Calls for volunteers to evacuate animals from stables, shelters in SE Attica wildfires

A large-scale operation to evacuate animals from shelters and stables in Southeast Attica after fires spread on Monday is under way, organized by the Special Secretariat for the Protection of Companion Animals (pets) that called for volunteers on social media.

The authority called on municipalities and volunteers to loan vehicles for the evacuation of animals from stables and animal shelters in the Kalyvia and Anavyssos areas (SE Attica) to the former quarries in Galatsi, the suburb north of Athens. The Galatsi municipality has prepared the area for the evacuated animals, it added.

In social media posts, the Special Secretariat said citizens in the areas where fires are burning should evacuate with their animals preventatively or call 213 1364020 for help in rescuing and transporting animals with trucks. "We already have animal shelters where most animals were killed...