animals

The office of Athens Mayor confirmed today that dog Ruby returned back to the streets near the finance ministry in downtown Athens. “Nelly” will return tomorrow, Friday,” the office said on its Twitter account. Ruby is the black dog on the right Ruby and Nelly, two of Athens stray dogs were …

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Everyone remembers  the show staged of Ruby, Sakis and Stratos beginning of the month. Together with photographers and cameramen, the three Athens strays had lurked the Troika representatives outside the Greek finance ministry and started an anti-austerity barking when they arrived. Next day, reports  in the Greek press claimed that …

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Stolen horses, malnourished horses, abused horses. Do they all land in illegal slaughterhouses and get exported to Europe in form of steaks and minced meat? A prosecutor investigates claims and complaints  that Greece might be a centre for the export of horse meat. Just weeks after the horsemeat scandal in …

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No new cosmetic product containing ingredients tested on animals can be sold within the European Union, after a relevant decision by the EU Commission released on Monday.  Animal rights groups were quick to cheer the measure, but Cosmetics Europe, a trade body representing the EU’s (euro) 71 billion ($93 billion) industry, said …

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It is really heartbreaking: a dog weeps, pushes and softly barks at his female buddy killed by a car. He does his best to revive her. When volunteers from an animal welfar rush to the spot, the dog refuses to get into their car unless they pick up also his …

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Are we just about to see austerity measures imposed to Athens strays? Do the Troikans gave up numbers and balance sheets and started to deal with the stray dogs of this city? There are reports in the Greek media, that the Troikans complained to finance minister about the incident on …

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The representatives of Greece’s lenders had a rather unpleasant encounter on Sunday: they came face to face with the famous Athens strays. Three, four doggies had taken position outside the finance ministry as the Troika moved to meet minister Yiannis Stournaras and check the pulse of Greece’s austerity progress.  Duel …

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Several local firemen were engaged for hours in the rescue of a dog trapped at the shore of flooded Titarisios river in Tyrnavos area of  Central Greece. The dog was found struggling with the rushing waters and unstable soil on Wednesday morning by passersby. They immediately called the Fire Brigades. …

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Dressed in his official coast guard uniform and standing on the boat bow, the “big boy” lifts his weapon and starts shooting six times at goats grazing on the remote side of an island. In shear panic the goats are running to escape the deafening sound and the deadly bullets. The …

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Municipality of Preveza in Western Greece, took a pioneer step in the care of stray dogs and cats. It will charge residents with one euro via the bills for Municipality Water & Sewerage  issued every three months. These revenues will be spent for the needs of strays in municipality shelter and …

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Local community and animal welfare organisations in Larissa strongly oppose the use of living animals in the Nativity crib set at the Christams village of Neapolis, near Larissa in Central Greece. In a complaint sent to news portal Zougla.gr, the frustrated animal lovers said that the use of one pony,  …

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I am paralyzed. I am not able to recover from the shock: Giulia Philippoy-Corleone is not among us anymore. Giu – as her friends called her – was killed in a traffic accident on September 12th 2012 in Keratea, in the west of Athens. Her family and friends are now desperately seeking …

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Athens famous riot dog, the “Indignant dog”, the legendary Loukanikos, has ended his career as protester. On Thursday night a report in a Greek news portal and some mentions in Facebook claimed that he was not more in Athens and that he had been apparently adopted by loving pets’ parents and he …

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 This is a great action, an initiative by the Animal Welfare Organisations on the island of Lesvos (Mytilene). They created some post cards/leaflets for tourists and ask them to contribute their share in saving the poor chained dogs. So..time for some updates. We made these tourist cards and they were …

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 Finally! The Panhellenic Veterinary Association decided to invite its members and create a network of volunteers to carry out sterilizations to stray animals. You can print the press release and ask your vet to join this wonderful initiative.  P.K.S: Organization Veterinarians network of volunteers to carry out sterilization of stray animals …

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Asphalt melts. Concrete boils. Sun is violently burning our heads. Greece in general and Athens in particular are in the grip of an unbearable heat wave with temperatures 38-40/41 degrees Celsius in the shadow. Humans turn the air-conditioner or the fan on. But animals cannot. They walk around in their …

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It was a devastated picture Linda Lucas saw in the morning when she went to feed the dogs of the shelter: lifeless bodies were laying here and there. Some animals were still  struggling for life under torturing pain. Foam and blood were dripping from their mouths.  Linda immediately rushed to the …

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Greece’s famous riot dog got a bar in Madrid. Well, not he himself personally but some Spanish fans of him. They opened a bar and gave the name of the most famous dog around the world. According to the report, a lot of Loukanikos’ pictures hang on the walls of …

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What a  bad luck! This cutie, Ceasar, was about to travel abroad for a new life, when an airport staff member opened his travel box and let him escape. The incident occurred in th evening of May 22, 2012 couple of days ago. So if you happen to be at the Heraklion airport and …

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For the first time in Greece, a prosecutor has been assigned and will be responsible for the protection of the animals and the strays. Prosecutor Constantina Aggelopoulou will oversee the cases of animal abuse, poisoning and torturing animals, and all other cases that violate the new animal protection law. Meanwhile the …

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