This page has been born after an idyllic holiday to Greece turned into a heartbreaking nightmare. On the penultimate day of a week-long holiday to Halkidiki in northern Greece, myself and my partner discovered a litter of tiny kittens apparently abandoned by a road in wasteland near our B&B. With no kittie mother in sight, and knowing we had to travel back tto the UK the next day, we emailed three
animal rescue volunteers with an urgent message for help. All three responded quickly, and - joy! - one volunteer, Rebecca, travelled down the next day to collect the minute creatures, lifting them from the hot, dusty land and pressing them close to a human heart, for comfort. Since that day in late May 2017, despite the TLC given by Rebecca, two of the four kittens have sadly died, the remaining two - a tiny tabby named Candy, shown in the main picture here and a slightly older black-and-white kittie - are doing well. This page is inspired by our experience and fuelled by a zeal to do as much as possible to raise awareness of (and funds for) the plight of kittens and cats in Greece, which, since the economy nosedived, are being abandoned in record numbers. All funds raised via this page, and our related JustGiving Crowdfunding campaign will go direclty to the animal rescue volunteers in Halkidiki, Greece, who we are in contact with on a daily basis. Money is desperately needed for food costs, vets' bills (neutering and vaccinations) and pets' passports/transportation to safe homes elsewhere. Most of all, we need to raise awareness of this tragedy and find as many homes as we can for these animals.
