Jenine Woodhall

Donate the Cost of a Coffee - Symi Neutering Programme SNiP

Fundraising for Greek Cat Welfare Society
€948
raised of €500 target
by 26 supporters
Greek Cat Welfare Society

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RCN 1008057
We neuter street cats of Greece to reduce the stray cat population

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Symi Neutering Programme was set up at the beginning of 2020 by a generous donation from The Greek Cat Welfare Society (UK). Since then we have neutered 194 lucky feral cats.

Our huge thanks goes to all those volunteers who have caught cats from their neighbourhoods and bin stations, all those who have donated to our fund and of course to our extremely hard working vets
 Panagiotis Margies and Marinis Stathopoulos from Animal Care in Rhodes, who travel over to Symi twice a month and operate in their licenced premises at Pet Island Symi.

Despite our efforts so far, we still have a long way to go, spring is approaching which will bring new kittens. It is a never ending project to target some of these cats to keep population growth in check but in some areas we are starting to see the rewards of our hard work.

We are asking our Symi Cat friends to donate the cost of what you would normally spend on your coffee if you were able to visit your local cafe. If we can encourage lots of people to just donate a few euros each then this can quickly add up to a successful fund.

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We thank you once again for your support in helping us to help the feral cats on Symi :-)




About the charity

Greek Cat Welfare Society

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RCN 1008057
Greece and the Greek Islands are all inundated with stray, abandoned and feral cats. The majority of them are born in the spring and survive through the kindness of tourists who feed them. At the end of the summer season the tourists leave and then some survive through the kindness of local Greeks, some die of starvation and some unfortunately fall foul of cat hating people who poison them. Despite this, their breeding potential is phenomenal. If an average female produces three litters of four kittens annually and the female kittens go on at the same rate, the result is about 5,000 cats from a single breeding female in four years. For this reason the Greek Cat Welfare Society was formed in 1992. Our aim is to undertake neutering of colonies of stray cats and in doing so educate and encourage local people to also have their animals neutered. Trap, neuter and return (TNR) is now recognised to be the only humane method of decreasing the stray cat population, which over time will work providing TNR is carried out on a regular basis several times a year.

Donation summary

Total raised
€947.06
+ €55.31 Gift Aid
Online donations
€947.06
Offline donations
€0.00

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