No Government help this year for neutering feral cats.

The Government have said that they are not able to give the annual grant to charitable organisations to help with the cat neutering scheme.
Although it was only a small amount clearly it did help us to neuter feral cats. Because of this Parc will have to find 55 euros minimum for every female cat and 35 euros minimum for every male cat. In addition to this we try to vaccinate and treat the animals for parasites as well as attending to any other medical condition ie teeth or abscesses which adds to the cost to us.
Because of this Parc will concentrate on spaying female cats this year and if anyone wants cats neutered either male or female we will need a donation. Please be aware that where we neuter the 'green bin cats' etc there is no one at all to help so we have to meet the full cost from money raised by our events. We also have to continue to raise over a 1000 euros per month for our food bill as well as meeting the cost of emergency medical care for animals injured or sick.
Many people are thinking that the animal charity shop in Peyia is ours. It is not. We are not in a position to pay a rent on a shop or pay staff to man them. We are very grateful to Fiona and Joan who do car boot sales for us. They are volunteers like the rest of us and the only money paid out is for a market stall on the day. We are desperate for goods to sell so please think of us if you are having a clear out. You can telephone 99961157 and someone will arrange to collect goods. This is obviously very important now. Without your donations we cannot hope to feed and treat the animals in our care.

5 month old puppy needs a home urgently

This 5 month old well cared for puppy is in Larnaka. Her owners planned on keeping her and her brother as they have her mum and dad. The Municipality have visited and said they have 2 weeks to find another home for the puppies or they will come and take them away (undoubtedly they will shoot them).
She is a happy healthy girl. Her parents can be seen and they are both small dogs so she will not grow much more. If you can offer her a good forever home please e mail parc.peyia1@yahoo.com or tel: 99442860 and ask to speak to Christina.

Roxy and Gem need a home

ROXY IS A GORGEOUS SAUSAGE DOG TYPE. SHE IS LESS THAN A YEAR OLD. HAS BEEN SPAYED AND VACCINATED. SHE IS VERY GOOD WITH OTHER DOGS, LOVES PEOPLE, HOUSE TRAINED, WALKS NICELY ON HER LEAD AND IS VERY WELL BEHAVED. SHE CERTAINLY DESERVES A GOOD HOME. IF YOU WANT A SENSIBLE, NO TROUBLE DOG THEN E MAIL US OR TEXT 99961157.
LITTLE GEM IS A REAL STAR. SHE IS ONLY 3 MONTHS OLD, FULLY VACCINATED, FULL OF FUN, LOVES PEOPLE AND OTHER ANIMALS. SHE IS A CONFIDENT HEALTHY PUPPY.
BOTH THESE DOGS ARE BEING FOSTERED BY PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING. THEY CAN TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THESE ANIMALS SO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GETTING BEFORE YOU TAKE THEM. PLEASE CONTACT US FOR MORE INFORMATION. parc.peyia1@yahoo.com or text 99961157

Does the UK provide better care than we do?

I had a shock this week believe me. My brother is very ill. He has cancer and can't even get out of a chair without help. His son, my nephew, rescued a small puppy from someone who was threatening to hit it over the head because it is deaf and blind in one eye. (I saw this little puppy when I was in the UK recently). His landlord said he could not keep the puppy so he left him at my brother's house and asked one of my other nephews to arrange to take him to a dog shelter in the area.
After calling everyone within a 50 mile radius and having no luck they called the RSPCA help line and asked if they could take the puppy somewhere. They explained the reasons why he could not stay at my brother's house. The man at the RSPCA said they would not take the puppy, they had a waiting list of 3 months and they may consider helping him after this time. My brother was obviously very upset. He had a carer with him and she telephoned them again and explained how poorly he was and said he could not cope with a puppy in the house. The man for the RSPCA said it was nothing to do with her and she should get off the line. He also said that if they couldn't cope with the puppy to take him to a Vet and get him to put him to sleep. In desperation my brother called the local Vet who said to bring the puppy in but he had to bring 60 pounds with him. My nephews took the puppy and the money and when the Vet saw the puppy he said he would try and find him a home but still took the money.
I know that Parc cannot take every puppy referred to us but if we can't we do usually get help from our wonderful dog shelter Paws.
I genuinely believed that the shelters in Britain would take in homeless puppies. I am so concerned about this kind of response. If it had not been a member of my family I probably would not have believed this. To say it is distressing is an understatement.
I like many of you watch these lovely TV documentaries where the RSPCA will spend hours pulling a chimney down to save a bird or catching and moving baby ducks etc. It never occurred to me that while they were doing this they were refusing to do the job that everyone expects them to do. Comments welcome!

Mum and 2 babies found today

THIS BEAUTIFUL PEDIGREE HUNTING DOG WAS FOUND WITH HER TWO BABIES. WE HAVE TAKEN THEM TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. IF ANYONE KNOWS WHERE THEY HAVE COME FROM PLEASE GET IN TOUCH AS WE BELIEVE THEY MAY HAVE BEEN STOLEN AND THEN DUMPED. IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THESE VALUABLE DOGS WILL HAVE BEEN ABANDONED. TEL 99961157 IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION OR E MAIL parc.peyia1@yahoo.com

Young male tabby kitten/cat found at top of Peyia

A very friendly 6 to 8 month old tabby kitten found. He has a black flea collar on. If anyone knows him please tel 96222375 Thanks.

VERY SMALL DOG ABANDONED

This very small dog was abandoned at the Paws dog shelter. He has clearly had a car accident and someone has gone and tied him to the gate. He has been treated by our Veterinary, Dr. Maria, and there is no serious injury but he is limping and obviously quite traumatized by the experience. He is in temporary foster care at the minute but we would very much like a more long term solution for this dear little fellow who is only about 9 months old. A foster home or a forever home would be great. Please telephone Suzy if you can help Tel: 99059612

A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL OUR FOSTER CARERS.

I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW GRATEFUL WE ARE TO OUR FOSTER MOTHERS. OVER THE PAST 2 WEEKS SO MANY PUPPIES AND DOGS HAVE BEEN HELPED BECAUSE OF THESE WONDERFUL CARERS. DONELLA AND ROBERT CARED FOR CHAPPIE WHO WENT TO THE UK YESTERDAY. KAREN AND HER MUM CARED FOR ELLA WHO GOES NEXT WEEK TO THE NEW FOREST. DONNA AND THEN SUSAN AND TONY CARED FOR GEM (PICTURED ABOVE) AND TODAY SHE WENT TO NEW FOSTER CARERS JUDITH AND ROBIN. MARGARET HAS NOW TAKEN OVER THE CARE OF ELLA UNTIL SHE FLIES AND LYNNE AND DAVE CARED FOR CHAPPIE OVER NIGHT AND THEN TOOK HIM WITH THEIR TWO LONG TERM FOSTER DOGS TO LARNAKA FOR HIS FLIGHT. WE ARE ALSO ALWAYS HELPED BY JILL AND PETE FROM SHAMPOOCH PET SHOP WHO NEVER FAIL TO HELP PARC DOGS WHEN WE NEED THEM. MY GOODNESS WHAT A NETWORK OF PEOPLE WE HAVE AND THESE ARE JUST THE CURRENT ONES, MANY MORE HAVE AND WILL HELP IN THE FUTURE. HOW WE VALUE EACH ONE OF YOU. WITHOUT YOU WE SIMPLY COULD NOT DO WHAT WE DO. THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
GEM IS STILL LOOKING FOR A FOREVER HOME. SHE IS A 12 WEEK OLD PUPPY. VERY WELL BEHAVED INDEED, ALREADY WALKING NICELY ON HER LEAD AND ASKING TO GO TO TOILET. SHE HAS A SUPER TEMPERAMENT, IS ALWAYS HAPPY AND HER TAIL NEVER STOPS WAGGING AND SHE WILL KISS YOU TO DEATH. A REAL STAR FOR SOMEONE WHO WANTS A SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZE PUPPY. PLEASE TEXT 99961157 OR E MAIL parc.peyia1@yahoo.com FOR MORE INFORMATION.

The three tiny puppies have been given a chance thanks to a Cypriot couple and their dog.

I am very pleased to post this from Ann. The tiny puppies were only 2 or 3 days old when they were left in a paper bag at the side of a road last night by some unfeeling, uncaring individual (see our appeal below)

Hi Ruth just to let you know that the PARC Guardian Angel has worked her magic again. I took the three little puppies to the vets this morning after being up all night with them keeping them warm and trying to get them to drink some baby milk. When Dr Maria saw them she said that they were only a couple of days old. She called various people to see if anyone would take one or all of them on but with no luck. As we were spaying a dog a cypriot lady came in with her husband and their black hunting dog. The dog had just given birth to one puppy but was having difficulty with the others. She asked me what the little puppies were doing there and when told that they had been "thrown away" was absolutely horrified. After speaking with her husband they said that they would take the three puppies home and raise them with the ones their dog was having. I can't begin to tell you how happy it made me as their future was looking very bleak. A happy ending to what could have been a very sad one. Thank you once again for all your help it is as always much appreciated. Ann xx
ps what would we do without you.

SOS 3 TINY PUPPIES THROWN OUT OF A CAR

Three tiny pointer type puppies have been found in a paper bag. They were thrown out of a pick up vehicle. We are desperately looking for a bitch that has milk or someone who is prepared to bottle feed them. They are going to the Veterinary tomorrow morning and if no help available they will have to be put to sleep. Sorry to have to say this is the likely outcome but finding help quickly is going to be very difficult.
If you can help please telephone Ann urgently on 99247765. As Ann said in her e mail this kind of cruelty leaves us all feeling physically sick and very very angry. We would like to think it was a one off situation. Sadly it is not. These three were found, others are not, they simply die alone freezing cold and starving. How cruel is that?

All of these lovely animals have been, or will be, exported to the UK by Parc before the end of February. They are all going to approved homes.

Parc volunteers

Hello to all our supporters. As most of you know I have tried to take some time off due to ill health and family bereavement. The team have worked very hard trying to keep work away from me. Sue our secretary, had taken on a lot of my role. Unfortunately and very sadly Sue too has had a family bereavement so she has had to return to the UK very suddenly. I have therefore had to take back some of the work but the rest of the team are still working extremely hard. The phones are being manned 6 days per week by members of the team and of course Pam is carrying a lot too. We are all doing our bit in these difficult times.
I have to say that this is the first time that I have had to take a step back and ask for help. After 8 years I dont think that unreasonable and of course I am very grateful to everyone who has stepped in to help. I was however, somewhat shattered even further at the weekend when someone said they had heard that I was not involved with Parc anymore. Parc has been my life for 8 years. I started it and I have no intention of walking away from it. I do need a break and I am trying to stand back from the front line which I need to do for a while. However, I am still actively involved in direct work with the animals and I am available to support the team of volunteers. I felt it necessary to put this into print as I know how quickly rumors spread. I hope this clarifies the situation somewhat. I also hope that people will appreciate that everyone is doing their best but we are not the RSPCA and we cannot even hope to meet everyone's expectations. We are all unpaid volunteers who do our very best to help animals in need. My sincere thanks to all our supporters. Ruth

THANK YOU PETZ STUFF

We would like to thank Geoff at Petz Stuff for donating the proceeds of their Christmas Raffle to PARC. Geoff presented PARC with 130 euros yesterday which will be immediately put to good use in helping us to continue to care for the many animals that need our help. Thank you also to all of the Petz Stuff customers and friends who bought tickets for the raffle.