GREECE 2006 - 2005


Date: July 15, 2006
About the poisoning of Lisa and other dogs place Kifissia square (northern suburb of Athens)

What happened is the lady went with Lisa to open her shop and Lisa with some other dogs ran after a car -as they usually do- and went up to the corner of the block and came back.That was when she must have eaten it. (the poison)
When she came back she behaved very upset, coming in and out of the shop, breathing bad and very nervous and agitated.Then she fell down and started having spasms and frothing from the mouth.In 15 minutes she died.:-(
Lisa was poisoned in Kifissia square (northern suburb of Athens), but she was not the only one, two other doggies were poisoned those days just a block away.:-(
And unfortunately one belonged to a very old man, and while he was inside the super market, the dog must have eaten the poison and when he came out, the dog was dying...And we have not seen the old man for more than a week now and are worried he might have suffered from his health because of his sorrow!
We do not know his name and don't know where he lives either, we only saw him walk up and down the street every day to do his shopping.:-(

Pesticides are free here, anyone can buy them.

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GREECE - ATHENS August 18 2005, about the two discrete and gentle dogs XENA and JENNY

 Xena and Jenny were two female stray dogs that came to our neighbourhood about 5-6 years ago.
Jenny was a German shepherd mix and Xena was dark brown/black with long wavy hair. They were about the same age
around 2 years old when they arrived. There was already a boss in the street though... a sterilized fat red/brown female called Boubou.
The new girls had both a very discrete and gentle character, so Boubou allowed them to stay with her and become
her mates!
They would sleep together under the cypress or pine trees at the side of the street or inside the green. They would do their rounds together every morning and evening as good faithful guards. Actually they were the sole company of the actual guards that were guarding the house of a rich neighbour. They would lie around their car and help the guards remain sain during their long working hours of sitting in a jeep in the middle of an empty street all alone. Some of them loved them dearly and brought them little treats every day!
Jenny was very elegant, thin, elongated with a very nice walk, sweet almond eyes, shy, reserved, extremely gentle!
Xena was more of a wobly funny doggie, also shy but also more scared and just looooooved food! She would gulp it down before the others even realized what happened.
Every time we would take one of our dogs out for a walk, they would all come with us for the fun of it. They loved socializing and feeling 'superior' cause they were free...no leash on...and would show off, having fun and playing with each other.
When we would come out of the house to leave with the car, they would come to say 'hello', get their morning dose of affection and sweet talk and leave.
Summer lazy afternoons they would hide under the bitter laurel bushes where it was cooler and if you didn't know, you would not even notice them. That was their quiet, peaceful life, bothering noone, being a joy and company to anyone who needed it, generous, loving souls who asked for nothing and gave everything . . .
Till last Spring...when Jenny was found in the other street gasping for air . . . The guards called us in a panic asking for help . . . . but it was too late . . . Jenny died within ten minutes...We took her body to the vet to find out what she died from and then the tests returned after a week, the verdict was 'pesticide' of which the chemical substance was lethal in small doses...
Yesterday morning the guards called us again . . . this time it was Xena . . . also in the same street . . . gasping for air, lying down . . . we ran and took her to the nearby vet, 5 minutes drive, but she fell in a coma, she was vomiting blood and losing blood from behind . . . The vet did some tests, her liver had already shut down . . . the poison must have been very strong . . . he gave her all the injections that might have helped her, put her on the drip, but Xena died 6 hours later while in the coma . . .
Nobody saw nothing . . . poisoners run free, spreading death without being seen, again and again and again. And few care...but nothing can be done . . . Just like terrorists, poisoners strike and run, not even looking back at their victims.Just like that, for their own sick reasons . . . life having no value for them, animals being just pests they have to get rid of . . .
So long sweethearts . . . you will always be remembered with love.

Manou