Please be sure to join my FB site at
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=38749219814 as we will be giving the petition as well as the site to the Greek authorities when meeting with them about their horrible abuse crimes that are continuing to go unpunished, they do not think they have a problem - that is the problem! Be sure to click on "view full petition" and then "letter" under Leo's photo to read this letter in full. thank you! Athena
This petition is addressed to the authorities in Greece to ask that you to enforce the laws to protect the animals in Greece. The crimes against the animals in Greece are horrific and the numbers are staggering, the people committing the abuse against these animals are not being punished. We ask you to protect your animals, if not, the tourist trade will cease, no one wants to visit Greece to see not the beautiful Greece that was but to see instead the thousands of animals abused daily by the people of Greece. Read the many signatures and stories from tourists that say they will never return because of the ill-treatment of the animals by the people in Greece.
To the authorities in Greece:
We, the undersigned, strongly urge you to start protecting your animals against people that torture and murder the animals of Greece. Enforce the laws to severely punish those that abuse the animals. Stop the poisoning of strays, we are well aware of the hundreds of animals that are poisoned prior to tourist season, their bodies loaded onto trucks and buried in large pits so that tourists won't see them. We are also aware of the thousands of starving animals that are abused in horrific ways: hung, puppies thrown in trash bins, dogs burnt alive, acid thrown on them, poisoned, gutted, objects jammed into their body cavities, mouths wired shut so they cannot drink or eat, limbs cut off, all these horrific acts have been documented. We urge Greece to pass legislation immediately protecting these animals, to set up shelters, to spay and neuter, to find homes and to teach the people that animals are our gift, they are our treasures, they are not dirty and disgusting as many people are taught to believe. Read up on the history of Greece - dogs played a very important role in the history, they protected the farms and the people, what has happened to your country? Until the animals are taken care of, tourists around the world will not be spending their money and visiting, there are many beautiful places to vacation where hearts are not broken, read this site, you will read where tourists vowed never to return because the memories of Greece are not the beautiful oceans and countryside but instead their memories are of dogs trapped on short chains that are imbedded into their skin left out in the sun without food or water never to be set free, until you teach your people how to properly care for their animals, you will be seeing no tourists!
