HELP!

I found a cat that has been poisoned/hit by a car/attacked by dogs:

Pikermi 24-hr Veterinary Clinic: tel 210 603 80223

Paiania Attica Veterinary Hospital: tel 210 664 0552

 

I need an animal ambulance:

Hellenic Animal Welfare Society: tel 210 602 0202

 

I need information on municipal neutering programmes:

Ring your local municipality

Athens Municipality (neutering programmes for stray dogs only): tel 210 527 8009

Hellenic Animal Welfare Society (neutering programmes around Athens): tel 210 602 0202

 

I need advice on neutering my cat or stray cats in my garden:

Email us on ninelivesgreece@gmail.com

 

 

I need a trap to catch a feral cat for neutering:

We can lend you a trap; email us on

ninelivesgreece@gmail.com

 

I need a reasonably-priced vet to neuter stray cats:

We use and recommend

Popi Marouli (in Kolonaki and Maroussi, tel 210 721 3109)

Chrysa Simou (Mets, tel 210 922 1123)

Konstantinos Papanikolaou (Katehaki, tel 210 698 3453)

 

My neighbours are threatening to poison my cats:

File a report at your local police station. Poisoning companion animals is a criminal act under Greek law 3170.

 

I have found a litter of stray kittens:

If the kittens are with their mother and are in a place where they are safe from cars, dogs and poisoners, leave them where they are. Send out emails to your friends and contacts, as well as to Nine Lives, with photos and descriptions of the kittens, to tempt potential adopters.

 

If the kittens’ mother is not with them, and/or they are in a dangerous spot, gather them up in a box or cage and try to find a safe place where they can stay (at your vet, in a room of your house, in a foster home) until they find permanent homes. Send us an email with details, so that we can help you to spread the word. We may also be able to help you find a short-term foster home.

 

Unfortunately, we do not have an office or cattery where we can look after cats or kittens; even if we did, sadly the sheer numbers of stray and abandoned cats mean that it would be impossible to host them all. However, we try our best, given our very limited means.

 

Any other queries, don’t hesitate to email us at

ninelivesgreece@gmail.com

 

Welcome to the world of Nine Lives!

 

Nine Lives – Οι Εφτάψυχες help cats now, through feeding and care, and for the future, by neutering and rehoming.

 

Our main aim is the humane reduction of the stray cat overpopulation through catch-neuter-release programmes. Each year, we organise and pay for around 300 cats in Athens to be neutered, greatly reducing the number of unwanted kittens born each season, and ensuring a healthier adult cat population.  

 

We also improve the quality of life for existing street cats through feeding programmes (on a daily basis, we feed some 200 stray and abandoned cats in central Athens), routine anti-parasite treatment, and veterinary care for ill or injured felines. 

 

In addition, we try to find loving, responsible homes for as many stray or abandoned cats and kittens as possible.

 

We are just a handful of volunteers who dedicate our spare time to the stray cats, and we receive no state funding or assistance.

 

Nine Lives is a proud member society of the World Society for the Protection of Animals, an affiliate of the Greek Cat Welfare Society, and a grateful recipient of grants from the Greek Animal Welfare Society and the Marchig Trust.

 

  

Καλώς ήρθατε στον κόσμο των Nine Lives - Οι Εφτάψυχες

 

Τις λέμε εφτάψυχες, αλλά οι πιο πολλές έχουν ήδη χάσει τις περισσότερες ζωές τους. Ζουν στους δρόμους μας, κοιμούνται σε αποθήκες, οικοδομές ή κάτω από αυτοκίνητα, αν είναι τυχερές ταΐζονται, προσπαθούν να ξεφύγουν από σκυλιά και αυτοκίνητα, πολλές φορές απλά εξαφανίζονται, χωρίς να μαθαίνει ποτέ κανείς τι απογίνονται. Οι Nine Lives ιδρύθηκαν πριν από τέσσερα χρόνια για να φροντίσουν όλες εκείνες τις γατούλες του δρόμου, οι μέρες των οποίων είναι μετρημένες.

 

Η αρχική «βάση» μας ήταν οι αδέσποτες γάτες του Εθνικού Κήπου στο κέντρο της Αθήνας. Σήμερα ο αριθμός αυτός έχει φτάσει τις 200 γάτες σε μεγάλες αποικίες της Αθήνας. Εκτός αυτού, η δράση μας περιλαμβάνει στειρώσεις, παροχή ιατρικής περίθαλψης και υιοθεσίες.

 
 
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