(attention: shocking picture!) Today we got a message from tourists in Hotel Miramare Skala Potamia about a cat in a terrible condition with flies all over it. Luckily we were available to respond immediately. From the picture they sent, it was clear that the cat needed urgently help. We asked the tourists if there was […]
ACT! Animal Care Thassos : YACCO (again)
YACCO Yacco grew up with his siblings at Tanja’s. His siblings were homed and Tanja decided to keep Yacco. After a few months he started attacking one of her dogs, the “lowest” of her pack. After trying several things nothing improved. So Yacco had to move to our shelter where he stayed separated from the […]
ACT! Animal Care Thassos : Lucky Vienna
A lady, currently on the island, wanted to adopt a dog and she set her eyes on Vienna. To see if she was the right dog for her, she took Vienna with her to Sibylle to get to know her better out of the shelter. Unfortunately it turned out they weren’t the right match so […]
ACT! Animal Care Thassos : RIP 10-8-2021 Falcor (Donald)
We just read the news that one of our dogs, setter Donald, lost the battle against Leishmaniasis… Are thoughts are with April and Gavin who gave him the best years of his life. This is what they wrote: 5 years ago I drove with my Dad to Düsseldorf to pick up our mini-Merlot, Falcor Pendragon […]
ACT! Animal Care Thassos : Itchy
This is our newcomer Itchy. He is a greek hunting dog and seems still young. His story is very sad. 2 weeks ago a couple came to our ACT employee Sophia in the night. They had Itchy with them. He was sitting in the car shivering and huddled up. The couple took him from a […]
ACT! Animal Care Thassos : RIP Diana 07-07-20222
Unfortunately we have some sad news to share with you. Maybe you remember our old but very sweet setter Diana. We took her in November 2020 from an old man in Kalivia. He had Diana for years on his little plot with chickens. Someone informed us that the dog had a big tumor.We convinced […]
ACT! Animal Care Thassos : Mother cat rescue
We got an email from a German lady who asked for help. Reading the email we understood that she did part of the ‘helping’ already by herself: “Thursday we found a pregnant cat, when she tried to deliver a baby in breech position. The kitten was already dead. We took her to a doctor in […]
ACT! Animal Care Thassos : More help from tourists
We are so grateful for the tourists that reach out to us for help, but also actually do something themselves! Romanian tourists found a kitten with infected eyes and asked us where the closest vet was. They took it to Konstantina (who is an angel they told us later ) who treated the cat and […]
ACT! Animal Care Thassos : Another injured cat
Saturday we got a message from tourists about an injured kitten on a small beach towards Trypiti. Later the cat disappeared. Sunday other tourists sent a message about the same cat. Luckily Tanja could go there straight away to take the cat. It was clear that it had broken front legs, it was dehydrated and […]