PAWS HAS A NEW WEBSITE
AT THE URL www.paws.gr
The new site is intended to create a social network of people interested in animal welfare in Paros
and to generate discussion in Greek and in English.
Users can also sign in to a mailing-list and receive the latest news and monthly PAWS newsletter.
See you all there!
The current wordpress blog will not get updated any-more.
Dear friends of the Blog! Thank you for following the Blog and our work in the past. After years of passionate work and hundreds of entries in the Blog I resign. I resign from PAWS, I resign from the Blog. The ‘Golden Animal Friend Award’ is from a person in Germany who adopted a rescued dog a few years ago. I thank all the supporters who helped us do this difficult work in the past.
When PAWS members Walter and Ireanah found a frightened and skinny female hunting dog on their doorstep in Antiparos after Christmas, they did not know yet. They did not know that they would take this sweet female to Switzerland, that their daughter would adopt it and last but not least THEY DID NOT KNOW THAT VERY SOON THE DOG WOULD GIVE BIRTH TO 8 PUPPIES! The young couple is overwhelmed, as they are both working and have no time to raise such a big family. An animal welfare organisation in Switzerland has promised to help with finding homes for the little ones. The first pictures shows the finders, the puppy is one from PAWS that got to travel with them to its new family.
When a 15year old schoolgirl walked home from school last Saturday, the 2 puppies followed her home. Someone must have dumped them. The girl’s mother called PAWS – they could not possibly keep them. Barbara went to pick the sweet pups up and they will move to Tripiti today.
Not one white hair on them
PAWS was called yesterday about some puppies that had shown up at a Quarry some time ago. The man who called, said he was an animal lover and that he did not mind to keep them there. One of them had a popped out eye, though, and he would like us to take care of her if possible. He had only just discovered our leaflet, had not known that we exist. Barbara went to get the puppy. It is on antibiotics and the eye will have to be extracted in a few days.
This little female was found with a fractured front leg in Aliki. Has anybody lost her? No one has stepped forward yet. The little dog will travel to Germany quickly, her chances of getting proper treatment for her leg are much better there than on the island.
On New Year’s Eve, PAWS got a phone call about a frightened dog that had got trapped in a small strip of land between the street and a home. When Barbara went to check out the situation the following day, she realized that there was no chance to get the dog easily. Today, after getting some tranquilizer from the vet, Matthias and Barbara went to get the dog. As it is the case very often with frightened dogs, the tranquilizer did not work at all. Luckily Claudia and Uli from the rehoming organisation Paroshunde in Germany had donated a Catching Pole to PAWS when they were here last fall. Unfortunately no one was there to take photos during the catching, as M&B had their hands absolutely full: try catching a dog, getting it in the box and all that 2 meters above the street level….. Luckily the female dog is safe and we hope that she will accept humans very soon. 
Την παραμονή της πρωτοχτονιάς ο PAWS έλαβε ένα τηλεφώνημα που αφορούσε ένα φοβισμένο σκυλί που είχε παγιδευτεί σε ένα μικρό κομμάτι γης μεταξύ ενός δρόμου κι ενός σπιτιού. Όταν η Βαρβάρα, την επόμενη ημέρα, πήγε να ελέγξει την κατάσταση, κατάλαβε ότι δεν θα ήταν εύκολη υπόθεση να το πιάσουν. Σήμερα, αφού προμηθεύτηκαν κάποιο ηρεμιστικό από τον κτηνίατρο, η Βαρβάρα και ο Matthias πήγαν να φέρουν τον σκύλο. Όπως όμως συμβαίνει πολύ συχνά με τα φοβισμένα σκυλιά, το ηρεμιστικό δεν λειτούργησε. Ευτυχώς, το περασμένο φθινόπωρο, η Claudia και ο Uli από την οργάνωση Paroshunde, είχαν δωρίσει στον PAWS ένα ειδικό εργαλείο για να μπορεί κανείς να πιάνει ζώα από απόσταση. Δυστυχώς την ώρα που η Βαρβάρα και ο Matthias έπιαναν τον σκύλο με το εργαλείο αυτό και προσπαθούσαν να τον βάλουν μέσα στο κλουβάκι, κανείς δεν υπήρχε εκεί γύρω για να τους φωτογραφήσει… Τελικά ο θηλυκός σκύλος είναι ασφαλής και πολύ σύντομα ελπίζουμε να νοιώσει ξανά άνετα κοντά στους ανθρώπους.
The PAWS President got a phone call tonight. A man had seen these puppies dumped next to the garbage in Kakapetra 2 days ago but did not know how to find us……. He saw them again earlier today and they were still alive. He finally found the number and called about 7 p.m. How many people dumped their garbage in those 2 days and saw them? Who dumped them in the first place? 11 puppies, some very tiny but still alive after 2 days. You dog owners, do you think it is right to dispose of your puppies in this manner? Do you feel good when you look at yourself in the mirror?
Ο πρόεδρος του PAWS δέχτηκε σήμερα ένα τηλεφώνημα. Ένας άντρας είχε δει πριν από 2 ημέρες κάτι κουτάβια πεταμένα δίπλα από ένα σκουπιδοτενεκέ, στα Κακάπετρα. Δεν ήξερε όμως που να μας βρεί. Τα ξαναείδε νωρίτερα σήμερα και ήταν ακόμα ζωντανά. Τελικά κατάφερε και βρήκε το τηλέφωνό μας και μας πήρε κατα τις 7 μ.μ. Αναρωτιέμαι πόσοι ακόμα πέταξαν τα σκουπίδια τους σε εκείνο τον τενεκέ αυτές τις 2 ημέρες και τα είδαν… Ποιός τα πέταξε εκεί; 11 κουταβάκια, μικροσκπικά, πολύ αδύνατα, αλλά ακόμα ζωντανά μετά πό 2 μέρες. Ιδιοκτήτες σκύλων: νομίζετε ότι μπορείτε να πετάτε τα κουτάβια σας με αυτόν τον τρόπο; Νοιώθετε καλά όταν κοιτάζεστε στον καθρέφτη;
We had decided to give the house in Tripiti a new coat of paint after Biggies departure and before Matthias’ moving in. Yesterday Bram and Stella were painting, today Bram, Matthias and Barbara all gave their best. Tomorrow the floor will be painted and hopefully Matthias can move in on Tuesday.
Είχαμε ήδη αποφασίσει να φρεσκάρουμε λίγο το σπίτι στην Τρυπητή μόλις θα έφευγε η Biggie και πριν εγκατασταθεί ο Matthias. Χτες βάφανε ο Bram και η Στέλλα, σήμερα ο Bram, ο Matthias και η Βαρβάρα βάλανε να δυνατά τους. Αύριο θα βαφτούν τα πατώματα κι αν όλα πάνε καλά ο Matthias θα μπορέσει να μετακομίσει την Τρίτη.
Friday evening, Biggie, her dog Zippo, 3 cats that she adopted, 2 cats that she will rehome and 6 puppies who will be rehomed by the organisation Paroshunde in Germany and who were taken to Munich by our friend and biggest supporter Eibi left the island – after losing their original flights due to the strike. Luckily, they all left only about 12 hours later. Biggie flew to Brussels, a more economical choice when travelling with animals. She was picked up by her father and after a long and difficult drive due to a lot of snow she finally reached home.
Την Παρασκευή το βράδυ η Biggie, ο σκύλος της ο Zippo, 3 γάτες που υιοθέτησε, 2 γάτες και 6 κουτάβια που θα πάνε σε καινούργια σπίτια από την οργάνωση Paroshunde στην Γερμανία, έφυγαν από την Πάρο. Τις 2 γάτες και τα κουτάβια θα συνοδεύσει στο Μόναχο η μεγαλύτερη υποστηρίκτριά μας και φίλη μας η Eibi. Αρχικά και οι δύο χάσανε τις αρχικές τους πτήσεις λόγω απεργίας αλλά ετυχώς με μόνο 12 ώρες καθυστέρηση αναχώρησαν. Η Biggie πήγε στις Βρυξέλλες (είναι φθηνότερα να ταξιδεύεις εκεί με ζώα), από όπου την παρέλαβε ο πατέρας της και μετά από ένα δύσκολο ταξίδι λόγω χιονόπτωσης κατάφεραν και φτάσανε σπίτι τους.