October 2013 |
Adoptions
Bertie and Beenie together with ARK volunteer Madeline, Lana, the girl with the most beautiful eyes on the island, and Max, after a fun days play in the rain!
The beautiful Kitties of ARK enjoying their lovely new comfy beds, kindly donated from our friends in Holland
Thank you for following our news, and we will be back with more news soon. The ARK team
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September 2013 |
Adoptions
Bruno, Bobby, George and Frankie who rehomed Trixie and Zeus, and the lovely Karen with Alice
Volunteers We also welcomed a lovely new local volunteer Alarnis, who is living in Kefalonia with her family (from England), and who visits the shelter regularly to help us caring for the animals. Alarnis and her family have been so kind and supportive, and we are very grateful for their support.
As mentioned in last months newsletter, the ARK is now full and we are not at present able to accept any new arrivals. That is unless, we are given no choice as we often find we aren't. This month we were presented with 3 new puppies, one that was found alone running loose at the back of the property, and another two discovered on the road just outside the shelter. Another new arrival is a lovely young boy named 'Bingo', who was found in the early evening tied to the entrance gate with a rope. So although the numbers are improving with our successful adoptions, they increase again sometimes just minutes later without any warning. Bingo, the sweetest little boy with possibly the biggest ears in ARK!
The incredible story of Pipi Some stray dogs are lucky enough to capture the heart of a kind and caring passer by, in the case of Pipi she was special enough to capture the hearts of 3. We were first alerted to the story of Pipi, a helpless and starved young Brittany, when she was spotted by a visitor from Finland named Mari. Three days later we were contacted by a couple visiting from Athens who had also fallen for Pipi and had taken her in to their holiday villa as they were warned by a local she was in danger of being killed due to her love for the local chickens that caught her hungry eye! When Pipi arrived at the ARK, it was clear she was unusually thin, and a blood test confirmed our fears, that she is Leischmania positive. But Pipi's luck was on her side yet again, as Mari from Finland so very generously offered to cover all costs for Pipi to receive the treatment required to make her well again. Pipi is now on daily medications for her condition, and is already showing great improvement. We (and Pipi especially) are incredibly grateful to Mari for showing such great love and compassion for Pipi, and for her great support in the work that ARK is doing, THANK YOU Mari!
Mari and Pipi during Mari's visit to the ARK Pipi, one of the sweetest souls in the ARK
The end of summer Without this kind of support we don't know how we would have survived, and on days when the food supply was down and funds were low, along came our saviours that sometimes literally saved the day. We are truly grateful for all of your kindness, THANK YOU!!
Thank you for following our news, and we will be back with more news soon. The ARK team
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August 2013 |
Adoptions Simon just minutes before leaving the ARK. Becka and her wonderful new parents, Anna and Stefan Bobby (on the right) and his new best friend, in his new home in England
Volunteers Baluko may be big, but he is still quite scared of many things, the snake not being one of them!!
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