P. A. W. S.
POROS ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY
Poros Animal Welfare Society was legally registered by the Greek courts in February 2002. Our main aim is to sterilize stray cats and dogs as well as encourage the local pet owners to have their pets sterilized and we are getting promising results. From January 2003 our animal clinic has been up and running thanks to the Mayor of Poros providing us with a room which is located by the Mill at the top of Poros town. Our vet Yiannis from Aegina comes once a month, usually on a Tuesday, posters are placed in public places a week before he comes, for example, supermarkets, chemists, the petrol station, the local meat market in Poros and also the Council Office board.
We also have visits from the organization Friends of the Cats who often stay on Poros for two days at a time, where we usually manage to get many stray cats sterilized.
In the past three years we have had about 50 stray dogs and 500 cats sterilized, plus we have managed to find homes for many.
As usual our society is always struggling for funds, during the year we hold fundraising events, which are very successful. We not only rely on the tourists, but our local residents as well. We always appreciate their support.
We have placed posters around Poros regarding the poisoning of cats and dogs, which is illegal and explains the laws against this and anyone caught will be penalized. Also there is a new law where all owned pets must be micro chipped, this hopefully will discourage the abandoning of pets.
We have numerous collection boxes all over Poros including the Post Office, hotels and various offices. We would like to point out that we are always looking for volunteers who may be able to help in some way.
We would like to thank everyone who continues to support us including the shopkeepers, tavernas and all our members, plus our overseas members. Keep up the good work.
If you are interested in becoming a member please contact our secretary Anna Sotiraki on 22980 23677 or if you would like to send a donation, our bank account is at the ALPHA BANK – Poros, under the name of Animal Welfare, account number 160-00-2001-000054.
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