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Autumn Report

Postby Symi Animal Welfare » 24 Sep 2012, 16:58

Visitors on Symi are making the most of the cooler temperatures, the low sun creating a golden glow to everything, the shorter evenings and the last few weeks of a regular boat schedule.

There seems to have been an increase in the number of kittens born over the last couple of months, our volunteers have been alerted to several, apparently abandoned little ones; it isn't necessarily the kindest thing to do to relocate such a kitten however distressed it may appear, the mother may simply have gone away to find food, only returning to find her family gone. Often, not even properly weaned, we try our best to help the mite survive, but without mother's milk they will die or certainly have no proper immune system to grow fit and strong. Sadly, this has happened a few times recently despite our efforts.

A number of older kittens, approximately 8 - 12 weeks, have quite simply turned up at a house, hoping to be given some food or even a home..this was the case with 2 young ginger kittens, quite possibly from the same litter..one now lives with us, the other at the Sunrise Kafeneion!

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We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has donated so generously this season and as mentioned in previous reports, specially to Christine Brown and Samantha and Henry Dingle. We are also very grateful to Madeline Hilton for the donation after the recent funeral of her husband Jonathan. You are all so very, very kind and your generosity enables us to continue helping the animals on the island.

Finally, some really exciting news. We are currently organising a vet visit for the end of October, with the full blessing of the mayor, he has even offered to find suitable premises for use as a 'clinic'. It may have taken a long time but at last, the community of Symi is all working together for the welfare of the cats and dogs.

Once we have finalised plans, full details of venue and times etc will be published.

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