The Greek Donkey is one of the most misunderstood, mistreated animals in todays society.
Agia Marina Donkey Rescue was founded in 2006. We receive no Govt. Funding and are totally reliant on public donations, donkey sponsoring and fundraising. No needy, unwanted or sick donkey will be turned away but will be warmly welcomed to our rescue centre and given all the care and love they need for the remainder of their lives.
These days many poor old Greek donkeys are being replaced by vehicles, donkeys have been used in Greece for many 1000's of yrs to carry people, olives, firewood, bales of hay pull ploughs etc etc, sadly many are abandoned by the roadside or tied cruelly in the hot sun without food or
Agia Marina Donkey Rescue
Crete
Crete's mystery is extremely deep
whoever sets foot on this island
senses a mysterious force branching
warmly and beneficially through his veins
senses his soul begin to grow
Nikos Kazantzakis
Report to El Greco
Affiliated to Caring for the Animals Trust
A U.K. Registered Society
water to die slowly or end up in the 'meat' trucks. Many have injuries or have been mistreated, most have never been seen by a Vet, many have been hobbled all their lives and just love the new found freedom of our fields at Agia Marina Donkey Rescue....
Also have a look at our other pages where you can see all the other work we do...our rescue dogs need re-homing, neutering programs, our fundraising page shows you how many people are involved in our cause and finally you can see what happens when the outreach teams come and help us with our rescue donkeys...
I first came to Crete from New Zealand when I was 17, that was the beginning of my 'love affair' with the Island and Greek donkeys but it was not until the early 2000's after purchasing some land that I was able to start rescuing and caring for needy donkeys, so was born the Agia (Saint) Marina Donkey Rescue, named after a small church on a hill nearby
Greek Law 2017 (1992): "No one should pointlessly make an animal suffer or cause it distress. No one should abandon a domestic animal."..
Because the sanctuary is getting much busier then we ever imagined we are soon to be a Greek registered non profit charity...
Barbara Doulyerakis
Founder of Agia Marina Donkey Rescue
Our Donkey Sanctuary ...
Charity number
Greece is about to approve a new law that will prevent foreign people and organizations from helping stray dogs and cats in Greece, animals that are in desperate need for help either in Greece or being adopted to families in other countries that have the necessary resources and love to take care of them. A lot of inno...cent animals will suffer and die under this law. This page is created in the hope to show the government in Greece that this law is a big mistake. We hope to show them pictures of a lot of the happy Greek stray dogs that are now living a happy life around in Europe. Please – if you have a Greek stray dog or cat please post a picture of it and write the name of the cat or dog and the country you are living in. The more happy Greek dogs and cats we can show the better...
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