The local authorities have officially ordered the immediate restoration of the road access to the SAWA shelter. Legal counsel is now monitoring the site to ensure the path remains open for incoming supplies. We will maintain communication with the municipal office to prevent further interference.
April 27, 2015
Stop local Santorini president DELIBERATELY sabotaging the road to cut off SAWA animal shelter from water and food supplies
Final supporters
For the past 5 years,Ioannis Rouussos, has spent his time trying toclose down the shelter, - tearing down their fences, destroying the signs leading to the shelter, continuously sabotaging and blocking the road, threatening that he will poison the animals, and making the lives of the volunteers a daily challenge.
The SAWA shelter is a safehaven for over 100 stray dogs and 20 old and abandoned donkeys on the island of Santorini. It is run by SAWA volunteers from around the world in cooperation with the State of Santorini. Every year an average of 250 stray dogs are re-homed through the shelter mainly to other countries. The year 2014 was a milestone reaching the record of 340 successful adoptions. The old and injured donkeys and mules of the island can retire at SAWA, where their overworked bodies find some rest in the “dusk” of their lives. Before the founding of the shelter the island of Santorini was overwhelmed by packs of hundreds of stray dogs roaming the villages in search of food and water… most of them ending in slow and agonizing deaths as they were poisoned or shot by the locals. The donkeys and mules not capable to work anymore would be abandoned to die or worse… And all this happening in one of the most famous tourist destinations worldwide. SAWA has changed this.
Let us stress that the Mayor of Santorini, Mr Nikolaos Zorzos and his Vice Mayor Mr Ioannis Kyriazis have not denied us SAWA the right to stay in the village of Karterados, and even if the shelter in Karterados has to close down they recognize that the need of an animal shelter on the island is of high importance.
SAWA are not asking for help - they are just asking him to stop sabotaging the road and allow them continue their work to save the animals of Santorini,
(Additional letters of complaint to the Municiplaity of Santorini: [email protected] and address them to Mr Ioannis Roussos, President of Karterados.
Thank you once more for your support - and for helping us to save Santorini's animals!
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
March 25, 2015
March 24, 2015
We are approaching the 500 signature mark which is the threshold required to trigger an official response from the regional council. I am currently finalizing a formal letter to the Santorini prosecutor to document the latest destruction of the access route. Please ensure you have shared this petition link with your local contacts to help us reach that reporting milestone.
Reached 100 supporters
March 24, 2015
207 Comments
Please visit SAWA with an open mind and see the benefit to everyone on the island to maintaining this organization. SAWA gives Santorini a great image, and helps tourism!
I've visited SAWA and adopted from them, the shelter is not an eye sore. I thought it was very discreet and doing wonderful work for the creatures having to fend for themselves.
Instead of acting according to the law that obliges him to properly care for every stray in his community, he prevents others to act in his place. What a primitive lawbreaker! He should be removed from office and face a law suit for his unlawful behaviour!
The malicious intent to sabortage not just a road to life for abandoned animal, but also the planned intention to destroy Greek goverment property, the road which the goverment had paid to built. Being a mayor and knowinly commit the crime to damage public facility in the medieval times will result in jail. So should he.
Dear Mr. Ioannis Rouussos. What are you doing? I always thought you are a decent person. I lived in Karterados for 10 years, but now I feel ashamed to learn what's going on with SAWA. I will share these information with my colleagues from the German press. Yours Jörg Neuschäfer
Mr Mayor whose stuffing your pockets?? Your looking the other way while you know you are an animal abuser!! Leave SAWA alone!! Your lucky Christiana is hiding your dirty secrets!
Expose this! Tourist should know!!
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The local authorities have officially ordered the immediate restoration of the road access to the SAWA shelter. Legal counsel is now monitoring the site to ensure the path remains open for incoming supplies. We will maintain communication with the municipal office to prevent further interference.
April 27, 2015
Stop local Santorini president DELIBERATELY sabotaging the road to cut off SAWA animal shelter from water and food supplies
Final supporters
For the past 5 years,Ioannis Rouussos, has spent his time trying toclose down the shelter, - tearing down their fences, destroying the signs leading to the shelter, continuously sabotaging and blocking the road, threatening that he will poison the animals, and making the lives of the volunteers a daily challenge.
The SAWA shelter is a safehaven for over 100 stray dogs and 20 old and abandoned donkeys on the island of Santorini. It is run by SAWA volunteers from around the world in cooperation with the State of Santorini. Every year an average of 250 stray dogs are re-homed through the shelter mainly to other countries. The year 2014 was a milestone reaching the record of 340 successful adoptions. The old and injured donkeys and mules of the island can retire at SAWA, where their overworked bodies find some rest in the “dusk” of their lives. Before the founding of the shelter the island of Santorini was overwhelmed by packs of hundreds of stray dogs roaming the villages in search of food and water… most of them ending in slow and agonizing deaths as they were poisoned or shot by the locals. The donkeys and mules not capable to work anymore would be abandoned to die or worse… And all this happening in one of the most famous tourist destinations worldwide. SAWA has changed this.
Let us stress that the Mayor of Santorini, Mr Nikolaos Zorzos and his Vice Mayor Mr Ioannis Kyriazis have not denied us SAWA the right to stay in the village of Karterados, and even if the shelter in Karterados has to close down they recognize that the need of an animal shelter on the island is of high importance.
SAWA are not asking for help - they are just asking him to stop sabotaging the road and allow them continue their work to save the animals of Santorini,
(Additional letters of complaint to the Municiplaity of Santorini: [email protected] and address them to Mr Ioannis Roussos, President of Karterados.
Thank you once more for your support - and for helping us to save Santorini's animals!
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
March 25, 2015
March 24, 2015
We are approaching the 500 signature mark which is the threshold required to trigger an official response from the regional council. I am currently finalizing a formal letter to the Santorini prosecutor to document the latest destruction of the access route. Please ensure you have shared this petition link with your local contacts to help us reach that reporting milestone.
Reached 100 supporters
March 24, 2015
207 Comments
I think it's awful that a road and road signs are purposely detroyed to an amazing animal shelter. These animals don't exactly have much in life, and to want to close down their only hope of survival is deeply saddening. A big thank you to everyone at the animal shelter, you are doing an amazing job.
Please visit SAWA with an open mind and see the benefit to everyone on the island to maintaining this organization. SAWA gives Santorini a great image, and helps tourism!
I've visited SAWA and adopted from them, the shelter is not an eye sore. I thought it was very discreet and doing wonderful work for the creatures having to fend for themselves.
Instead of acting according to the law that obliges him to properly care for every stray in his community, he prevents others to act in his place. What a primitive lawbreaker! He should be removed from office and face a law suit for his unlawful behaviour!
The malicious intent to sabortage not just a road to life for abandoned animal, but also the planned intention to destroy Greek goverment property, the road which the goverment had paid to built. Being a mayor and knowinly commit the crime to damage public facility in the medieval times will result in jail. So should he.
Dear Mr. Ioannis Rouussos. What are you doing? I always thought you are a decent person. I lived in Karterados for 10 years, but now I feel ashamed to learn what's going on with SAWA. I will share these information with my colleagues from the German press. Yours Jörg Neuschäfer
Mr Mayor whose stuffing your pockets?? Your looking the other way while you know you are an animal abuser!! Leave SAWA alone!! Your lucky Christiana is hiding your dirty secrets!
Expose this! Tourist should know!!
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I think it's awful that a road and road signs are purposely detroyed to an amazing animal shelter. These animals don't exactly have much in life, and to want to close down their only hope of survival is deeply saddening. A big thank you to everyone at the animal shelter, you are doing an amazing job.