Cats from Greece

27/06/2024

Billy is another kitten we have available for adoption. He is very beautiful and loves to explore, as long as someone is around to help him! He was born from a stray cat and unfortunately he cannot stay where he is as it is not safe for him due to passing cars. He lives outdoors but he loves to be indoors and knows how to use a litter tray.
Billy has had his first set of vaccinations.
If anyone is interested in offering Billy a safe, loving home please send us a message.

17/06/2024

Maggy is a typical example of a rescued kitten here in Greece. She is one of thousands of kittens that are born and contract an upper respiratory disease. This is due to their being many feral cats in Greece that are both unvaccinated and unsterilised (there is little or no help from the government) . Many kittens each year die a horrible death from these diseases, some, like Maggy, get picked up by an animal lover who then gets them treated and made well. The only problem then is to find a suitable home for them. Most volunteers are already up to their eyeballs with rescued animals and although it is difficult for them to turn a blind eye and leave one to die they have trouble to take care of them all on a permanent basis.
Maggy is now beautiful and well and in need of a home.

14/06/2024

Betty was found, as a newborn, with her brothers and sisters (4 altogether) tied up in a plastic bag full of used toilet tissue and left to die. Fortunately, passers-by heard their cries and contacted the local animal rescue organisation. 3 out of the 4 survived with the help of a wonderful foster mum cat who took care of them as her own.
Betty and her siblings are now ready to find their forever homes.
She is healthy and loving, weaned (7 weeks old) and using a sand box.

05/05/2023

All cats can become beautiful pets as long as they receive the care that they need.

18/11/2022

12/11/2022

04/11/2022

Ο Tobby είναι μόλις 3 μηνών…. 😻
Γλυκός, τρυφερός, γουργουριστός, εμβολιασμένος, αποπαρασιτωμένος!
ΘΑ ΣΑΣ ΞΕΤΡΕΛΑΝΕΙ!!!🐾♥️
Ψάχνουμε ΑΜΕΣΑ υιοθεσία για το απίθανο αυτό ginger γατουλίνι!

20/10/2022

Griechenland! Ironischerweise finden wir wundervoll aussehende Katzen auf denen von uns gekauften Kalendern. Sehr hübsch posiert, als Hintergrund eine rosarotblühende Bougainvillea oder vor den weiß-blauen Inselkulissen, gesund, glücklich ohne irgenwelche Zweifel oder Hilfe der Welt. Leider ist das Leben für die griechischen Katzen ganz anders. Für jede gesunde und glückliche Katze (und da sind einige) gibt es hunderte an Hunger und Krankheiten verendete.

Wir können nicht mit Genauheit sagen, wieviele es sind, aber alles was ich weiß, ist, daß viele, unzählige Straßenkätzchen gefunden werden, doch ebensoviele werden nicht gefunden, nicht gesehen. Manche werden vor einem schrecklichen Tod gerettet, aber dann findet man kein zu Hause für sie.

Tierfreunde, die viel für die Kätzchen tun, sind oft überfordert mit der Menge der Katzen, die letztendlich in ihren Wohnungen oder Häusern bleiben. Manche Katzen sind blind, können einfach nicht wieder auf die Straße gesetzt werden. Die, die nicht behandelt werden, sterben einen langsamen, schrecklichen Tod in den ersten Wochen ihres Lebens. Alle anderen gesunden, denen nicht geholfen werden kann, leben unbeschützt auf der Straße, immer in Gefahr überfahren zu werden, oder zu verhungern.

Es gibt so manche Programme für Sterilisationen, aber diese reichen nicht, oder werden leider von den Gemeinden nicht ausgeführt. Natürlich helfen viele Tierfreunde, Tierschutzvereine wo sie nur können, aber jedes Jahr ist es immer dasselbe. Um es klar auszudrücken: ....die griechischen Katzen brauchen keinen Kalender, sie brauchen unsere Hilfe!

Bitte sende uns eine Nachricht, wenn du darüber nachdenkst, eine Katze zu adoptieren.....eine, von so vielen, die dringend ein zu Hause brauchen!

17/10/2022

Greece, ironically, is renowned for its beautiful cats. We buy calendars with them on, pictured beautifully poised in front of bougainvillea laden walls or other whitewash and blue island scenes, healthy, happy and without a care in the world. But unfortunately for those living in Greece the picture of the life of Greek cats is a very different one. For every cat that is happy and healthy (and there are some) there are hundreds that have perished and died of malnutrition and disease. Perhaps it's not possible to know the exact statistic, all I know is that there are a lot, there are a lot that are found, seen and known about but also undoubtedly there are a lot that die quite horribly unfound, unseen and unknown about. Some get somehow rescued from a rather ugly and horrible end but are then faced with another problem and that's one of finding a home.

Those involved in trying to save, heal, improve, home and control Greece's ever growing cat population live in houses full of cats that nobody else stepped forward to take for whatever reasons. They are full up. Many cats are disabled in some way, mostly blinded from a respiratory infection that leaves many kittens (if not treated early enough) either with one eye and partial sight or both eyes 'disintegrated' and totally blind, if they manage to survive at all. Many don't and die slowly and quite horrifically within the first weeks of life. Those that do survive, if they are not helped and protected and are left to live on the streets and fend for themselves, have slim chances of survival past a few months due to the many dangers of street life for cats which is already pretty hazardous for a cat with all it's bodily systems functioning well.

There are some sterilisation programs but much room for improvement. There are people that help but not enough and each and every year tells the same story of suffering and death. And to put it bluntly the 'Cats of Greece' don't need to be admired on a glossy calendar, in truth they need our help.

Please message if you would like to discuss adopting one of the many cats and kittens that desperately need a home.