Dog meat

A man was arrested in Xylokastro, Corinthia, in the Peloponnese, on Friday for tying his pet dog to his pickup truck then dragging the animal along a road as he drove the vehicle.

In a recent operation, Turkish authorities seized 22 Pomeranian dogs being smuggled into the country through the Edirne Kapkule Border Gate.

The Penny Marathon fundraiser for strays is looking for participants and volunteers to help during the event, which will take place on July 9 at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC).

A representative of a local animal charity filed a lawsuit against a Thessaloniki man caught on video abusing a dog. The lawsuit was filed at the Lagada police precinct.

The video, that was uploaded on social media, shows the man beating the dog with a stick.

Pets will soon be allowed into more than 120 archaeological sites across Greece, the country's Culture Ministry announced on April 27, although not in the Acropolis or some of the other top tourist draws.

Authorities in the eastern Athens suburb of Kaisariani are looking for a man who appears to have trained his dog to attack cats and other small animals. 

A 63-year-old woman accused of a hit and run involving a dog in Crete on Holy Thursday has been given conditional release after testifying to an investigating magistrate.

The Russian national must report once a month at a local police station and pay a bond of €1,500. She is also prohibited from leaving the country.

Inflation has also hit pet owners in the pocket. Grozdan Volodiev has been raising a dog and a cat for years. Regarding the maintenance of the animals, he pointed out to the National Radio that last year it was about BGN 20 per month, and now it is BGN 60.

Three arrested for the brutal attack on a dog. We reported about Faith, a dog a few months old, who was found with her ears completely cut off, according to the vets - with a pair of pruning shears.

The local community of Vartholomio, Ilia in southern Greece is reeling in horror and disgust at the abominable images posted online of dead dogs and cats that ingested poison placed by an unknown perpetrator.