Loaded with heavy building materials, donkeys try to find their balance, climb up and down the narrow cobblestone streets in the central square of Firostefani. The modern slaves are the only ones who can transport construction material for the luxury villas with view of the stunning Caldera. The institutional framework …

Animal abusers on the making: Underage riders raced on the back of donkeys in the middle of village Komi on the island of Lesvos. Other children are being videotaped to hit the defenseless animals in order to make them go faster during the donkey race. The donkeys raced in the …

An unprecedented rescue of two donkeys by sea took place on Monday afternoon on a remote beach in northern Karpathos within the Natura 2000 protected area. Τhe two animals were spotted on the remote beach by fishermen who called authorities. Prompt was the response of the local authorities, the Fire …

Outrage for the torturous death of a pregnant donkey in Koropi, village in eastern Attica: the poor animal was found laying on the ground, tied to a tree, its legs tangled to the ropes. ATTENTION: GRAPHIC IMAGES Traces on the soil showed that she was trying for hours to get …

The donkey that was brutally abused being dragged by a pick-up truck for about one kilometer in Zitsa was euthanized late on Tuesday night. The decision was taken and performed by two equine veterinarians sent to the abuser’s farm by the Panhellenic Animal Welfare Federation and the Animal Welfare Society …

The young donkey, a victim of brutal abuse, has been located by a local animal welfare society and will be transferred to Attica for treatment. The animal was tied to a pick-up truck of the deputy mayor of the area and was dragged over 700 meters through the village of …

A 63-year-old man, the deputy mayor of Zitsa municipality in Epirus, was arrested on Sunday over unprecedented  abuse of a donkey. The man dragged the donkey tied with a rope to the bed of his pick-up truck for almost one kilometer as the heavily injured young animal was bleeding and …

A drive-through Rapid testing …the Greek way! Residents of village Helidoni near the Ancient Olympia choose their donkeys over cars and rode to the spot where rapid testing for Covid-19 was carried out. They did not get off their animals and the health teams had to struggle a bit to …

Motorists on the island of Rhodes found not so polite stickers on their cars that they parked illegally. “I’m a donkey and I park where I want,” the stickers read, reminding them that donkeys may b gentle and patient animals but in Greece we also use the word for rude …

An animal activist and his camera man denounce that they were brutally attacked “wild group of ten, stick-wielding men:, while they were trying to film the abuse of donkeys on the island of Santorini. A South African animal welfare worker was brutally assaulted and threatened with death, when filming abuse …

A court in Volos sentenced a man to 12 months imprisonment on suspension and a fine of 5,000 euro for having abused his donkey. The man was spotted kicking the animal that had fallen from the back of his truck. “The donkey was suffering from the evil eye,” the defendant …

Greece has banned obese tourists from riding donkeys after animal rights campaigners said the creatures were being left with spinal injuries and open wounds. The Greek Ministry of Rural Development has reportedly published a new set of regulations with regards to donkeys’ well-being, but the situation has still a long …

It reads like “Fiat is producing a new car model for over-weight drivers” or something. An unbelievable action if  true, especially now that the outrage is spreading in Greece and abroad about the abuse of donkeys on the island of Santorini, with many animal lovers calling on tourists to stop …

After the shocking videos of donkeys abuse and the ugly incident where muleteers attacked animal rights activists, authorities on the island of Santorini finally decided to take measures for the protection of the troubled  and abused in many ways animals. In a statement issued on Saturday, the Municipality of Santorini …

Animal rights activists were assaulted by locals and muleteers when they staged a protest against the abuse of donkeys on the island of Santorini on Friday. Two of the activists were taken to hospital, two more were slightly injured. One protester fainted. The incident took place took place in front …

A video showing the brutal abuse of a donkey on the otherwise beautiful and picturesque island of Santorini has triggered a new outrage in Greece and abroad. The footage shows the muleteer brutally beating the poor animal on the head and the face with a long cane. The animal ducks the …

A video posted on social media has triggered a storm of outrage about the cruelty donkeys and mules on the island of Santorini have been exposed to. The video shows a donkey overloaded with black garbage bags. The load is so heavy that the poor animal can hardly walk, it …

Donkeys in Crete will get license plates. They will not carry their registration number on their head or their rump. The number that will allow them to wander around will be engraved on one of the four hoofs, I heard this morning on a Greek television channel. Donkeys with license …

Who invented frozen yogurt? Officially the delicacy called frozen yogurt was invented by American John Wudel, a pioneer of alternative sweeteners in the frozen dessert industry. But this frozen yogurt was not made of original Greek yogurt. It was powder-based. A picture posted on Twitter beginning of January intrigued me …

The famous donkeys of Lindos on the island of Rhodes fell victim to tax controls. A hefty fine of more than four thousand euro was imposed to the donkeys for violating the tax law: that is transporting tourists to the Acropolis of Lindos without issue receipts – probably digging huge …