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 …
Read More »
Corfu court clears man who poured petrol on dog, scraps €30K fine
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 …
Read More »
Corfu police fines man with €30K for pouring petroleum oil on dog
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 …
Read More »
Halkida: Locals, police free dog left in car under the boiling sun
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 …
Read More »
Matted dog Loukoumakis rescued in Athens wildfires seeks forever home
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: …
Read More »
Dog “on the rock” in Athens wildfires reunites with owner (picts)
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 …
Read More »
Missing Alzheimer’s patient found dead next to dog barking …for help
An elderly woman suffering from Alzheimer’s and her dog. A loyal soul that did not move from her side for five days. A tiny little dog who kept barking, practically asking for help for his beloved owner. 75-year-old Maria S. went missing on Saturday, April 28th. She took her dog …
Read More »
Patras: Red Cross volunteers rescue elderly dog from the sea (picts, videos)
Sea Rescuer volunteers from the Greek Red Cross had to intervene and rescue an elderly dog from a trap: he had found himself on the rocky sea mole at the Marina of Patras, North-West Peloponnese. For some unknown reason, the dog found himself in the sea and had swam approximately …
Read More »
No sign of dog abused by soldiers, hunter claims to be owner
Hours after the the brutal dog abuse by Greek soldiers became public last Sunday morning, several “witnesses” and “sources” claimed towards media and on social media that “the dog was in good health” and was taken care by a “local shelter,” “other soldiers in a nearby village,” or “an elderly.” …
Read More »
Soldiers claim dog abuse was an “unfortunate incident”, seeking “understanding”
The two young soldiers who threw a stray dog over a cliff dared to issue a joint statement in which they call the brutal abuse as “unfortunate incident.” In a joint statement sent to websites paramythia-online.gr and thespro.gr, local media in Thesprotia region of Epirus in West Greece they apologize …
Read More »
UPD Horror abuse! Greek soldiers throw dog over cliff, post video on social media
The General Staff of the Greek Land Forces has ordered an urgent investigation after a video posted on social media shows the horror abuse of a dog by soldiers. In the video posted on Facebook on Sunday morning, the two soldiers grab a dog from the legs and throw him …
Read More »
Granny, 97, refuses to move to nursing home concerned about the future of her aging dog (video)
A story of love and devotion between an 97-year-old lady who needs care and her loyal dog of 22 years who needs care as well. Life, age and health issues had to separate them. For this reason, the lady, a resident of a village near Chania on the island of …
Read More »
Lovely 10-month-old Mitsi has one Christmas wish: a forever home
Cutie Mitsi is a lovely dog approximately 10 months old. She was abused and left to die by monster perpetrators in Patras, western Greece. A wire was tied tight around her neck, an ugly wound was open wide in one of her legs, the bone was visible. The abused dog …
Read More »
Caught on camera: Driver abandons dog in Kalamaria, Thessaloniki (video)
A security camera caught a pet owner abandoning a dog in the center of Kalamaria suburb of Thessaloniki in Northern Greece. The driver of a red Opel Corsa stops the car outside a petrol station and lets the dog out in what it seems a short rambling around. The dog …
Read More »
Kalavryta: Judge sets free driver who dragged his dog behind his truck over several kilometers
A video showing a small truck dragging a dog on a road in Peloponnese outraged animal lovers in Greece. The truck owner keeps driving, while the body of the poor animal tied on the truck is being dragged on the rough asphalt of the land road. The dog dies a …
Read More »
Dog Brio finds supersized rare white truffle in Northern Greece
An unusually large, rare and expensive gastronomic treasure was found in Northern Greece. The large white truffle (Tuber magnatum) weighs 510 grams. It is the largest ever white truffle found in Greece in recent years. White truffles usually weight 50-150 grams. The rare white truffle was found by the associate …
Read More »
Dog missing after 6.3R earthquake returns home when school bell rings
For one year, the dog called Bubis was the mascot of the primary school in Vrisa on the island of Levsos. He disappeared from the area after the powerful 6.3 R earthquake stroke on June 12th, devastated the village and brought also the school to collapse.When the school bell rang …
Read More »
Fire Brigades rescue dog from rushing river waters (video)
A shepherd spotted a dog swept away from the waters of the river Alfeios in Peloponnese. The poor animal had somehow manage to save himself from the rushing waters on one of the rocks of the river bed rock under a bridge. But it was trapped. The shepherd called the …
Read More »
German tourist injured as he tried to save a goat chased by a dog
A German tourist literally risked his life trying to save a goat that was chased by a dog. The man suffered serious injuries when he fell into a rocky area on the island of Antiparos. The middle-aged man and his wife were walking along the sea side in the west …
Read More »
Village priest executes his own dog, claims he was sick with Kalazar
Local police arrested a priest who shot and executed his own dog with a rifle in front of his neighbors. According to the neighbors and eyewitnesses, the priest, a resident of village Aipeia in Messinia, Peloponnese, on Thursday evening. He was pulling the dog with a rope, while he was …
Read More »