Athens has a unique way of dealing with stray dogs which cities around the world could learn from.
Instead of coldly killing stray animals the Athens municipality does the humane and proper thing.
It neuters stray dogs, it tags stray dogs and it feeds stray dogs. If only all municiplaties and countries around the world could take inspiration from the Athens.
Such respectful treatment of dogs is unheard in the Western World, something we should all be ashamed off. Athens has shown that dogs deserve respect and that we all benefit and from having dogs in our lives.
They even teach us things about life
EKathimerini has a nice article about the riot dog here
In the rest of Greece I believe people generally look out for dogs in the street but Athens takes it a step further.This in infinitely better than what they do in the UK which is to kill stray dogs. You will not see dogs in the street in Wales, England, Scotland which is sad. Especially as we are nations of dog lovers.
Are you sure it is stray dogs barking? From what I have seen the dogs in apartments do 99% of the barking in Greece. Solution, either put the dog inside so it cant see other dogs or take it for a long work so it is tired.
About dogs going mad, I have never seen it. Maybe they have been poisoned?
The banks print money then charge interest that’s like me lending you 2 things that I can only make then wanting 4 back! How can you give me 4 back if I make the item to begin with?? That’s a way to create never ending debt!!
Well that may be true partially, but is definitely not true 100% let me tell you that. As a greek person myself I know what almost the rest of my people are like. What tourists and people from the outside get to see merely scratches the surface of Greece and what happens there every day.
I read your description, and I felt somewhat proud about the fact that we Greeks among all the other things that we do wrong, we did something right there. :)Of course there is much room for improvement in the area of animal rights in Greece. There are laws about animal abuse, but only in theory. I haven’t heard anyone going to prison for torturing an animal. And every day hundrends of stray cats and dogs are run over by cars, and none is accounted for.
People should read the text. I didn’t know that about stray dogs in Athens. I like it a lot.
In the rest of Greece I believe people generally look out for dogs in the street but Athens takes it a step further.This in infinitely better than what they do in the UK which is to kill stray dogs. You will not see dogs in the street in Wales, England, Scotland which is sad. Especially as we are nations of dog lovers.
HAIL TO THE SOSAGE!
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Are you sure it is stray dogs barking? From what I have seen the dogs in apartments do 99% of the barking in Greece. Solution, either put the dog inside so it cant see other dogs or take it for a long work so it is tired.
About dogs going mad, I have never seen it. Maybe they have been poisoned?
The banks print money then charge interest that’s like me lending you 2 things that I can only make then wanting 4 back! How can you give me 4 back if I make the item to begin with?? That’s a way to create never ending debt!!
Well that may be true partially, but is definitely not true 100% let me tell you that. As a greek person myself I know what almost the rest of my people are like. What tourists and people from the outside get to see merely scratches the surface of Greece and what happens there every day.
I read your description, and I felt somewhat proud about the fact that we Greeks among all the other things that we do wrong, we did something right there. :)Of course there is much room for improvement in the area of animal rights in Greece. There are laws about animal abuse, but only in theory. I haven’t heard anyone going to prison for torturing an animal. And every day hundrends of stray cats and dogs are run over by cars, and none is accounted for.