animals

A Cuvier’s beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) was found dead at Kremasti beach on the island of Rhodes island on Monday, the Energy Ministry announced on Wednesday. First autopsy showed that the 5.3-meter-long mammal had swallowed over 15 kilos of plastic waste something that led to its death. Veterinarians and marine …

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Mayor of Rhodes Antonis Kampourakis recently proposed to the Municipality Council the “controlled deer hunting” as well as a sterilization program for the animals that now exist in large numbers, as he claims, even though there is no sutdy to confirm that. The proposal triggered the outrage by environmental organization …

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A video shows a man luring a cat with a fish. When the tuxedo kitty comes near he kicks it and it falls into the sea. A friend of his is filming the abuse and the video is uploaded on social media short time later. The animal abuse triggers an …

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Greece’s Rural Development Ministry has finally decided to set up a registry for horses, donkeys and other equines in the country. The decision follows immense and pressure by equines welfare societies that have been demanding the registry for years. The registry will facilitate the tracing of horses and the supervision …

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Nobody knows how many horses, donkeys and mules there are in Greece, where they live, under what conditions, when and how they change ownership and how their life ends. This happens because Greece does not comply with the European Regulation which, since 2008, mandates that all equines in Europe be …

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In an unprecedentedly shameful sermon, a priest in a village of Pieria, central Macedonia, urged the faithful who keep dogs as guardians to poison them. Furthermore, he told the shocked congregation that dog owners should not go to church or received the blessed bread which is distributed after the Divide …

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Greece is sending more than 11 tons of pet food and sanitary equipment for the pets of Ukrainian refugees currently at the Polish-Ukranian border. A truck will leave Kalochori, Thessaloniki, and the aid will be distributed to Ukrainian refugees fleeing their homeland with pets: dogs, cats and rabbits. A make-shift …

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Lesson Number 2 in any journalists’ old school is that “Dog bites Man” is news not worth reporting. However, when the biting dog is called “Peanut” and belongs to the Prime Minister of the country and the victim is one of the cabinet ministers then it is certainly worth a …

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Animal Welfare NGO “Save a Greek Stray” filed a lawsuit against the two dog kennels run by the Municipality in Sparti for the appalling conditions in which some 400 animals are being kept. The lawsuit has been filed “against anyone responsible for the crime of animal abuse in both kennels …

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Thousands of starlings flew in impressive formations allowing humans in Patras and Rio to stun over the unique spectacle. The huge flock started to “dance” in the sky as thousands of starlings had gathered in the area of Rio on Monday, February 7, 2022. In perfect synchronization and on low …

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The sick and injured young whale that recently stranded at a beach of Athens Riviera was found dead on Wednesday, the Environment Ministry announced. The small cetacean mammal was found in the shallow waters of Selinia Bay in the east of the island of Salamina in the Saronic Gulf by …

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A huge rescue operation has been launched at the Eden beach of Palaio Faliro in south Athens since early Friday morning to save the life of an injured and sick mammal. The whale appeared in the swallow waters of Batis part of the beach early Friday morning. It looks as …

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Hundreds of pets, dogs and cats but also small farming animals were left behind when thousands of locals fled the forest fire in Varimpompi, Thrakomakedones, Adames after receiving orders to evacuate on Tuesday. This activated dozens of animal loving volunteers who rushed in a huge search and rescue operation in …

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A reward of 18,000 euros will be given to any information that will lead to the identification and capture of the human who killed the famous seal Kostis with a speargun. The young seal was the mascot of the island of Alonnisos and the local Sea park. The money has …

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The body of a young protected seal was found washed out on a rocky beach of islet Peristera by Alonnisos. The spear of a speargun had gone through the flesh of the young mammal. A tag on his tail revealed that the body belonged to Kostis, the famous seal of …

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Police has arrested a retired priest for killing a kitten with a metal stick and dumping it in a bag into a trash bin. The 88-year-old man known in the local community of Volos faces felony charges and an administrative fine of 30,000 euros. While in police station, the man …

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Thousands of wildlife, farming animals, pets, stray cats and dogs were burned to death or injured at the forest fire on Gerania Mountains and West Attica last week. Volunteers who went there to help found a landscape of horror, while the government and the mainstream media cheered that there were …

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A foreign tourist was taken to the Volos hospital after she was bitten by a seal in the marine park of Alonissos on Tuesday. The 50-year-old woman from Bulgaria was sailing near the islet of Kyra Panaghia when she saw the seal and tried to get close enough to stroke …

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Greece will deliver 50 tons of animal feed to the Togo-flagged ElBeik, which has been stuck at sea for nearly three months in the Mediterranean carrying hundreds of cattle rejected by their buyers amid fears of disease, government sources said on Tuesday. The vessel is expected to sail for Spain …

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Winter swimmers in Kavala, northern Greece spotted a young dolphin trapped in the shallow waters of Ofrini beach, unable to find its way back to the open sea. A rescue operation was launched with a happy ending. A few hours earlier and at the same beach, another young dolphin was …

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