We would like to thank Animal Action Greece, GAWF and its amazing team of Kleopatra Triantafyllou, Aris Vlahakis, Thodoris Kourniaris, Andrew Judge, and Alex Thiemann for the three days they spent with us. More than 95 equines were carefully checked. Many had their teeth floated; others had their hooves attended to. Several equines needed special attention for different issues. This is the tenth year the Animal Action team has come to Hydra. Each visit, the days they spend with us are filled. Close to 900 equines have been taken care of over the decade.

A huge thank-you for the wonderful three-day visit from our volunteer vets for a very productive spay/neuter program. A huge thank-you to the Marchig Fund for Animals based in Switzerland for sponsoring this session. We are so grateful to all of you. At this session, 87 cats were spayed/neutered; 13 cats had dental care; 1 cat was treated for ear cancer; 1 female dog was spayed. All they got antiparasite treatment.

Our fall 2016 Trap, Neuter, Release (TNR) session for Hydra’s street cats will be held over the weekend of November 11-13. Vets will begin work in the late morning on that Friday until 4:30 pm. They will work all day Saturday (9 am to 4:30 pm) and from 9 am until noon on Sunday. If you would like to bring a stray cat for neutering or for further information, please contact HydraArk by email at hydraark@yahoo.com. Volunteers are heartily welcome! If you would like to bring a personal house pet, please understand that we will ask for a small donation to cover the cost of the necessary medications.