PLEASE HELP GET OLIVE TO AUSTRALIA
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Hi, I'm George. My partner and her 2 daughters set off on a holiday to Greece a few weeks ago. Their holiday is now coming to an end and they are desperately trying to organize for this gorgeous little girl to come to Australia. Hopefully with your help we can make this happen.
Olive, a gorgeous female puppy was found cowering in a rubbish dump in a small village on the Greek island of Karpathos. She was so skinny, tail between her legs and limping painfully when she moved. Olive was exhausted and starving. We placed food and water near her and only after persistent coaxing did she allow us to approach her. To our horror we found she was infested with ticks. They were eating her alive.
My two daughters and I spent the next three hours removing well over 70 ticks, we lost count there were so many on her back, her tummy, they even filled both her ears. We also thought her limp was due to the ticks as there were many attached between each of her toes.
Olive sat so quietly during this stressful and painful process. It seemed she understood we were trying to help her. Not once did she growl or bite even though some ticks were so large and firmly attached their pincers tore Olives skin so badly she bled. Even when we rubbed alcohol over her torn skin she remained still, whimpering quietly. We made her a kennel out of a cardboard box and she has been with us ever since.
We fell in love with Olive during those first three hours, the faith, trust and courage she showed was inspiring. On this small island there are very few facilities and even fewer options. We could not access a vet for 3 days and when we did we were told her leg was broken at the shoulder. We were devastated. How could anyone be so cruel as to dump this beautiful girl.
It is impossible to find a home for Olive here as there are so many abandoned animals in need that any animal lover here already cares for multiple pets, while in Athens many live in apartments allowing no pets at all. My daughters and I dedicated weeks of holiday time and funds for medical costs to help Olive recover but now we are faced with the export costs to Australia.
Olive needs to be held in Athens for 6 months in order to meet stringent Australian criteria. Kennel costs, microchip, passport, blood tests, vaccinations, ministry papers, registrations, air fares, quarantine, import permit.... the list goes on.
Costs will be in excess of $8,500.00
Please help us bring little Olive home.
Any funds that exceed our costs will be forwarded to Christine Graves who runs an animal welfare and shelter in Athens. Christine has taken on our plight and will be coordinating Olives export from Athens on our behalf.
If we can get 450 people to donate $20 each towards getting Olive to Australia she will be well on her way to a very happy rest of her life in Port Elliot South Austraia
Olive, a gorgeous female puppy was found cowering in a rubbish dump in a small village on the Greek island of Karpathos. She was so skinny, tail between her legs and limping painfully when she moved. Olive was exhausted and starving. We placed food and water near her and only after persistent coaxing did she allow us to approach her. To our horror we found she was infested with ticks. They were eating her alive.
My two daughters and I spent the next three hours removing well over 70 ticks, we lost count there were so many on her back, her tummy, they even filled both her ears. We also thought her limp was due to the ticks as there were many attached between each of her toes.
Olive sat so quietly during this stressful and painful process. It seemed she understood we were trying to help her. Not once did she growl or bite even though some ticks were so large and firmly attached their pincers tore Olives skin so badly she bled. Even when we rubbed alcohol over her torn skin she remained still, whimpering quietly. We made her a kennel out of a cardboard box and she has been with us ever since.
We fell in love with Olive during those first three hours, the faith, trust and courage she showed was inspiring. On this small island there are very few facilities and even fewer options. We could not access a vet for 3 days and when we did we were told her leg was broken at the shoulder. We were devastated. How could anyone be so cruel as to dump this beautiful girl.
It is impossible to find a home for Olive here as there are so many abandoned animals in need that any animal lover here already cares for multiple pets, while in Athens many live in apartments allowing no pets at all. My daughters and I dedicated weeks of holiday time and funds for medical costs to help Olive recover but now we are faced with the export costs to Australia.
Olive needs to be held in Athens for 6 months in order to meet stringent Australian criteria. Kennel costs, microchip, passport, blood tests, vaccinations, ministry papers, registrations, air fares, quarantine, import permit.... the list goes on.
Costs will be in excess of $8,500.00
Please help us bring little Olive home.
Any funds that exceed our costs will be forwarded to Christine Graves who runs an animal welfare and shelter in Athens. Christine has taken on our plight and will be coordinating Olives export from Athens on our behalf.
If we can get 450 people to donate $20 each towards getting Olive to Australia she will be well on her way to a very happy rest of her life in Port Elliot South Austraia
Organizer
George Hatzi
Organizer
Port Elliot, SA