Paros Life    Ferry Schedules    Webcams    Weather    Paros Island    News    Study Abroad    Sitemap Home Activities Nature & Environment    PAROS ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY - PAWS    Contact Phone: +30/22840/28291 - Fax: +30/22840/28119 Postal address: c/o Parosweb Market street, Parikia 84400 PAROS - Greece Watch a few videos and a slide show Board of Administration: Nicolas Stephanou (president), tel.: 22840 28291 Dimitris Meremetis (vice-president), mob.: 694 4572961 Nikos Sarantinides (secretary), mob.: 697 2921817 Vicki Preston (treasurer), tel.: 22840 42092 Martina Blair (secretary for English): 694 7425694 Dimitra Drakou: 694 4601681 Claire Kalemkeris : 694 9109282 Yannis Theodoridis : 693 2651621 Support PAWS now and subscribe for a yearly membership of €30    Choose this option to make a one time donation to PAWS • Lost and found pets   Parosweb's information resource for the recovery of lost and found pets. • Positions & Articles   Find series of articles published by PAWS in English and in Greek in the local press. • What you can do to help   You have some time to spare for PAWS and animal welfare? • BLOG.PAWS.GR   A daily report from the animal welfare scene of Paros. • Become a member, make a donation   Member's application, Banking details and secure payment by credit card • What does PAWS do and wants?   secure permanent installations including a shelter and a clinic. • Subscribe to Paws mailinglist   subscribe to our mailing list to stay in touch • Members' Area restricted to members   apply here for a login - detailed financial reports PAWS held its annual event on Sunday 30 September at the Hotel Paros Aganti. The main attraction this year was a silent auction with more than 60 valuable items or services generously donated by local merchants and individuals. The almost 100 participants had the opportunity to bid for useful products and acquire them at low prices. The auction together with the entrance tickets raised about 3.000 € and since there were almost no costs involved, it was the all times best fundraiser event for PAWS. The Athena Hall at Paros Agnanti Hotel was the most convenient setting to host this kind of event. Other highlights of the evening were: - a gourmets' fingertip buffet graciously elaborated by Stephan from the Happy Green Cows, Bruce Hymers and Maria's Pastry shop. - the dog trainer Sadrina Valata and her star dog Leslie who came all the way from Athens especially for the event. - a 15minutes video produced by the Greek Animal Welfare Fund and summarizing the issue. We were hoping that more of the local population and the municipality were going to give leverage to the issue which burden is still carried almost exclusively by PAWS. Disappointingly only one vice-mayor honored the event with its presence. The idea that came up for next year's event is to hold it on the main square to make out of it a real popular and informative event. Please find here the full list of all the contributions without which this achievement wouldn't have been possible! Mr. Georges Papandreou, president of Socialist International and president of Pasok, shares PAWS' viewpoints. Read more.. Read a well documented article by Cordelia Madden, journalist at the Athens News, which illustrates quite well the present situation of animal welfare in Greece, characterized by the absence of the Greek authorities and thus, mainly supported by foreign funds. Have you been witness of animal welfare abuse? Thank you for reporting it to us but as well to the local and national authorities.Your complaint will help humane societies make their point when they lobby for more leverage to animal welfare issues in Greece. The ministry of tourism has added to its standard complaints form, "Animals maltreatment". Download the form from the ministry's website, fill it out and send it to: 1- (ministry of tourism) 2- (municipality of Paros) 3- (PAWS) Or use our online complaint submission form which will post to all 3 email addresses.