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We got the sad news that Noah has crossed the rainbow bridge.
Exactly two years ago he joined his new family in Germany and today they had to let him go. Extra sad it was to hear that it was not the leishmania that got him, in fact he was lucky enough to be off medication because it wasn't active anymore.
Run free sweet boy, we will always remember you.
Kittens, kittens and more kittens...
We are constantly called about kittens, either in danger close to a busy road or in a poorly state.
Sibylle opened her heart and home for 6 kittens from Potos and Tanja took in another kitten in a bad state today.
We thank Claudia and Michael for bringing the last kitten to Kalivia after they visited the vet to give it the first aid, handed us over some cat and dog food, gave us the cat box they have just bought at the vet and on top of that gave a generous donation. Thank you so much!
How much we would like to, we cannot take in any more cats. We are all more than overcrowded. This means we cannot help any more kittens, unless other people on the island contact us and offer their help.
PLEASE, WE CANNOT DO THIS ALONE!
You all probably know that our funds due to Covid are dramatically lower than ever before. In fact we had to put our cat castration project on hold. Something we didn’t like to do and we kept searching for ways to raise money to continue this project.
Then we heard about TEAMING. How does it work? You sign in and on the 1st day of every month € 1 (no more, no less) will be paid from your bank account to our project.
We have more than 1.800 followers on Facebook and our website, if only half of them would join in, it means we can castrate about 20-25 cats per month, that is more than 250 cats per year!
Please join in and help us continuing this so important part of our work. After all, what is one euro?
Of course sharing this post would be very helpful as well.
We just read the news that one of our dogs, setter Donald, lost the battle against Leishmaniasis...
Are thoughts are with April and Gavin who gave him the best years of his life.
This is what they wrote:
5 years ago I drove with my Dad to Düsseldorf to pick up our mini-Merlot, Falcor Pendragon of Gledhow. He was a stray rescued from Thassos, Greece.
Today he died and promised me he’d go find Merlot and Carew. He wasn’t so bothered about Suzy.
Fally had a horrible parasite called Leishmaniasis that slowly wore him down. It didn’t stop him from enjoy his life with us to the full…and sleeping on ever sofa available. He had the most amazing side eye and really was the best boy and took everything in his stride. We miss his little face already.
Run free sweetie, you will be missed.
We want to say a big THANK YOU once again to the Dutch organisation Wereldasielen who supported us with a large donation to cover a part of our vet and food bills.
They are always there for us in difficult times, for which we are very grateful.
A lady, currently on the island, wanted to adopt a dog and she set her eyes on Vienna. To see if she was the right dog for her, she took Vienna with her to Sibylle to get to know her better out of the shelter. Unfortunately it turned out they weren't the right match so she decided not to take her. And we agree that this is the only right decision you can make in such a situation.
Then why Lucky Vienna???
Well... Sibylle liked Vienna very much and because we had to put Zelda to sleep a while ago, she figured she could take in another dog!
Thank you so much Sibylle, you have a big heart and we know she will have a wonderful life with you.
Sadly we had to let Zelda go over the rainbow bridge. Her tumors were taking over so badly that we had to decide what is best for her.
She was found in January 2020 and we are glad we could offer her a good life for at least 18 months, after removing the huge tumor she had.
We thank Sibylle who had her at her home since February and where Zelda was very happy.
Run free little girl...
On Sunday, June 27th, 2021 at 11:00 the annual general meeting will be held in Taverna Triantamia in Kalivia.
All members have been invited by email.
After spending the first 2 years of their lives with us in the shelter, Vettel and Verity finally traveled to their forever homes in Germany.
We want to say a big thank you to Birte & Stephan, who adopted Vettel.
Not only they came over themselves to pick up their dog and take Verity with them as well, they also paid all expenses of the transport to Thessaloniki and collected the dogs from our HalfWayHouse in Theologos.
It saved us a lot of work and money.
We wish both families a happy life with their new dogs.
This German shepherd dog was owned by a man in Limenaria who died a while ago. His wife, an older lady, couldn't take care of it. She felt sorry for the dog and asked our help.
Lisa had a reasonable good life, living freely on a fenced plot. Our first impression is that she is friendly and didn't show agression to her neighbour dog in our small enclosure.
She is a big girl and quite strong.
We thank Mrs. Georgia for her donation towards vaccinations etc.
Soon after Albert was found in September the family who adopted setter Lord from us 2 years ago, decided to take Albert as well. After long waiting we finally managed to book him a ticket on the bus of Thompson Pet Travel and he will leave next week to the UK.
Not only was a lot of (new) paperwork involved but also this way of transport is a lot more expensive then a flight ticket. But to the UK there is no other way to do it.
In this case we are talking big money: the ticket for the bus, the fee for importing a dog to the UK and… Albert needs to be brought to Igoumenitsa. All together it will cost us about € 750!
For us the most important thing is to get a dog to his new home, to start a new life, no matter what it costs. And we are very grateful that Nicky, Albert’s new mum, will pay a substantial part of the costs. But there still will be some money left to pay. That and having quite large debts at 2 of the vets on the island puts us in a difficult position. Certainly because we don’t know what this summer will bring, will we have income from tourism again or will it be as bad as last year?
THEREFOR WE ASK FOR YOUR HELP. If you can spare a few euros, please donate it to us so we can pay our vet bills and buy food for our dogs. Every little bit helps.
Thank you.
With the budget provided by the municipality and the donation of Mrs. Beels from The Netherlands, a total of 137 cats (male and female) have been castrated.
We know, still a drop in the ocean, but it is many many kittens less and 137 animals who will have a better life.
We hope for more donations, so we can go on with this never ending project.
Yacco grew up with his siblings at Tanja’s. His siblings were homed and Tanja decided to keep Yacco.
After a few months he started attacking one of her dogs, the “lowest” of her pack. After trying several things nothing improved. So Yacco had to move to our shelter where he stayed separated from the other dogs.
It appeared that he was really very unhappy like this. So we tried to let him in with some of the other dogs. But after 15 minutes walking around he already found “the lowest” dog and attacked him.
We don’t easily give up on an animal, but with Yacco we have reached our limits. What to do?
Keep him in our shelter separated, being unhappy for the rest of his life?
Euthanise him to stop him having an unhappy life? This is really the very last thing we would do to an animal.
Or… look for that needle in the haystack. That one person that says: I will take Yacco, I will save him and do everything possible to give him a good life.
Yacco is not an aggressive dog in general. Only with dogs and then again not with all dogs. He is fine with humans and even with cats.
If you think you are that person, please contact us.
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so we can find Yacco’s needle in the haystack.
Yacco wuchs mit seinen Geschwistern bei Tanja auf. Seine Geschwister wurden vermittelt und Tanja beschloss, Yacco zu behalten.
Nach ein paar Monaten fing er an, einen ihrer Hunde anzugreifen, den „niedrigsten“ ihres Rudels. Nachdem sie einige Dinge ausprobiert hatte, verbesserte sich nichts. Also musste Yacco in unser Tierheim ziehen, wo er von den anderen Hunden getrennt blieb.
Es war klar, dass er so wirklich sehr unglücklich war. Also haben wir versucht, ihn mit einigen der anderen Hunde hereinzulassen. Aber nach 15 Minuten fand er bereits „der niedrigste“ Hund und griff ihn an.
Wir geben ein Tier nicht so einfach auf, aber mit Yacco sind wir an unsere Grenzen gestoßen. Was zu tun?
Ihn in unserem Tierheim getrennt halten und für den Rest seines Lebens unglücklich sein?
Ihn einschläfern, um zu verhindern, dass er ein unglückliches Leben führt? Dies ist wirklich das allerletzte, was wir einem Tier antun würden.
Oder ... suchen nach dieser Stecknadel im Heuhaufen. Diese eine Person, die sagt: Ich werde Yacco nehmen, ich werde ihn retten und alles tun, um ihm ein gutes Leben zu geben.
Yacco ist im Allgemeinen kein aggressiver Hund. Nur mit Hunden und dann wieder nicht mit allen Hunden. Er ist gut mit Menschen und sogar mit Katzen.
Wenn Sie glauben, diese Person zu sein, kontaktieren Sie uns bitte.
BITTE TEILEN SIE DIESEN POST SO VIEL, WIE SIE KÖNNEN.
Nur so können wir Yaccos Nadel im Heuhaufen finden.
We are very glad with the news that the municipality is providing a serious budget for neutering stray cats.
And on top of that we received a very generous donation from Mrs. Beels from the Netherlands especially for castrations of cats. We are very grateful for her help over and over again.
Thassos really has a large number of cats and the only way to control the population is castration.
And NOT as some people seem to think by poisoning them!
This (and all animal abuse) is forbidden by law with large fines or even prison.
Recently there were cases of poisoning in Theologos and Potos and it was good that these were reported to the police. And don’t think the police won’t do anything with this. This is not true. The problem is that nobody reports it to the police. The more people report to the police the clearer the situation will be and this way it is more likely that the perpetrator can be caught.
So please in case of a poisoning contact the police and if possible take pictures of the situation and (if there is) of the poison.
The best way to work on this problem is TOGETHER.
born 12-2019 # 58 cm # 20 kg # castrated # house trained
Yacco is one of the seven Y-puppies born in December 2019. He was lucky he didn’t have to travel because Tanja decided he could stay with her.
But after a while it turned out that he couldn’t get along with one of her dogs. After months of trying all sorts of things we sadly had to decide that they had to be separated for the best of both dogs and before one would get injured seriously.
So with pain in her heart Tanja brought Yacco to the enclosure…
Now we urgently search for the right family for Yacco. This must be a family with no other animals or small children. A family with experience with dogs who have the time and patience to guide him into a life where he feels safe and secure.
Yacco is full of energy, loves to play (also on his own with a toy) and likes long walks.
The only thing he doesn’t like is driving in a car.
