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Woof and Miaow: Save strays! Woof and Miaow Save strays!, 321045344…

- - - - Citizens / Community
        
        Many citizens who love animals and are caring them,they are placing bowls in the city with food and water. Very important during summer due to the high temperatures
        
        In our region there are many livestock farming units which abandond their dogs at the local kennel doors.
        
        Veterinarians of the region are helping voluntarily the local kennel's stray animals with medical care.
      - Municipality
        
        Local Kennel
        
        Our community kennel puts a lot of effort to reduce the number of stray animals through its animal sterilization programs. It's a big shelter with 200 seats. The Municipality is collaborating with local animal organizations as well with 2 german animal organizations. Together they are running various sterilization campaigns.
        
        Municipality Adoption Website
        
        The local authorities had run a program with automatic devices which provided stray animals food and water. The devices where placed in various spots in the city of Veroia. However after a while the automatic devices have been mainly stolen or destroyed.
    - - Municipality
        
        A big shelter of around 160 seats is about to be constructed in a huge area of our Municipality. It will host the administration offices and a veterinary as well. Until then there is a small hosting place for dogs and cats who are either pregnant or dangerous for people or other animals. The Municipality is closely collaborating with animal-loving individuals providing healthcare for strays and then reintroduce them to their natural habitat.
      - Individuals
        
        The main work until now regarding stray animals is made from animal-loving individuals. They assure that stray cat and dogs have medical care, water and food sometimes provided by the Municipality. Unfortunately, they cannot always provide a home but they are trying to find families who are willing to adopt a cat or a dog.
      - School
        
        In our school there are multiple dogs and cats hanging in the yard. They are very protective towards the students who feed them and pet them. Unfortunately, having dogs and cats in the school yard is prohibited by law.
      - Usual phenomena
        
        In Nea Moudania, a highly touristic place during the summer, a lot of tourists come and abandon their dogs on the beach each year. Usually, these are Greek tourists mostly from the nearest big city, Thessaloniki... On the other way, a lot of German tourists despite the difficulties they face on their law system are willing to adopt a great number of these dogs. It is unfortunate that no dog or cat could be adopted until it is neutered. Practically, this means that it has to reach approximately the age of six months first. This prevents a lot of people to adopt because most of them wish for a puppy. Α lot of strays don't make it on the streets and also there are people who often try to poison them... The mentality of Greeks on this topic needs more than some laws in order to change...
  - - - Citizens could feed and water stray animals and Municipalities are obligated to install feeders in various spots. Local Municipalities are in charge of the stray animals of their region. Animals cannot be mistreated and feel pain neither mental or physical. Penalty measures include imprisonment up to 10 years and fees up to 50.000€.
    - - All pets should be neutered, vaccinated each year and have a microchip by law. The pet owners should care for the general and the mental health of their pets.
    - - Funding on Municipalities all over the country in order to take care of stray animals.
- - - - Community Actions
        
        HAÇİKO
        
        Shelter
        
        350 cat houses were built by HAÇİKO Association for our little friends to hold on to life on cold winter days. These cat houses were left in the necessary places in Adana.
        
        Feeding events are held in other provinces where Haçiko is active and in Istanbul. Apart from this, they go to feed the animals waiting for them at the regular feeding point twice a week. In line with the food donations received, food support is provided to animal lovers who request food.
        
        HAYTAP
        
        More than 45,000 people have died and tens of thousands have been injured as a result of the devastating earthquakes that impacted northwestern Syria and Turkey on Feb. 6.
        
        Haytap members in nearby Osmaniye rushed to Antakya, a city reduced to ruins by the quake, setting up an aid tent at the Defne Tea Garden, Hatay. Later, volunteers, vets and trained search and rescue staff arrived from Istanbul to help.
        Although the workers are stretched incredibly thin operating across the earthquake's affected area, they have also managed to set up an emergency tent in Malatya.
        
        Under the rubble left behind from Turkey's earthquake, barks, miaows and even the cooing of birds have accompanied the cries of people trapped.
  - - - Pets have the freedom to live in conditions specific to their species.
        The lives of stray animals should be supported as well as adopted animals.
      - Protection, custody, care of animals and keeping them away from ill-treatment
        necessary precautions should be taken.
      - To protect animals and ensure their comfortable living; The hygiene, health and safety of humans and other animals must also be taken into account.
- - - - Animals cannot be mistreated, feel pain, suffer, be abandoned or killed. The animal protection law in Portugal also ensures that anyone convicted of assaulting an animal must compensate the owner for the amount paid for the treatment.
    - - General protection measures
        1 - All unjustified violence against animals is forbidden, being considered as such the acts consisting in inflicting unnecessary death, cruel and prolonged suffering, or severe injuries to an animal.
        
        2 - The sick, injured, or endangered animals should, as far as possible, be rescued.
        
        3 - It is also forbidden the acts consisting of:
        
        (a) Requiring from an animal, in non-emergency cases, efforts or performances that, by virtue of its condition, it is obviously incapable of performing or that are obviously beyond its possibilities;
        
        b) Use whips with knots, needles larger than 5 mm, or other perforating instruments, in driving animals, with the exception of those used in equestrian art and in bullfights authorized by law;
  - - - The Cattery Simãozinho consists of a covered space and an open area. The covered space surrounds the Shelter, with a sleeping area composed of several shelves covered with beds and snuggles where the animals lie down, the toilet area for the animals' hygiene, and some cabinets that serve as food and medicine storage. The open area is an open-air space filled with a variety of little houses, scratchers, and toys for the animals. There are about 50 cats.
        These animals came from several colonies of stray cats in Guimarães and were collected from the cattery due to being abandoned.
        The activities with the students include interaction with the animals and their treatment. Students go to the Cattery always in groups and are accompanied by an adult. There they can contribute to their treatment, by helping with feeding and medication or just playing with the animals. The sponsorship of animals can be done by class or individually, the first option being the best since the number of animals is limited. The adoption of animals is also possible.