A NIGHTMARE IN GREECE!
"They cut open the shelter fence and tossed in a bunch of puppies at night, by morning they were all dead from exposure"
"Someone busted open our gate, 4 dogs got out, we found them beaten to death the next day"
"The garbage collectors throw out poison for the dogs, then once they are dead they just toss into the compactors"
"Last night someone threw a bunch of rat poison into one of our runs, all 20 dogs died". Welcome to Greece.
These quotes come from some very brave women who run 2 of the hardest working shelters in Greece, Trikala & Levadia. My amazing friend Vivian of Emerald City Pet Rescue (ECPR) recently brought this to my attention & as a result we (Pet Pardons & ECPR) have come together & are flying 3 of their dogs from Greece to the United States where they will for the first time have families of their own who love them, they are Dumbo (now Zeus), Rex and Jump (now Apollo).
These 2 shelters get ZERO assistance from the Greek Government, ZERO assistance from the locals in their town, and they are run by people with ZERO means, but they do it anyway, because they care that much.
What's worse the Mayor's of these towns won't issue permits to make these shelters 'legal' so they are constantly under attack from the 'authorities'. They are bullied, threatened and attacked, just for trying to save the dogs lives.
Conditions at their shelters are rough, and the condition of the animals they take in is worse, they are all abused, malnourished, terrified, sick and traumatized, the fact that any of them survive is a testament to the amazing work that these shelters do.
These brave people need to know they are not alone, they need to know that people care and most of all their dogs need our support.
In their own words "We can't keep up with the amount of animals being Abandoned, or strays that we need to care for! We need the Help! We are getting no help from our Govt for Dog & Cat Food, Vetting, Medications, or Sterilizations! We are in a Crises SItuation in Greece! We don't have the money to pay for all the surgeries, medical care, and food without more help! Please!"
Well we are going to help them as much as we can, will you join us?
Right now the chipin is at $1000, if it gets to $2000 tonight before midnight Pacific Time then i will add $1000 from my own pocket.
Please give anything you can at:
petbankingreece.chipin.com/tri…Thank You!
Sincerely,
Chris Hoar
[[I have copied this from a post on Facebook by Pet Pardons about the horrifying story about Greece. Please spread this around, to help get this shelter the funds to care for these poor animals! Please please PLEASE, it would mean so much to them! Post if you do ; i would really love to know it was spread on]]