FW: GREECE WINS THE OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL FOR SHAME and Cruelty AN OPEN LETTER TO THE GREEK GOVERNMENT

[Guest guest]

An Open Letter to the Greek Government

 

How shameful that the Greek government is just now making a frazzled,

feeble attempt to care for her abandoned animals in a last ditch effort

to save face as Greece assumes center stage for the 2004 Athens

Olympics. Isn't it a bit late? Eighty percent of the abandoned dogs and

cats of Athens and the Greater Attika area have already been " disposed

of " in a cruel and systematic manner.

 

Graphic, color photographs and a narrated, documentary expose film of

abuse, and also showing the poisoned remains of innocent victims have

been circulated worldwide.

<http://www.ua4a.org/Greece.mov> http://www.ua4a.org/Greece.mov

 

[You must have a broadband connection and QuickTime installed on your

computer to view and free download for Mac or Windows at

{http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/ }

 

Almost daily, Greek television networks and print media feature the

unspeakable cruelty in the streets and the horrifying neglect in

municipal shelters. Sadly, this is usual and customary for the companion

and farmed animals of Greece.

 

Over one thousand Greek animal welfare advocates marched, alongside

their dogs in protest at the Syntagma (Parliament) in Athens on June 6th

of 2004, calling for mercy for the animals. Unfortunately, animal

welfare advocates are ridiculed, marginalized and usually afraid to

speak out for fear of retribution.

 

I lived in Greece for 14 years and the brutal abuse and willful neglect

that I witnessed and continue to witness during investigative journeys

there every two or three months, is appalling.

I just returned from eighteen days on the Greek mainland and the

islands. The cruelty issues remain reprehensible and unacceptable.

 

The powerful Greek Veterinary Association lobby exerts such influence

over the government; that they refuse license to volunteer vets from

around the world to practice free spay/neuter/vaccination, treatment of

diseased animals and merciful euthanasia for the dying.

 

Inferior legislation, which is never implemented, is in position, thanks

to Ms. Dele and her cronies from the former PASOK government.

 

Substitute a public relations campaign and the pandering of an animal

welfare organization, entered into financial contract with official

entities, for the admitted guilt of a sad and unspeakable situation.

Request help and allow those educated in the implementation of humane

welfare to assist in resolving an issue that is truly inhumane and

tarnishing the reputation and the image of Greece across the globe.

 

" There's certainly very little left about this particular Olympic event

that's either glorious or noble. It appears to be just another big

corporate money and image fest and abandoned animals-- you'd better not

get in the way. I hope some courageous athletes and activists manage to

get a message out to viewers across the world about what lies behind the

" sport. "

 

Please do not respond in the meaningless rhetoric of the Greek

government's futile attempt to whitewash the truth.

 

Marijo Anne Gillis - Founder

Welfare for Animals in Greece

Welfare for Animals Global

(a New York advocacy & lobby group)

Tel. (212) 427-0587

Fax (212) 427-6381

E-Mail: <WAG_NY WAG_NY

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[Guest guest]

An Open Letter to the

Greek Government

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How shameful that the Greek government is

just now making a frazzled, feeble attempt to care for her abandoned

animals in a last ditch effort to save face as Greece assumes center stage

for the 2004 Athens Olympics. Isn't it a bit late? Eighty percent of

the abandoned dogs and cats of Athens and the Greater Attika area have already been " disposed of "

in a cruel and systematic manner.

 

 

 

 

 

Graphic, color photographs and a

narrated, documentary

expose film of abuse, and also showing the

poisoned remains of innocent victims have been circulated worldwide.

 

 

http://www.ua4a.org/Greece.mov

 

[You must have a

broadband connection and QuickTime installed on your computer to view and

free download for Mac or Windows at {http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/ }

 

 

 

 

 

 

Almost daily, Greek television networks and print media feature

the unspeakable cruelty in the streets and the horrifying neglect in

municipal shelters. Sadly, this is usual and customary for the companion

and farmed animals of Greece.

 

 

 

 

 

Over one thousand Greek animal welfare

advocates marched, alongside their dogs in protest at the Syntagma

(Parliament) in Athens on June 6th of 2004, calling for mercy for the

animals. Unfortunately, animal welfare advocates are ridiculed,

marginalized and usually afraid to speak out for fear of

retribution.

 

 

 

 

I lived in Greece for 14 years and the brutal abuse and willful neglect that

I witnessed and continue to witness during investigative journeys there every

two or three months, is appalling.

 

 

I just returned from eighteen

days on the Greek mainland and the islands. The cruelty issues remain

reprehensible and unacceptable.

 

 

 

 

 

The powerful Greek Veterinary Association

lobby exerts such influence over the government; that they refuse license

to volunteer vets from around the world to practice

free spay/neuter/vaccination, treatment of diseased animals and

merciful euthanasia for the dying.

 

 

 

 

 

Inferior legislation,

which is never implemented, is in position, thanks to Ms. Dele and her cronies from the former

PASOK government.

 

 

 

 

Substitute a public relations

campaign and the pandering of an animal

welfare organization, entered into financial contract with official

entities, for the admitted guilt of a sad and unspeakable situation.

Request help and allow those educated in the implementation of humane

welfare to assist in resolving an issue that is truly inhumane and

tarnishing the reputation and the image of Greece across the globe.

 

 

 

 

 

" There's certainly very little left

about this particular Olympic event that's either glorious or noble. It appears

to be just another big corporate money and image fest and abandoned

animals-- you'd better not get in the way. I hope some courageous

athletes and activists manage to get a message out to viewers across the world

about what lies behind the " sport. "

 

 

 

 

Please do not respond in the meaningless

rhetoric of the Greek government's futile attempt to whitewash the truth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marijo Anne Gillis - Founder

Welfare for Animals in Greece

Welfare for Animals Global

(a New York advocacy & lobby group)

Tel. (212) 427-0587

Fax (212) 427-6381

E-Mail: WAG_NY

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