The bill, which will be presented to Cabinet on Tuesday, seeks to uphold the five internationally recognized animal freedoms.
ANIMAL RIGHTS
The Greek government is in the process of drafting a new framework for the care and protection of pets and strays and if its legislators are looking for some inspiration, Syros may be a good place to start.
In the wake of a particularly abhorrent instance of animal abuse, in which two puppies were tortured to death on Crete, animal rights groups on the island as well as members of the public are organizing a motorcade protest on Saturday from Souda Bay to the local police headquarters.
A marine conservation institute on Wednesday reported the recent death of seven protected Mediterranean monk seals and said that there was evidence to suggest they had been deliberately killed.
The Arcturos brown bear conservation society has reported and condemned the mass poisoning of dogs in the northern Greek region of Florina, where the organization is headquartered.
A 73-year-old man was arrested in the town of Rethymno on the island of Crete for tying a dog to the back of his car and dragging it along a road.
A 45-year-old man has been charged with the fatal poisoning last week of two stray dogs in the region of Aridaia in Pella, northern Greece.
A 55-year-old man has been handed a 12-month prison sentence and fined 5,000 euros by a court in Volos, central Greece, for abusing a donkey, it was reported on Saturday.
Animal rights group PETA has accused Greek authorities of covering up what it called the “cruel” treatment of donkeys on the popular island of Santorini and blocking its efforts to highlight their plight.
Animal rights activists announced they will hold a rally outside the Greek embassy in Washington, DC on Thursday to call for an end to Santorini’s donkey rides.
An initiative called Healthy Seas announced it had completed a three-day sea cleaning operation in northern Greece on Monday during which divers collected two tons of so-called ghost nets – fishing nets that have been left or lost in the ocean by fishermen.
Santorini Mayor Nikos Zorzos has said that an initiative is to be launched to raise awareness among tourists about the problems faced by the donkeys that make the daily steep climb up the island’s cliffs during the summer season.
A livestock breeder in eastern Attica was handed a six-month jail sentence on Thursday after being convicted of criminal negligence for failing to provide food and shelter for his sheep and dogs.
A military court in western Greece on Tuesday convicted three former soldiers of animal abuse over the torture of a dog at an outpost near the town of Konitsa at the end of 2017 when they were doing their military service.
Activists demonstrated outside the Varvakeios fish and meat market in downtown Athens on Saturday to protest the slaughter of animals. The demo was organized by the animal rights group Direct Action Everywhere and began at nearby Monastiraki Square. [InTime News]
Greece's Ministry of Agriculture has introduced new rules to protect the donkeys of Santorini, including a riding ban on tourists who weigh more than 100 kilograms (220 pounds), following a campaign by animal rights groups saying that burdening the donkeys with excessive loads is tantamount to torture.
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