Filmpje Faith 20 november
Update 19 november 2010:
Wat nieuwe foto´s van Faith van vandaag! De hechtingen blijven tot nu toe goed zitten, dus goed nieuws. Volgens Joan is ze een dapper, klein ding!


Update 17 november 2010:
Gisteren is Joan van PAWS Crete teruggegaan naar de dierenarts om het gat wat er nog was te laten dichten. De dierenarts wist niet zeker of dat zou lukken omdat na het schoonmaken van de wond er maar weinig vlees en huid over was om mee te werken maar het is gelukt en er is een buisje aangebracht om vocht en vuil te laten afvoeren.
Gisteravond werd ze wakker en was wel op haar benen aan het tollen maar ze begon meteen met haar staat te zwaaien wat een goed teken is. Ze heeft toen alleen wat kippensoep gegeten omdat Joan bang was dat ze ziek zou worden van de anesthesie.
Om Faith te beschermen tegen de vliegen die op haar wond afkomen had ze een muskietennet opgehangen rondom Faiths bed en Faith is zo slim dat als ze terugkomt van haar ommetje ze zelf haar kraag tegen het net aanduwt zodat er geen vliegen in haar kraag en wond kunnen komen.
update 14 november 2010:
Faith, zo heet de 10 maanden oude hond die van dichtbij door haar hoofd geschoten is, doet het wonderbaarlijk goed naar omstandigheden. Sinds gisteren eet ze uit de handen van haar verzorgster Joan van PAWS Crete. De eerste dag kreeg zij vloeistof door een spuitje maar sinds gisteren middag begon ze water en kippensoep van een bord te drinken en later op de avond zelf te eten. Dit is geweldig omdat ze namelijk medicijnen krijgt die ze niet op een nuchtere maag mag innemen en die krijgt ze nu toegediend in bolletjes met kaas.
Hier is een filmpje waarop je kan zien dat het naar omstandigheden goed met haar gaat: Filmpje Faith 14 november

Vanmiddag ontving ik van Joan Rapani, President van PAWS het onderstaande schokkende bericht. Wij willen de website niet overspoelen met dit soort berichten en foto’s maar deze berichten krijgen wij dagelijks binnen. Dit is de realiteit op Kreta en hier moet een einde aan komen! Daarom hebben we er voor gekozen om dit bericht op de website te plaatsen zodat men weet wat daar dagelijks speelt, waar de mensen die zich inzetten voor de dieren daar, dag in dag uit mee geconfronteerd worden en waarom uw en onze hulp zo dringend nodig is.
Met vriendelijke groet,
Mariska de Liefde
Voorzitter Mirtos Animal Project
I’ve never seen anything like that in my life and hope I never will again. The vet wants to do everything he can to help us with the prosecution.
On closer inspection he found the small round shot balls so it was a shotgun but at close range - he may have been holding the dog while he shot him because the vet said the barrel must have been so close to her face to make that injury.
The amount and size of the maggots in her face showed she had been there for four or five days - god knows how she didn’t die of dehydration alone, never mind the horrific injury and infection.
The smell was so bad we were almost being sick in the car going to the vet.
She didn’t flinch or growl or anything when I had to pull her out of the narrow space she was wedged in between two walls at the church.
The old church caretaker found her inside the church yesterday when he went to clean and he put her outside. He phoned my husband George this morning (I think he didn’t know about us until he asked someone) then Jill and I went to get her.
Today is a holiday in Heraklion, I didn’t know when I called, and every shop, including the vet, was shut but when I phoned him he came out and opened up the surgery for us.
The vet was horrified and as soon as he saw her he asked if we wanted to put her to sleep and I said just sedate her first and take a closer look and then we will see. After he checked her over and removed all the maggots (he was worried they had reached her brain) I asked what he thought. I said if she will not have a chance for a good life we will put her straight to sleep but if she can recover we have to save her - he said we should try to save her. First we thought she had lost one eye but it is ok. She has lost some teeth but he said her jaw will be able to work so she will be able to eat eventually, if she can get through these first few days.
When I got home from the vet I thought she was already dead in the back of the car- she was completely limp as I picked her up and laid her down in her bed. The most important thing was to get some liquid inside her. All those days with not even water should have killed her. I made a solution of honey and warm water and, with a syringe, squeezed it in the good side of her mouth and it just poured out again. After two more attempts she swallowed - I couldn’t believe it. She swallowed about 7 or 8 tiny 2.5ml syringes of liquid but was so exhausted I left her quiet for an hour and by then the chicken soup was cooked and she had more than ten 5m syringes of it. I will give her more before bed and hopefully it will be enough for her stomach to take the antibiotics - two kinds and they are very strong and can’t be taken on an empty stomach.
She is so low I don’t know if she will survive tonight - if she does I think she has a good chance. Even if she does not make it she will die knowing that not all people are murderers and someone loves her. She deserves this chance whatever happens.
I asked the vet all about Tonnie and he showed me his x-ray. He said it was a horrible mess and there was a very good chance another operation would not be a success. He said as much as he believed it was the best decision to put Tonnie to sleep he also believed it was the right decision to try to save this poor girl because she could have a normal life. She is ten months old.
I don’t know what to do about finding and prosecuting (hopefully hanging) whoever did this but first I am going to contact Maria Houstoulakis to see what she suggests.
The vet wants photos too and he said perhaps he knows someone who is very rich (owns the Lacta chocolate company) and loves animals and he thinks he might help us in some way.
My phone was ringing all day but I’m going to email everyone to tell them to leave me alone for a few days - I can’t handle anyone else’s problems right now.












