Paros & Antiparos.  Our most ambitious project ever and the largest cat population management project of its kind the project is being implemented with the support of Battersea Dogs & Cats Home.  It has been […]

AAG Creates Cool Comfort for Paros’ Cats

In the spirit of our commitment to reducing the risk of climate related events and disasters, AAG is thrilled to share a heart-warming collaboration with Paros Animal Welfare Society (PAWS).   Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of our supporters, including the support of Zooplus and its customers who donated to our emergency appeal, a significant enhancement […]

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 […]

A new project on Paros and Antiparos

Earlier this year we were very excited to officially launch our new project to help the cats of Paros and Antiparos more than ever! We are committed to supporting the local animal welfare groups we have been working with for the past 3 years on Paros – Paroscat, Φιλοζωοι Εθελοντες Παρου and PAWS – Paros […]

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 […]

The importance of neutering

We were delighted to receive pictures from Paroscat, a local animal welfare organisation we support, of a ginger female cat who has been impossible to catch for 3 years. After becoming increasingly friendly at the Logaras feeding station where she is fed daily, this week she was finally caught! She has continuously given birth to […]

Protecting the Paros cats

It’s been almost a year since we started our cat population management project on the island of Paros, in collaboration with three local groups – Paroscat, PAWS – Paros Animal Welfare Society and Φιλόζωοι Εθελοντές Πάρου (Animal Welfare Paros). Back in November, we worked with FOUR PAWS to launch the project, supporting the existing and […]

A PACKED AGENDA FOR PAROS OUTREACH TRIP

Whether it’s a CNR project, a rescue mission or an equine veterinary workshop, our outreach trips usually have one purpose, but there was a packed agenda when our team visited Paros earlier this month!

A HANDY TOOL: MAP OF LOCAL ANIMAL WELFARE GROUPS

How many of us have been on holiday, only to be faced with countless sick and hungry strays? Whether on the beaches of Thailand; the streets of Turkey; or loitering hopefully outside a Greek restaurant, it begs the question…what can we, as tourists, do to help?

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)…