Events

1 day ago

Dear friends,
Wonderful news from our Rowenna from Crete. After a long, agonising wait, adorable Salt and Pepper now have a lovely loving home, hooray!

Just over 6 months ago I rescued 2 tiny kittens abandoned in an old ruin. They'd been alone for 3 days, locals said, screaming all the time - they were starving, of course, and probably also very cold, despite summer temps. Their eyes had just opened. They were hard work for the first few days, as one refused the bottle, but soon turned into the sweetest (and healthiest) kittens I've reared. I heard yesterday that they've been adopted into a lovely home in the UK! I'm so very grateful to Bev and Lorraine of Cretan Animal Protection for fostering them and finding them their forever home. Please, if you have a home to offer a needy dog or cat, pup or kitten, contact Lorraine/CAP. ... See MoreSee Less

The Greek Cat Welfare Society (UK) shared a post.

3 days ago

Nothing makes us happier than seeing a cat recover!Last week, one of our male colony cat suffered an upper respiratory infection. The virus caused conjunctivitis in his right eye.
Eye ointment treatment was administrated daily. He has fully now recovered fully and looks as handsome as ever. ... See MoreSee Less

6 days ago

Dear friends,

Our Vivi, who runs the charity Adespotologio in Athens, has sent us the heartwarming story of two of her special cat friends.

Chipsi and Mamba, a cute couple
It has always been very strange for me how some people are still discussing if animals have feeling or not, or if their behaviour is only based on instincts for survival or reproduction. For anyone of us who has had the opportunity to live with and closely observe animals, and in this case cats, it is obvious that not only they have complex emotions of happiness, sadness, stress, playfulness, but also they are capable of forming social bonds, based solely on the need for friendship and companionship. After fostering so many cats over the years and also watching closely my stray friends, it is always amazing for me how they can be so unique in their characters and so particular on the cats they choose to make friends with, or sometimes enemies.
I thought this once again today, seeing this couple relaxing together outside my friend's workshop. Both have special meaning to me.
The female Chipsi, is about 10 years old, amongst the oldest cats I neutered in the area. She was then about 6 months and a male trying to grab her from the neck had injured the side of her mouth. She was very difficult to trap, the injury got infected and until today part of her lip is missing. Her name comes from "sepsis", as the foster has a black sense of humour. Chipsi, although now more social than before, she never wanted to come inside, on the other hand never wandering away from the Workshop door. She was close friends with our dear Gave, a one-eyed cat who died last year from chronic renal failure. They were a dynamic duo, chasing every other cat who dared approach their spot. But when Gave died, Chipsi was a bit distressed and lonely. Other cats tried to approach and sleep there, she sometimes let them but mostly tolerated them, was never close to them. She was especially mean to male cats...
Until young Mamba came to her life. He is about 10 months now. He was a kitten saved from a sewer when about 1 month old. We took him to foster and rehome. But he had a different opinion. Growing up he became more and more antisocial with people, more and more aggressive. He was named "Black Mamba" as he was hissing and spiting like a snake. He seemed unhappy to be inside an appartment. Although I know that kittens who are inside since so young have very little chances for survival on the street, I made the decision to find a solution for him outside as he was obviously unhappy. My plan was to slowly integrate him at the back garden of Chipsi's workshop. He would have access to the street, but not easy one. The problem was the aggressive females who lived there. I was hoping that due to his mild character they would accept him. But unfortunately not... Although we tried to integrate him gradually, they were constantly mean to him. So finally he came out to the street, and met Chipsi. Of course she was initially mean to him. But for some reason he liked her, he accepted her dominant behaviour, always being friendly and nice to her. And surprisingly, he won her heart!
I had never seen Chipsi sleeping with another cats and, more surprisingly, grooming him. But maybe she realized that a younger boyfriend is the best recipe to stay young, haha. They seem both happy together, I wish they remain like this a long time.

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6 days ago

Dear friends,
Christina from Crete has sent us the following report. We thank Christina and team for their great
work.

This last week we managed to take another 12 cats for neutering. 10 were TNR. 7 from an area where 2 ladies Mary and Fotini are feeding. The cats are wild and not in the best of health but now after being neutered, they have a better chance of survival. 3 others were from near the Police Station where we have already been doing a lot of neutering. One of these 3 boys had respiratory problems and is already showing signs of improvement due to the antibiotics from the surgery. The other 2 of the 12 were from the old town and are still with the vets. 1 (now named Kyriakos) had serious infections and needed a week of medication but will be neutered either tomorrow or Wednesday. We will look to re-home him as he incredibly affectionate. Another one, (Pigatsou) probably needs a leg amputated as she was in some accident and the leg has re-set badly.... She'll also need a home but again, we are lucky that she is friendly. ... See MoreSee Less

6 days ago

Dear friends,

Sorry, we have sold out of the calendars.
Thank you very much for your support. ... See MoreSee Less