December Report

[Symi Animal Welfare]

The Faros vet visit was a great succes with many animals treated. Symi Animal Welfare volunteers were amongst the flow of people taking along pets and rescue animals requiring attention (the vets will only treat animals with an owner's permission, which is difficult as you can appreciate?)

Unfortunately we were unable to locate the cat with the fish-hook in its mouth during the period the vets were around; as Tove has mentioned, the skin condition is much improved and the fish-hook dislodged. He tends to wander all over the village but knows where the feeding stations are and is frequently around when food is taken.

We were able to take the cat from Pedi. During the summer months visitors were most concerned about this particular cat as her face was in a bad way. We managed to establish who was feeding the cat and asked if he would allow us to take her to the visiting vets. However, with a cancer on the nose, sadly, the vets advised that the best option was to put her sleep.

Two of the Symi Animal Welfare committee also persuaded a local woman to take her dog for neutering (in the past, her puppies have literally been abandoned by the dustbins)

There are a lot of kittens around, particularly in the harbour, some appear much stronger than others. We are monitoring their progress as much as possible and a few have already been adopted. The weather continues to be fairly mild with little rain and there are at least 7 feeding stations in that area so at least the kittens are getting a good start.

A new station this year is at Nimborio. Someone kindly offered to go to the bins near to Nirides apartments at least twice a week, whilst walking they had spotted at least 7 cats and 3 kittens so were concerned about them going hungry.

We would like to thank Lukas for his generosity - when I called into his supermarket to pay for 50kg of cat biscuits ordered from him, he wouldn't accept any money.


May we take this opportunity to wish you love and happiness at Christmas-time and for the New Year.

As always, we thank you for your constant support and generosity. (to make a donation, there is a link below)

Claudia, Suzan, Tove, Christina, Hazel and Melanie x