October 9, 2022
animals, FEATURED, News
A 67-year-old man was arrested on the island of Crete and fined with 15,600 euros for the torture of his dog with an electroshock collar. It was another resident of the area near Heraklio who filmed the dog’s abuse and denounced the incident to police. A video posted on social …
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May 16, 2022
FEATURED, Social, Society
Life imprisonment Babis Anagnostopoulos for the murder of young British-born mother Caroline Crouch and another ten years behind bars for the killing of the family dog, the Mix Jury Criminal court in Athens ruled early Monday evening. In addition, the 34-year-old defendant received 11.5 years in prison for the dog …
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January 31, 2021
FEATURED, Very Mix
Authorities investigate the mysterious death of a 74-year-old British expat whose body was found in his sank sailing boat in the port of Souda near Chania on the island of Crete. The sank yacht was discovered early morning Sunday near Vlite by fishermen. The body of the man was recovered …
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October 14, 2020
animals
An alleged school teacher has been detained for stabbing and injuring a dog in the middle of the street of Ano Neapoli, in Nikaia suburb of Piraeus. The dog suffered injuries in the lung and underwent surgery in the municipality shelter, his health condition is critical and the next few …
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October 8, 2020
animals, FEATURED
A man who brutally abused his dog in Chania beginning of the week and triggered an unprecedented outrage appeared at the local police station on Thursday afternoon certain that the 48-hour deadline to be arrested had passed. He was accompanied by his lawyer. From what is reportedly known so far …
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October 6, 2020
animals, FEATURED
The appalling torture of a dog in a village in Chania has mobilized hundreds of animal lovers not only in Crete. A local two-legged beast hanged his dog on a tree and cut his testicles. The neighbors did not react to the dog screaming in endless pain. It was a German …
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October 15, 2019
animals
A horrible case of animal abuse: The legs of a dog were tied with rope, while the barbaric humans had in addition tied heavy stones on his body. The animal was thrown into the sea. ATTENTION: Graphic picture below! The body of the poor animal was found by a passerby …
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August 2, 2019
animals
He was known as the “Hachiko of Nafpaktos.” The loyal dog would not leave the spot where his owner was killed in a road accident in November 2017. Relatives raised a small religious memorial with the owner’s picture and the dog found a “shelter” there on the side of a …
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June 28, 2019
Politics
“My new girl friend,” wrote Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on his instagram account and had the Greek internet melt. The Prime Minister with a tiny, fluffy something in his arms? He had his fans puzzle on whether the puppy is the new member of his family or it belongs to …
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May 21, 2019
animals
A court on the island of Corfu imposed the maximum sentence so far by a Greek court in the last years to a 67-year-old man who shot his dog. The man was sentence to 33 months on suspension and a fine of 5,300 euros. Additionally, the man should expect the …
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May 17, 2019
animals
A candidate for the local elections on the island of Lesvos triggered an outrage after he kicked a stray dog and he was caught by the security camera of a cafe where the dog finds shelter. Thursday afternoon and stray dog Jerry is standing outside the cafe. He barks at …
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April 11, 2019
animals
A dog in Thessaloniki alerted its owners on a fire that had broken out in an neighboring apartment. Dog Chloe barked and woke up her owner who realized the building was filled with fumes and called the Fire Service, preventing the worst. The fire broke out at 7 o’ clock in …
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February 27, 2019
weather
Homeowners in Firostefani on the island of Santorini are desperately seeking for help, after the bad weather triggered landslides and some homes are now on the edge of the cliff. The video below was posted by the Director of Environment of the Municipality of Firostefani is revealing of the …
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October 4, 2018
Uncategorized
World Animal Day sadly reminds of the challenge Greece face in terms of animal abuse. It was just on the even of this special day, when somebody fatally shot a pregnant dog. The dog did not particularly belonged to anyone, was rather a stray in the village of Pantelari, Chania …
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September 23, 2018
Uncategorized
An animal abuse of unbelievable brutality in Gergeri, Crete: One or several thugs put a dog mom and her nine puppies in a furnace, placed pine trees needles inside, sealed the entrance with stones and started a fire to have the dog family burned alive. It was pure luck a …
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September 2, 2018
animals
The three-member Misdemeanor Court on the island of Corfu found that the man who poured petrol oil on a dog was innocent and therefore scrapped also the 30,000 euros administrative fine imposed by police. The 62-year-old man appeared in court on Friday with “good intentions” and provided a paper by …
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August 29, 2018
animals
Police on the island of Corfu confirmed it has imposed an administrative fine of 30,000 euros to a man who poured petroleum oil on a dog, tied him at a power column and left the animal under the sun for several hours. The 62-year-old man claimed he poured the fuel …
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August 14, 2018
animals
Locals in downtown Halkida were alerted to hear a dog whining and barking for help. The poor animal was left locked in a car with closed windows under the sun for several hours. Following the dog’s whining, local spotted the animal laying down inside the car. There was no water …
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August 3, 2018
animals
Loukoumakis is the dog that survived the hell in Athens wildfires and his story touched millions of people in Greece and around the world. One can hardly recognize that the small vivid dog is the same who was found a week ago in an outdoor oven in an desperate situation: …
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July 25, 2018
animals
Dirty and obviously exhausted, a dog is sitting on a rock in the sea. The animal has sought refugee from the inferno of the wildfires in east Athens. Together with hundreds of people, also this dog run to the beaches of Mati fleeing the hot breath of a huge fire …
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