The Greek Cat Welfare Society

Everywhere you go in Greece – cities towns and villages, you will see stray cats that are thin, frightened and miserable. Dead and injured cats are common while newborn kittens are frequently dumped in rubbish bins.

In cities cats live under parked cars and on derelict sites; there is no peace for them and poisoning is common.

The Greek islands are also inundated with homeless cats. Fed by kind hearted tourists during the summer months unfortunately many of these cats then subsequently starve to death during the winter. Despite this their breeding potential is phenomenal. If an average female produces three litters of four kittens annually and the female kittens go on at the same rate the result is about 5,000 cats from a single breeding female in four years.

For this reason the Greek Cat Welfare Society was formed in 1992. Our aim is to undertake neutering of colonies of stray cats and in doing so educate and encourage local people to have their animals neutered too.

Please go on to explore our site, learning a little of what we do and help us to help them.

UK Registered Charity

No. 1008057

UK Registered Company

No. 02656337

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