Wetnose Animal Aid

Greek Animal Rescue
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Greek Animal Rescue (GAR) is a UK based charity (No:802243) Founded in 1989 in order to alleviate the suffering of animals in Greece by supporting a number of animal shelters, sterilising as many dogs & cats as funds allow and finding homes for the lucky few in the UK and several other EU countries.

Greek Animal Rescue aims:
To expand rescue work through the shelters we support.
To provide needy animals with necessary treatment and care.
To rehome as many animals as possible.
To spay and neuter as many dogs/cats as funds will allow.
To advance public education in all aspects of animal care and protection.

The dog pictured below was found in this terrible condition, on the afternoon of July 15th 2008, on the island of Poros, Greece. The dog in question was Leo. A happy and social stray, and very well known to the people of Poros. Leo was doused with sulphuric acid and the culprits are still roaming free! It happens just a few days after a dog was skewered and hung in a village square in Crete.
This new deplorable incident, that causes rage and indignation, reveals for the umpteenth time the indifference of the responsible authorities towards animals. The public prosecutor failed to act and the police were satisfied merely to look at severely mistreated animal. "I will never forget what I saw as long as I live. The poor animal trembled and cried without stop. They had doused both his body and face with strong chemicals ",Eleni Vikou told "E". She and her husband gave first aid to the unlucky Leo until he was transported to a clinic in Athens.
"Leo must be cured and he must survive in retribution to those who wanted to kill him in such a barbaric way", she adds and explains that the animal has been already submitted to a surgical intervention to remove the burned pieces of skin and will shortly be submitted to a second operation to amputate his ears, the tissue of which has become necrotic. According to the veterinarian who has undertaken Leo's treatment, he is no longer in danger health wise and he is very patient and tender with people, despite the cruelty he has experienced at their hands. The beast who doused Leo with chemicals, however, is still free and until he is led to Justice, he constitutes threat to society in general.

Greek Animal Rescue : 69 Great North Way, Hendon, London. NW4 1PT
020 8203 1956

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