animal abuse

A man was arrested for abusing a dog near Larissa, central Greece, on Easter Sunday. The incident took place in the town of Sykourio, where the perpetrator hit a puppy with a crow bar on its head. According to reports, a...

The "barbaric custom" of roasting a lamb on the spit at Easter should stop, famous Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis has said. Theodorakis, a high-profile figure in Greece and abroad, was writing on his blog about animal cruelty after video emerged...

The Greek Ministry of Rural Development has announced some amendments to the  Animals Protection Law of 2012 in order to prevent animal abuse and give municipalities more power to deal with strays. The ministry has announced that the new law...

An animal rights group in Achaia, western Greece is offering 1,000 euros as a reward for information that would lead to the arrest of the person responsible for the brutal death of a dog. The latest case of animal brutality...

A 65-year old priest was arrested in Patras accused of shooting and killing two dogs. According to police, the suspect shot and fatally injured two dogs that had entered into his garden with a hunting rifle. Afterwards the priest took the...

A man from Athens who allegedly threw a dog off of a third-floor balcony of an apartment that he owns in Amerikis Square will face an Athens prosecutor on Monday. The disturbing allegations against the owner of the apartment are...

A man, aged 37, was sentenced to a year in prison and fined 5,000 euros by the Court of Misdemeanours for beating two dogs to death before setting them on fire in Serres, Macedonia. The dogs he killed were...

A 68-year-old councilor of the Kavala Municipality in Macedonia, Northern Greece was arrested on Tuesday on animal abuse charges, according to the Greek media. A video that has been posted online shows a man, allegedly the councilor in question, beating a dog...

After a recent wave of cruel attacks against animals, mainly against stray dogs, Supreme Court prosecutor Efterpi Koutzamani on Monday called on prosecutors across Greece to act quickly when cases of animal abuse are reported. The prosecutor demanded specifically...

Butchered dogs were hanging from the trees in the small town of Moires in Heraclion, Crete. Police officers found 20 unfortunate animals having suffered in the hands of their killer-trainer. As soon as the news of the dogs’ abuse was...