A great success!!! Well, the dogs caught probably didn’t think so but they don’t realise that it is better for them in the long term… So,after all the lobbying in the past 6 years… … after all the Humane Education presentations in the Malia schools in 2009… … after all the poster and leaflet distribution [...]
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This story may sound a bit harsh, but it’s a hard world we animals are living in! In the past I have many times been compared with Wobbly (may he R.I.P. in dog-heaven!) but now that he has passed away recently I am hoping to get my own glory, which in my opinion I so deserve! [...]
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Please sign the petition for the Chania Animal Protection society to help lobby the Municipality in order to remove the animals from the cages in the Municipal Gardens!
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…was Valentine’s Day! And it started early for the CAWG volunteers! Not with breakfast in bed! No! With setting up the bazaar! From 7am we started getting all the stands ready & carrying out the boxes with goods so we would be ready at 10am for the big rush! And as always, thanks to all our hard [...]
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Kathara Deftera (Greek for “Clean Monday”; the day after Carnival) became literally a clean Monday for our CAWG volunteers! A few days ago we blogged about CAWG spreading the posters for this important scheme as CAWG agreed with the Malia Municipality to help them this first time catching stray dogs for their upcoming Catch-Neuter-Release scheme. This might have seem as CAWG’s first [...]
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Our first survey for 2010! Once again, our dedicated volunteers walked the streets of Malia and Stalis counting roaming cats and dogs on public property. Soon the 2008 and 2009 Survey Results will be posted on the blog! Don’t miss them! We will be using this method as an indicator for success of the Subsidised [...]
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We would like to thank everybody for their heart warming emails & comments which we literally received from all over the world!!! It did the volunteers a lot of good and made the loss a bit easier to handle… We are wondering now… did Wobbly ever realise how far his fame reached??? As he always stayed so modest
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Well, CAWG volunteer action for now… 400 Leaflets and 60 Posters were distributed by us in Malia and Stalis so we hope that local citizens are aware of the upcoming Catch-Neuter-Release scheme for stray dogs the Malia Municipality is planning!
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This charming fellow was brought to us as a victim of a traffic accident! Even though he was covered in blood, the vet could not find anything broken, only bruising… he was kept in a foster home for a week on antibiotics and, once we made sure all was well with him, he was released [...]
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After all the hard work of CAWG volunteers, local citizens and supporters abroad, the Malia Municipality has agreed to: Change the 2009 Budget coding from ”Leaflets” to ”Vet Costs” Increase the 2009 Budget from 2000EUR to 3000EUR Include stray dog control in the 2010 budget if approved by the council Leaflets and Posters are being [...]
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