KATs on Spicy Stories

Small but spunky animal rescue group on Greek island launches push to spay/neuter 100 dogs

by Katerina Lorenzatos Makris (Spicy Stories Save Lives)

San Diego Humane Society and SPCA, a large, spiffy animal shelter in my beautiful home town, is celebrating World Spay Day in a wonderful way by offering 100 free spay/neuter surgeries to cats and dogs of low-income owners. Meanwhile a tiny animal charity group halfway across the globe in Greece, my beautiful home away from home, has taken on a similar goal. But for the smaller group, it’s quite a challenge.

Dog Neuter Appeal 2013

Despite spending over 15,000 Euro last year and the same in previous years on neutering dogs and cats on the island, the situation is not improving for the dogs.  Because read more...

Ark

There is now a shelter in Argostoli, they currently have around 150 dogs and several cats.

Most of these dogs have just been abandoned in the town centre and on the read more...

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