April Report

[Symi Animal Welfare]

For many weeks now, the Orthodox Greek people have been making preparations for the holiest time in their spiritual calendar. This is the last week of serious fasting, even cooking oil cannot be used when preparing a diet consisting of mainly pulses. After the church service around midnight on Saturday next, Christos Anesti (Christ has risen) is heard on every street corner and the long fast of Lent is broken.

Even the street cats' routine of scavenging from the dustbins is forced to wait until after Easter, when the remnants of delicious meats and fish from household kitchens and restaurants can once again be retrieved! Of course, the winter feeding programme has generally continued up to this point and, judging by the amount of kittens born to healthy mums recently, 2011/12 was a great success. Your generosity has once again enabled the programme to be implemented.


This will be the last monthly report as we have decided to write four quarterly ones instead; apart from myself, other members of our small team will offer a different insight. The next report will come from our two treasurers outlining expenditure in more detail.



Kalo Paska, Happy Easter, Melanie