Thassos Cats

Thassos Cats We are a group of islanders who love Thassos and work hard to make it a better place for the stray cats that live there. Our focus is sterilisation.
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To help us continue with our work, donations, however small, are welcome:
paypal.me/ThassosCats I have lived on the beautiful island of Thassos for over 20 years, and together with some amazing islanders, work tirelessly to make the place a paradise not just for tourists but for the local cats too, primarily through sterilisation

17/12/2025

People often see street cats eating, walking around, surviving — and assume they’re “fine”.
They are not.

Cats living on the streets suffer terribly. There is nobody to notice when they’re injured, nobody to treat infections, nobody to help when illness sets in. Their lives are hard, unhealthy, and short. Most are constantly unwell.

When we catch cats for sterilisation as part of our TNR work, we don’t find healthy cats. Not a single one.
They are malnourished, riddled with parasites, suffering from untreated infections, wounds, dental disease, respiratory problems — illness on top of illness.

We picked these cats up simply to sterilise them, but once they were in our hands and finally examined properly, the reality was devastating. Their suffering had been going on for a long time, unseen and untreated. What should have been routine procedures turned into urgent veterinary care, pain relief, medication, and ongoing treatment.

These cats have suffered really, really terribly — and the only reason we know is because we intervened.

Sterilisation saves lives not only by preventing more suffering, but because it gives us the chance to find the sick, the injured, and the forgotten — and to help them.

But this extra veterinary care is expensive, and we cannot do it without support.
If you are able to donate, you are directly turning hidden suffering into treatment, relief, and a chance at a healthier life. 💔➡️❤️‍🩹🐾
If you like what we do please support us

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Today we’re sterilising two male cats — for two completely different, but equally important, reasons.🐾 Cat number one ha...
17/12/2025

Today we’re sterilising two male cats — for two completely different, but equally important, reasons.

🐾 Cat number one has what looks like a secure life. He begs at a luxury hotel. Guests feed him in summer, I feed him in winter, as I make the hotel one of my feeding stations. Right now he’s cute, fluffy, friendly and tolerated.
But let’s not pretend. An unsterilised adult male cat sprays. And male cat urine stinks. Once that starts — walls, doors, furniture — the goodwill disappears fast. Hotels will tolerate a kitten. They will not tolerate an adult tomcat pi***ng everywhere.
Sterilising him now is the difference between him being accepted… or being chased off, poisoned, trapped or “removed” later. This is prevention, not optimism.

🐾 Cat number two is the opposite problem. He’s aggressive and has turned up in one of our sanctuary fields — a safe place for cats who cannot go back to the streets because they were abandoned as tiny kittens or because they were ill and need monitoring.
He’s decided that if he turns up, he can bully every other cat, chase them away and claim all the food for himself.
Sterilisation won’t magically make him cuddly, but it will reduce hormone-driven aggression, roaming and fighting. It’s the only responsible way to protect the vulnerable cats already living there.

✂️ Sterilisation isn’t just about stopping kittens.
It’s about behaviour, survival, tolerance, and keeping cats safe in the real world — not the imaginary one where everyone is kind and everything works out.

This is why we do it. 🐾💙
Both sterilisations funded by

If you like what we do please support us
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Tomorrow morning, these four stray female cats will be given one of the most important chances of their lives: sterilisa...
16/12/2025

Tomorrow morning, these four stray female cats will be given one of the most important chances of their lives: sterilisation 🐾✨

For a female cat living on the streets, life is a never-ending cycle of pregnancy, hunger, stress and danger 😿💔 By being sterilised, these girls are spared endless litters, physical exhaustion and the serious health risks that come with life outdoors 🏥🚫

Sterilisation gives them the chance to live healthier, calmer lives 🌱💛 No more constant pregnancies, no more struggling to feed kittens, no more suffering in silence 🐱🤍

It also means fewer kittens born into hardship and misery, helping to reduce the stray population responsibly and humanely 🐾📉💚

Thassos.gr Municipality of Thassos - Δήμος Θάσου is funding their sterilisations

One simple operation can change everything — for these four girls today, and for countless lives in the future ✨🐈‍⬛💞
If you like what we do please support us
Paypal link in Bio
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4 stray females get their life changing operations today:    no more struggling on the streets to raise kittens nobody w...
16/12/2025

4 stray females get their life changing operations today: no more struggling on the streets to raise kittens nobody wants..
Sterilisations funded by Thassos.gr Municipality of Thassos - Δήμος Θάσου

If you like what we do please support us

https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=T7JSWGLVMPKUU


15/12/2025

Today was one of the hardest days. 🌈
This summer, I trapped a stray cat with cancer eating away at her face. I knew it was incurable — but I also knew one thing: this cat should not die alone on the streets.

Because of your donations, I was able to get her to safety, off the streets, and into care. 🤍 Today, when the time came, she had a full belly of tuna 🐟, gentle hands holding her, and a peaceful, pain-free goodbye.

This is what your donations do.
Not just food.
Not just sterilisation.
But dignity. Compassion. And a good death when life can no longer be saved. 🕊️

It hurts. It always does. But this cat did not suffer a lingering, lonely end — and that matters more than words can say. Thank you for making this possible. 🙏💔🐾

If you like what we do please support us
Paypal link in Bio
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=T7JSWGLVMPKUU

💜 Why sterilising this mum today matters 🩷This female cat already has kittens and is struggling to raise them. By steril...
15/12/2025

💜 Why sterilising this mum today matters 🩷

This female cat already has kittens and is struggling to raise them. By sterilising her now, we are protecting her health and her babies’ future.

🐾 She won’t become pregnant again whilst still trying to feed and care for her current litter
🐾 Her body can recover instead of being exhausted by constant pregnancies
🐾 Her kittens have a better chance because she can focus all her energy on them
🐾 It prevents yet more unwanted kittens being born into a life of hunger and danger

Sterilisation isn’t just about numbers — it’s about kindness, responsibility, and breaking the cycle of suffering. One female cat can produce dozens of kittens in just a few years. Today, that cycle stopped. 💔➡️💖

Every single sterilisation makes a real difference. Thank you for supporting TNR and helping us protec
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t mums like her and the kittens already here. 🐱🐾💙

13/12/2025

Just a few snatches of a normal day here 🐾
Releases after sterilisation, one kept back to be checked, snacks for a brave girl waiting for eye surgery, Bounty proving that even blind cats can climb 🌳 and a kitten in a sock coat doing his best to heal 🧦
Every donation helps me care for cats like these — thank you for making this work possible ❤️

If you like what we do please support us

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So grateful to Barbara Zeun  😍 for donating to ThassosCats  🐈 instead of sending Christmas cards this year........
13/12/2025

So grateful to Barbara Zeun 😍 for donating to ThassosCats 🐈 instead of sending Christmas cards this year........

Four more cats sterilised today — two males and two females — and each one has their own story ❤️‍🩹🐾Why sterilising male...
12/12/2025

Four more cats sterilised today — two males and two females — and each one has their own story ❤️‍🩹🐾

Why sterilising males matters:
We have two sanctuary fields where all the cats are already sterilised, calm, and living safely together. 🌿🐱💚
But a new unsterilised tom suddenly turned up in each field. Both of these males immediately began attacking the abandoned kittens and the gentle cats who rely on these fields for safety. 😿💔🐾
Once sterilised, toms calm down, stop fighting, and no longer try to drive others away — which means peace will return to both sanctuary fields. 🐈‍⬛✨🌼

Why sterilising females matters:
Every female sterilised prevents many future litters from being born into danger, hunger, and abandonment. 🐈🤍🚫🐾

One of the females — our little tortoiseshell girl — has also broken our hearts today. The vet found a serious skin injury, possibly from being burned. 🔥😢
We’re keeping her with us for treatment, and she won’t be released tomorrow as I want to ensure her skin heals properly 🧡🐱✨
Tomorrow we’ll begin looking into what I can do to support her recovery.

Thank you to everyone who supports us — every single sterilisation truly changes lives.

Friends of the Strays of Greece funded the sterilisation of the aggressive toms
Thassos.gr Municipality of Thassos - Δήμος Θάσου funded the female sterilisations

If you like what we do please support us
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=T7JSWGLVMPKUU


11/12/2025

Sterilisation matters because it prevents endless cycles of kittens being born into danger 🚫🐱, reduces fighting and stress among street cats 💢➡️💛, and helps keep vulnerable animals healthier and safer in the long run 🌿
If you like what we do please support us

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