Frequently asked questions

Many people believe that the animal society is a public service, that its members are paid to ‘provide’ services, that it is funded by the state, the municipalities, that it is a Non-Governmental Organization, etc.

But the truth and reality are in a completely different perspective.

-The animal welfare group is made up of members who are volunteering to inform and raise awareness of the animal, domestic, productive and wildlife issues.

-It comes to every municipality to assist and cooperate with it to implement the parameters set by law for its obligations regarding the protection, welfare and management of stray and captive animals.

– It gives a special basis to education, but also to informing the public, through special programs in schools, with printed material, with advertisements etc, as only in these ways can the culture of the Greek animals be influenced and changed.

-It promotes animal adoptions.

– Organize group sterilizations with partner or volunteer veterinarians.

-Directs citizens in cases of complaints of abuse, and other animal-related offenses.

– Seeks to exert pressure on the competent authorities to assume their responsibilities and duties with regard to the welfare of stray and captive animals.

-His action is the result of a purely voluntary private initiative, which includes, besides the above, the hospitalization and care of injured and sick animals, their transport to the local veterinary clinic, as well as the daily feeding of dozens of stray animals in various areas without the legal obligation of members. of their actions.

-The purpose of the animal club is not to gather stray animals but primarily to fight against them.

-The club’s financial resources come from membership fees, possible sponsorships, and bargains it occasionally organizes. Usually the cost of feeding and several of the medical expenses are borne individually by each volunteer member.

Volunteering is not a matter for a few people but for all of us.

Harmonious coexistence with animals is necessary and compulsory.

The microchip is a tiny capsule weighing about half a gram, about the size of a rice grain, containing a unique 15-digit number that represents your dog’s electronic identity. This code corresponds to his (breed, etc.) but also to your personal information, which is then registered with the Veterinary Services. This is the most reliable way of electronic signage, used all over the world and can be detected anywhere on the planet with a scanner available from all veterinary clinics.

If you lose your dog, this is the most reliable way to find it. Sure, announcing it to local veterinarians, posting announcements or even posting ads in newspapers, magazines and online will help, but the microchip is definitely not the safest way to find it.

The nametag collar actually has many advantages. It is the fastest way to find your dog. Most people will bother to call the number on the card than, unfortunately, the dog goes to the vet for a check (you should know that a scanner check is never charged by veterinarians).

Putting microchips on pets not only makes it easier to identify lost animals, but mainly helps to cope with stray animals and to prevent pet abandonment, by cultivating a sense of responsibility among owners and thus enhancing the legality of the laws. animals, which criminalize the abandonment of a pet.
This also controls the illegal movement of animals between states.

The microchip is so tiny that your dog doesn’t feel it at all! It is injected by the vet, just like with the vaccine, just with a slightly thicker needle. It is usually placed between the dog’s shoulder blades so that the animal does not feel the slightest discomfort.

source : P.A.W.S.

Sterilization is the surgery in which the uterus and ovaries are removed in females and testes in males. It is done by a veterinarian. Sterilization is performed under general animal anesthesia.

Other benefits of neutering, as a veterinarian will confirm, are that neutering can prevent breast, ovarian and pyometra cancers. A dog neutered before the first estrus has zero chance of developing breast cancer.

The “equation” of neutering weight gain is a myth. Indeed, post-neutering animals tend to eat more food and therefore in cases where the owner does not pay proper attention to the animal’s diet there is an increase in his weight.

Sterilization is usually done after the age of 6 months when a male animal is present, and after the first estrous period (around 10-12 months) when a female. It is advisable to consult with your veterinarian about what is the ideal procedure for your animal depending on breed, weight, etc.

source : P.A.W.S.

Behind every stray animal is an irresponsible former owner.

-Put a microchip and neuter your animal as required by law.
– Inoculate it and monitor its health.
-Don’t give up when something goes wrong. (Would you leave your child on the street?)

Animal responsibility is about morality and culture.
– Respect them.
-Protect them and love them.
– Tell the Animal to help you manage an incident. – Complain about torture, mistreatment, abandonment of animals that have fallen into your mind.
– Adopt a stray.
-You give food and water to the strangers of your neighborhood.
– Inform the municipality and animal care and help sterilize strays you know.

Indifference to a problem always makes it bigger.

“Call the animal welfare” is the usual phrase of those who think this is the way to solve the problem of strangers. They are the ones who fail to understand that no matter how many dogs the dog collects, the stray animal will not end up that way.

Most consciousness ends in phoning in the animal. Inside they feel relieved to have done the right thing and acted as animals. But animal zealotry is not the “paint” and a phoney call does not make you a responsible active citizen and zealot.

Want to help the stray you found? The stray around your neighborhood?

-Get water and food, even if it’s in an outside protected area.

-If you can’t host it, search for friends and acquaintances.

Take her to the vet if she is injured or to see if she has a microchip.

-If you have no stray sterilization program, your municipality will raise money and sterilize it with the help of animal welfare.

-Publish his photo online with as much information as you can to find his guardian or the one who gave it up or to find a family to adopt.

“Take the animal” to help you with all that but not to get it.

Animal immunity is prohibited by law in Greece. It is permissible to stay in shelters for a few days (as long as they need care and care) and then reintegrate into their natural environment.

Learn to live with strangers. Strays do not “sprout”, but are created by humans themselves and the uncontrolled births of dominant animals.

“Take the animal” to help her not give her what we can all do.