Good evening, my name is Anastasia, and I never thought I’d reach the point of asking for financial help. One day, while my fiancé and I were heading to my family home in Rhodes, we saw a little kitten on the road. We stopped and noticed it had an issue with its eye. We called for help, but we couldn’t catch it as it was scared and kept running away. Unfortunately, no one from the municipality dealt with stray cats, so we made a post on Facebook, but no one responded. We left food and water and ordered a trap.

The next day when we went back, we saw around 10 stray cats, all hungry and sick. We called the municipality and animal welfare organizations for help, but no one could assist.

Fast forward to today: we now have around 30–40 cats. We’ve managed to neuter 10 of them with our own money, and with the help of Flying Cats, an amazing animal welfare organization we deeply thank, we managed to relocate all but 10 of the cats.

Unfortunately, the cost of feeding 30–40 cats is overwhelming, and every month 2–3 new sick cats appear. We have two feeding spots. One of them used to be near a road where drivers speed recklessly. Despite our efforts to move the feeding locations, the cats would always return to the dumpster by the road. Sadly, two kittens were hit by car.

After much pain, we decided to build makeshift shelters about 10 meters away from the dumpster, in a field, to keep the cats away from the road. Thankfully, this has worked to a large extent, although I occasionally see 2–3 kittens near the dumpster. However, this is a huge improvement compared to the 20 cats we used to see there. Slowly, I believe we won’t have any near the road!

We still have 10 cats waiting to be neutered, and we’re hoping Flying Cats will visit again so we can get this done. In the meantime, a gray tomcat with AIDS and wounds recently visited the vet, got vaccinated, and was dewormed. Unfortunately, we haven’t seen him since, despite looking for him after noticing he seemed very weak.

Please, if anyone can give even €1, it will make a difference. The expenses for food and medical care are overwhelming, and the situation is getting worse. I desperately need help to feed and care for them. Anyone who can contribute, even a little, would be a lifesaver.

Here are some photos and videos of the cats. Thank you for reading this post.

Sorry if my English are too bad.