If enough people use this form, then maybe the country may see how it is affecting tourism, and therefore €€€. In Greece there is a form which all tourists can fill in the make a complaint to the Tourism Board about how seeing so many stray dogs has affected their holiday. You can read more about it here.Ĭretan Hound Credit: In 2021 there was proposed legislation to make neutering mandatory, but it hit a brick wall. However, by not neutering all strays, in order to protect one, now means that there are dogs who starve every winter, who have to fight for the next meal and have to bring up their young without the proper nutrition needed, and the cycle then goes on year after year. One of the many reasons that there are so many stray dogs in Greece is because the country wants to protect Europe’s oldest pure-breed dog, the Cretan Hound. It is estimated there are around 2 millionstray dogs and cats in Athens alone. But the scale is low compared to stray dogs over in Greece and Albania. The UK charity Dogs Trust sees an increase in our four legged friends needing to be rehomed after events like Christmas and especially after Covid, once people have gone back to work.

It is estimated there are up to 40,000 abandoned dogs in the UK alone, due to the impact of Covid-19. There are many views on bringing dogs from other countries back into the UK, but that’s another conversation.

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