Nea Makri Cat Rescue

17/06/2024

I’m desperately sorry to tell you that I can no longer act as the first point of contact for requests for help. I have tried my best to find someone else to take over that role but without success. My post on 23 April explained in detail what would be required. Sadly Nea Makri Cat Rescue must now close until further notice.
We can strongly recommend one vet in Nea Makri if anyone would like to get help for a cat in need. Please phone 22940 96205 during working hours.
With big regrets that it ends this way, Chris
Λυπάμαι απελπισμένα που σας λέω ότι δεν μπορώ πλέον να ενεργώ ως το πρώτο σημείο επαφής για αιτήματα για βοήθεια. Προσπάθησα να βρω κάποιον άλλον να αναλάβει αυτόν τον ρόλο αλλά χωρίς επιτυχία. Η ανάρτησή μου στις 23 Απριλίου εξήγησε λεπτομερώς τι θα απαιτούνταν. Δυστυχώς το Nea Makri Cat Rescue πρέπει τώρα να κλείσει μέχρι νεωτέρας.
Μπορούμε να προτείνουμε ανεπιφύλακτα έναν κτηνίατρο στη Νέα Μάκρη αν κάποιος θέλει να ζητήσει βοήθεια για μια γάτα που έχει ανάγκη. Παρακαλούμε τηλεφωνήστε στο 22940 96205 κατά τις εργάσιμες ώρες.
Με μεγάλη λύπη που τελειώνει έτσι, Κρις

23/04/2024

HELP PLEASE!
To keep this page going we need to find someone living locally to do the following.
1. Publish his/her/their phone numbers and/or email addresses on this page.
2. Respond to phone calls and/or email messages from people asking for help with cats. We don’t get many calls. Almost all calls are from visitors to Nea Makri and most are by people from other countries so basic English language knowledge is important.
3. Explain that we have no funds and that we can only try to help if the caller is willing to pay any expenses.
4. Help to catch sick cats and get them to our vet. In case it is needed the vet has a trap that he will lend to trusted people.
5. Arrange for sick cats to be given medicine, usually with their food.
6. Post notices about cats needing homes. Posts on this page do not usually get a response. A4 posters with photos and a brief description, displayed in the windows of local pet shops and vets, are more successful.
7. Help foreign visitors who want to adopt cats to understand what is needed and to get cat passports.
I will support anyone who is willing to carry out these tasks but I must step back from being the first point of contact. I very much hope that someone will at least try.
Chris

20/04/2024

ΠΟΛΥ ΣΗΜΑΝΤΙΚΟ - VERY IMPORTANT (English below)
Είμαι εξαιρετικά απογοητευμένος που κανείς δεν θέλει να βοηθήσει για να κρατήσει αυτή τη σελίδα ζωντανή. Πρέπει να κλείσω τη σελίδα εκτός εάν κάποιος επικοινωνήσει μαζί μου εντός των επόμενων 15 ημερών. Έχουμε ξοδέψει πολύ λίγα χρήματα, μόνο τροφή για γάτες και λίγη βενζίνη, και έχουμε πετύχει πολλά. Οι επισκέπτες της Νέας Μάκρης που έχουν ζητήσει τη βοήθειά μας έχουν πληρώσει για επισκέψεις κτηνιάτρου και για όλα τα έξοδα για να δώσουν στις γάτες καλύτερη ζωή σε άλλες χώρες. Χωρίς αυτή τη σελίδα οι επισκέπτες θα συνειδητοποιήσουν ότι κανείς δεν ενδιαφέρεται. Ελπίζω ότι κάποιος θα θέλει τώρα να βοηθήσει. Επικοινωνήστε με τον Chris
VERY IMPORTANT
I am extremely disappointed that nobody wants to help to keep this page alive. I must close the page unless someone contacts me within the next 15 days. We have spent very little money, just some cat food and some petrol, and we have achieved a lot. Visitors to Nea Makri who have asked for our help have paid for vet visits and for all expenses to give cats better lives in other countries. Without this page visitors will realise that nobody cares. I hope that someone will now want to help. Please contact Chris

27/03/2024

ΠΟΛΥ ΣΗΜΑΝΤΙΚΟ - VERY IMPORTANT (English below)
Δυστυχώς, για διάφορους λόγους, πρέπει πολύ σύντομα να αποχωρήσω από τη θέση μου ως το πρώτο σημείο επαφής για το Nea Makri Cat Rescue. Μπορούμε να συνεχίσουμε τη δουλειά μας μόνο εάν κάποιος άλλος μπορεί να αναλάβει ως πρώτο σημείο επαφής. Αυτό θα σημαίνει διαχείριση της σελίδας μας στο Facebook και ανταπόκριση σε εκκλήσεις για βοήθεια. Δεν απαιτεί πολλή δουλειά. Θα συνεχίσω να είμαι διαθέσιμος για να υποστηρίξω αυτό το άτομο. Ευχαριστώ, Κρις
VERY IMPORTANT
Sadly, for various reasons, I must very soon step back from my position as the first point of contact for Nea Makri Cat Rescue. We can continue our work only if someone else is able to take over as the first contact point. That will mean managing our page and responding to calls for help. It does not involve a lot of work. I will continue to be available to support that person. Thank you, Chris

29/11/2023

Great news from Simone in Germany. To remind you, after her holiday in a Nea Makri hotel she returned to take little Stormi home with her. She gave him a new Greek name, Zeus, and she just sent us this lovely update.
"Zeus is doing well, he is a really funny and really smart guy. He wants to play and eat all the time and often hides to jump out and scare us. He loves my dog too, what really makes it easy! So everything is going great."

29/10/2023

The Golden Coast hotel is closed through the winter (November to February or March inclusive). I've been told that many of the cats from the hotel congregate around the small Agia Kyriaki church at the end of Brexiza beach. If anyone is ever in that area please take some food for the cats. You might even meet Jimmy, our friend the white cat with no tail.
(I posted this a few days ago as a comment and it should have been a new post for more people to see it.)
Το ξενοδοχείο Golden Coast είναι κλειστό κατά τη διάρκεια του χειμώνα (από Νοέμβριο έως Φεβρουάριο ή Μάρτιο). Μου είπαν ότι πολλά από τα γατιά από το ξενοδοχείο συγκεντρώνονται γύρω από τη μικρή εκκλησία της Αγίας Κυριακής στο τέλος της παραλίας Μπρέξιζα. Εάν κάποιος βρίσκεται ποτέ σε αυτήν την περιοχή, παρακαλώ πάρτε λίγη τροφή για τις γάτες. Ίσως συναντήσετε ακόμη και τον Τζίμι. Είνα ο φίλος μας, λευκος γάτος χωρίς ουρά.

26/10/2023

And now for some good news. Simone from Germany fell in love with young Stormi while she was on holiday in Nea Makri. We helped her with all the arrangements and she returned here earlier this week to collect Stormi to take him back home. His new life with Simone will be infinitely better than begging for food in and around the hotel gardens!
We would like to thank Simone very much for supporting our own efforts with the cats we have rescued.

25/10/2023

Help please!. We probably saved Jimmy's life after he was unable to eat. We then had a chance to fly him to Germany. Nancy found a family that wanted to adopt him. Very sadly he then tested positive for feline HIV. The family already have a male cat so they decided they couldn't risk taking Jimmy.
The hotel is about to close for four months so Jimmy will struggle to find food. Maybe someone can offer him a better life? He's a very friendly cat who has lost his tail.

27/08/2023

Nancy from Germany was on holiday in Nea Makri. She found a very friendly cat that had problems around his mouth. He had difficulties eating. She contacted the Nea Makri Cat Rescue page for help. We believed he had a mouth infection that would have been very painful. We quickly gave him, via Nancy, some strong antibiotic in some cat pate, then for 6 days we fed him more tablets that our vet prescribed, all crushed into good cat food. This video clip was made after his last medicine and it's obvious that he is now perfectly healthy. Thank you very much Nancy for your financial support!

Nancy from Germany was on holiday in Nea Makri. She found a very friendly cat that had problems around his mouth. He had difficulties eating. She contacted t...