@Dominic: When you went down to the Sanctuary and couldn't get in, did you find the main entrance swing gate chained and padlocked?
As in my experience over many years, it was always shut on a latch, with a sign saying "Please close the gate behind you, so our animals cannot escape"
I'm sure someone is in residence at the large dog sanctuary house on site, so they wouldn't want the hassle of padlock and chains when going to and fro, surely?
Plus, there was no sign saying "Open", or "Come on in". I am not in the habit of walking through gates that need opening unless it is obvious that I am allowed to do so.
Good job too, if they have guard dogs!
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You have probably answered your own question galexinda! The animal shelters are all run by seperate people and charities and have to try to raise money to cover their expenses. They are of differing sizes. It probably wouldn't be practical for them to try to pool finances. Some shelters are dog only, some may also take cats, or they may take cats,but not dogs.Only Paphiakos take a wide range of abandoned and needy animals of all types and also have vetinary services. Hence their need for as much space as possible,
You're right Dee, Paphiakos is the only place that take in everything, and Christine has been saying for years that it would be better for all of the organisations to simply amalgamate and keep all the funds together instead of spread out all over the island, but we have what we have and we volunteers simply try to work around it,
With regards to the two previous comments by Kili01 and Smudger regarding separate charities or an amalgamation I have to agree with Smudger's point - ideally one charity for cats, another for dogs (maybe separate one for other animals, eg donkeys only, birds only) and Paphiakos which takes in all kinds of animal and provides treatment, neutering schemes etc. Not only would funds be amalgamated but a better use of resources: human, financial and practical. Also I would be more likely to donate if this was the case.
There is a wonderful way of donating to charity, that costs you nothing whatsoever.
For those of you that know about this already, apologies for an upcoming boring post..... Apart from a regular donation to a Peyia animal charity, whenever I shop online I go via a charity donation site called easyfundraising.org.uk. In a nutshell, lots of retailers (Next, M&S, Lakeland, Etsy, Screwfix, Healthspan, and tons more.....) will donate a small percentage of whatever you spend with them online to a charity of your choice. You give Easyfundraising a few details, such as email address, then you have an account with them. You select the charity you want to donate to. Whenever you shop online, go to the easyfundraising page, select who you want to shop with, ie Amazon, and they redirect you to that site. That's it. Nothing else is different, you shop the same way.
Easyfundraising have never sent me unwanted emails.
I just had a look on Easyfundraising, and to my surprise Paphiakos does not seem to be on there as a cause that you can support. Perhaps someone on here who works in Paphiakos would like to look into it and maybe get them on there as a supported cause? I always donate to PARC, as they do such a great job around the Peyia area.
Now, if there is a good reason why donating to charity this way is a bad idea, I don't know about it. If it is, apologies for giving bad advice. I hope that it helps raise some money for a cause that needs it.
Sorry for a long post! Enjoy your respective days - I'm back in the UK after two weeks in Cyprus, so I am not such a happy bunny.
Thanks Dominic, tried everything I could but couldn't get the pic on! Not sure of numbers, but it's hundreds I know, certainly of dogs and cats, I will find out and post it here.
I use Easyfundraising to raise funds for a cat charity called Cats In Crisis, based in the North of England. They inform you how much you have raised for the charity each month, and how much the charity has raised each month, a brilliant scheme. As you say, no unwanted emails.
Jackie
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Thanks for the ref to easyfundraising bograt and Jackie, I'll pass that on to Paphiakos and get it moving pdq. Sounds a great idea, I'd never heard of it before but I certainly shop on line, as do many of us so it could help,not just here but amongst the many members of Paphiakos in the UK.
I have given a sizeable donation to Paphiakos. The present crisis is on their website, but well hidden within pictures and events, is the ways to contribute. It needs to be more 'in your face'.
One time in Cyprus, we picked up two Alsations running free near Potima Bay. They were obviously unaware of traffic and had either never been outside a compound or had been kept well away from roads. We took them to a vet in Chlorakas and she called Paphiakos and even thought they were full, managed to get them in as we paid full vet fees, inoculations etc. plus a large donation. We were on holiday so could do nothing else.
Had Paphiakos not been there, these two beautiful dogs (likely mother and son) would have been put to sleep.
Once you've joined, you just enter the company you want to buy from e.g. Amazon or Argos, and they take you to the company to start your purchase. Really easy and trouble free.
Jackie
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
