Went to greece recently and quickly got sick after what I saw. Was in Athens and wasn't so bad in city but outside city is sickening. Stray cats everywhere in streets, out door restaurants , under parked cars. Filthy and sick looking. I heard that people are poisoning them. There are some make shift cat houses of crates and boxes in front of some homes and water bowls. I saw a cat with a large portion of skin missing on its head.
We went on a gondola ride up mount parnitha and on the way I saw a huge dog laying on side of road. I ask my sister who is in greece alot if it's a stray . She said unfortunately yes. Then I began to see more and more. There was a open lot area and there were at least 10 large dogs. When I went close I saw the expression on their faces . That look is branded in my brain for life. Sad, surrendered, desperate, threw in the towel on life look. I will never go back to the beutiful country of greece where my parents are from. I immediately went on line and began donating to people who are trying to educate the population about animal care and who are trying to help change. People there get mad if you say anything to them. They say " oh the cats are free here and happy". Lol not! Sickness and suffering from disease is not happiness. Most every cat had eye infection or something, discharge pouring out from eyes.
I wore my ear buds at night to drown out the screaming sound of cats fighting durning the night.
Never going there again. That was anything but a vacation.