Tag Archives: sheep

An outbreak of pox disease in sheep mainly in northern Greece has led to the culling of 17,500 animals and a 10-day nationwide ban on livestock movement and transport. The ban restricts the movement of sheep and goats for breeding, grazing or slaughter. A few days ago, two confirmed cases …

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Greece has recorded so far a total of 22 cases of sheep and goat pest (rinderpest, PPR) nationally, despite the ban on their transport, authorities said on Tuesday. According to data so far, 20 of these cases were identified in Thessaly, 1 in Corinth, and 1 in Attica. A total …

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Dozens of sheep and goats were buried alive instead of being killed first as health. safety and humane treatment of animal protocols require. The animals were from a farm unit in Trikala, central Greece, where livestock was found to have been infected with rinderpest. WARNING! GRAPHIC PICTURES! According to a …

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More than 100 veterinarians have been send to Central Greece to conduct health checks to sheep and goat as a serious outbreak of highly contagious of ovine rinderpest or cattle pest, a virus infecting sheep and goats. At the same time, the Regional Governor of Thessaly has ordered the closure …

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Greece’s Environment ministry and the local government have decided to establish parks for the protection of the deer on the island of Rhodes. According to data by the University of Thessaloniki deer on Rhodes amounts to 6,284, locals speak of a much higher but unspecified number. According to a joint …

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A flock of hungry sheep in the flooded areas of Central Greece raided a greenhouse with medical cannabis and happily chewed over 100 kilograms. A shepherd in Almyros by Volos was surprised by the ‘strange’ behavior of his flock just a few hours after he had taken them out to …

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Sheep ate the grass in a football field in mountainous Crete. The game ended 1-0 with… a clear victory for the lambs. A field of pure delight in mountainous Crete for the sheep that trod and ate its grass. The obviously abandoned and deforested by the sheep field has been …

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A lightning killed more than 50 sheep in the region of Vlacha in Metsovo, northern Greece, during a thunderstorm that hit the area on Tuesday afternoon. According to state broadcaster ERT, the frequent thunderstorms that have broken out in recent days are particularly intense with lots of lightning. Greece is …

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A flock of 200 sheep has been seized by Greek tax authorities and is to change hands in an electronic auction. The single-member First Instance Court in Grevena, West Macedonia, gave the green light for the forceful auctioning of the animals. The sheep owner owes €3,848.59 to Social Security Fund …

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The bad weather front that stroke the island of Crete in the last two days did not bring only humans in dire situation but also animals. A flock of sheep was trapped in a flooded area, while a sea turtle was spotted to struggle against the sea waves. Turtle Rescue …

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Yannoula is a special needs young sheep walking with the help of a wheelchair. She desperately needs transport to her new forever home in a UK sanctuary. Ever since she was found as a tiny little lamb she has been living in an apartment in Irakleio, Crete. She was a …

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With the wind, hot and dry blowing from the south-west, Tuesday was one of the hottest days in Athens. 41° Celsius at 5 pm in the shadow. Incredible. the lucky ones of us closed balcony doors and windows and turned the A/C on: 25 degrees. Perfect. The unlucky ones, without …

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It’s done. Despite the famous Greek summer, as of tomorrow, June 1st 2016, it will rain auctions and foreclosures. The relevant Presidential Decree was signed and published in the Official Gazette. Apartments, villas, land plots, hotels, ships, helicopters and yachts but also 180 sheep and poultry farm equipment with 4 …

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