April 2006

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News about the Bird-flu is printed in red !

April 1^st:  the Sparrowhawk was 214 gram and Buzzard II was 1055 gram. In the “Apothíki” the work was continued. Two Dutch visitors today.

April 2^nd:  the Sparrowhawk was 216 gram and Buzzard II was 1060 gram. We received a phone-call from Holland that a Dutch sponsor of us will bring us a computer with a small laser-printer (especially for use by trainees). So that will be installed in the House-next-door. At half past twelve we had (almost) finished the last cup-board and what was ready was used at the spot for the storing of crockery > so we are able now to wainscot that one too. And so we started with that after the siesta.

April 3^rd:  the Sparrowhawk was 216 gram and Buzzard II was 1080 gram. We discovered in the Barn Owl-cage in “The Keep” again a dead White Barn Owl > showed to be an “intake-colleague” of the one we discovered dead as well in the beginning of February: as well this one had only one wing and had come as well as an invalid from Páros (02-157b).

Correction & Apology: in the monthly report of March 2006 we named the Coccothraustes coccothraustes a Bullfinch > of course this should be a Hawfinch. Thank you Steve for the correction !!

At 5.15 p.m. the last screw was screwed in the wainscot of the last cup-board. From tomorrow cleaning and re-organizing.

April 4^th:  the Sparrowhawk was 212 gram and Buzzard II was 1080 gram. The wing-injury of the bitten Little Owl (06-037, March 18^th ’06) is healing well. The leg is as good as one can expect from a dead one. The whole day busy with cleaning, removing things, filling holes in the concrete etc.

April 5^th:  the Sparrowhawk was 208 gram and Buzzard II was 1065 gram. Two visitors from Mytiléne > they want to make a magazine for animal-lovers and they should appreciate our contribution. Continued with the re-organizing of the “Apothíki”. An introduction-leaflet for volunteers and trainees was made. At 1.40 p.m. a phone-call from Mytiléne about an injured swallow > will be send by coach. Came-in in a bad condition > had been fed with white bread !! Referring to this we placed an “advertisement” in the Newspaper in which we asked the population to fed a discovered bird only after they had contacted us. If that will be of much use ?? “A Sparrow eats bread and a Sparrow is a bird. A Swift is a bird as well. So . . . . !!”

April 6^th:  the Sparrowhawk was 206 gram and Buzzard II was 1045 gram. The white Pigeon (injured on the head; from Mytiléne, 06-039, March 22^nd) went to the Aviary for practicing. From the Tortoise-terrarium in the Sick-Bay four toddlers (“vintage 2002 & 2001”) were brought in the open air. Together with the over there present “Vintage 2000” they can be released at the end of the summer. Inside are now only 3 from the “vintage 2003” and 6 from the “vintage 2004”. The damaged door in the Sick-Bay is repaired today by  volunteer Douglas. As well over there the wall is cleaned and the sealing too. For the “Dasonomeío” ( Forest Patrol) we had to give a statement that we didn’t take-in a Fox on February 8^th > seems there is a lawsuit against somebody. Today completely finished in the “Apothíki” with cleaning, re-organizing and throwing-away lots and lots !! Now only the used tools have to be brought-back. At 5.10 p.m. a phone-call from Mytiléne about a “little pigeon” > will be brought tomorrow. The ambulance came back around 9 p.m. after being “treated” the whole day > all old “lettering” was removed. Now only new lettering must be done.

April 7^th:  the Sparrowhawk was 204 gram and Buzzard II was 1030 gram. That the body-weight of the latter is diminishing, is because he is fed every day a bit less, hoping he will start eating by his own at last. The upper-part of the door of the Intensive Care was removed and painted on the inner-side. Both mountain-bikes were brought to Kallonís for maintenance > should be ready for the trainees to use. Started with clearing away of the used tools in the “Apothíki” and finished with that. After we made a phone-call about the young pigeon we heard that it wasn’t alive anymore !! To phone us and inform us is something that’s not in their minds, and equally not that a young pigeon can’t for such a long time without being fed ! The whole door of the Intensive Care was painted at the end of the day on both sides.

April 8^th:  the Sparrowhawk was 204 gram and Buzzard II was 1025 gram. The whole day busy filling chinks and crevices between the wainscot.

April 9^th:  the Sparrowhawk was 198 gram and Buzzard II was 1025 gram. The wing-injury of the (bitten-by-rats) Little Owl (see among others March 18^th) is  improving well. Started with giving the staircase from the kitchen to the next floor, quite intensive used by as well humans as animals and of which some steps began to be quite “spongy”, better, thicker and stronger steps. Around 4 p.m. we had finished 3 steps > was quite difficult measuring !! And after a stop of 19 months (!!) we could continue with the hand-carved stone with a Barn Owl in relief and with the text MM- TYTO –IV for in the typical Dutch “stair-front” (gable) of the “release-cage” for the Barn Owls.

April 10^th:  the Sparrowhawk was 200 gram and Buzzard II was 1025 gram. In the morning again 3 steps were made. The “gable-stone” with the Barn Owl was looking a lot better after some “playing” today. At 5.10 p.m. all 8 steps of the staircase were covered with 3 cm thick pine-wood steps. Now only the “finishing touch”, but that’s something for the future (??)

April 11^th:  the Sparrowhawk was 202 gram and Buzzard II was 1035 gram. The 2 mountain-bikes were taken-back from their maintenance & repair of the tires > for 15 Euros they both were again tip-top OK. Materials were bought for a special group of earthed sockets for the computer we’re expecting for the trainees > will be placed in the living over there and will be fused separately. With some difficulties we succeeded with that > the only “free fuse” didn’t work, so we had to find another solution. Is now fused with 20 Ampere.  

Although there hasn’t been any announcement, one can see poultry roaming around freely everywhere . . . . !! And especially that, while the fear for the bird-flu is so huge, that nests of swallows, house-martins and swifts are destroyed everywhere, because one is afraid these innocent birdies will “bring the disease” . . . . > so we’ll have a huge insects-plague this summer !! Ineke has already written about this madness in the newspaper !!

This morning a phone-call from the 1^st Gymnásio (the first three years of the secondary school) in Mytiléne > they are planning to visit us (for an excursion) next Thursday with a group of 50 students > we’ll survive that as well. After the siesta continued with the “Gable-stone” > looks a lot better with some colors more.

April 12^th:  the Sparrowhawk was 208 gram and Buzzard II was 1030 gram. The last 9 tortoises are brought outside as well (temporarily lodged with the other ones in the Falcon-aviary). In the coming weeks we must realize a quite huge tortoise-pen un top of the undulated iron roof above the entrance of the House-next-door > this is going to be a “hell-of-a-job”, because all kinds of “supporting measures” should be taken ! Started with the clearing away of all used tools and the re-organization of the “Apothíki” in the House-next-door. So this includes the “work-shop” and the room of “Mispoes” (ground-floor). Because we had to wait in vain for the coach (there should be food “on board”, but that wasn’t there), we used the “lost time of the siesta” to finish the “gable-stone”.

Now only the coating must be done.

April 13^th:  the Sparrowhawk was 204 gram and Buzzard II was 1025 gram. And at 9.45 a.m. the “gable-stone” was placed. The school from Mytiléne came with 46 children and 3 teachers > lots of rubbish was left for us and quite interested they weren’t either ! But they are paid from the EU for this kind of educative trips; for us it cots only time and it isn’t leaving anything except rubbish for us !! However, when we wanted to take out one of the 6 Barn Owls (to show the children), there was no-one visible present ! It showed to be that in one of the nesting-boxes a female was sitting on three eggs (and some days ago there were only two) > so we’re anxious! Volunteer Douglas from Parákoila and helped with showing the birds, but as well he cleaned the whole court-yard of the house-next-door; as well he filled some holes in the concrete over there with the left-overs from the cement we used for the gable-stone. Meanwhile we started with the strengthening of the rafters of the undulated roof, where the tortoise-pen is planned > is going to be about 2 by 2 meters. An extra earthed socket was made in the kitchen of the House-next-door. We received a phone-call from Holland that our ex-patient “Witteke” (see September 12^th & October 3^rd 2005, with the name “Whity” ) has died in Holland due to cancer. At 5.50 p.m. a phone-call from the Vet. Myrsíni Tourvalí from Mytiléne that she had send an injured pigeon with the coach of 3 p.m. from Mytiléne . she had forgotten to inform us . . . . While Ineke still was busy to find out what had happened with the pigeon, there was the sound of a car-horn outside the Hospital > a taxi driver from the village had picked-up the box with the pigeon god-knows-where (the bird had been waiting there for 2 hours !) and brought the box. See further by Carrier-pigeon.

April 14^th:  the Carrier-pigeon was still alive at 5 a.m. ! The Sparrowhawk was 207 gram and Buzzard II was 1030 gram. Both birds still aren’t eating by themselves, that’s why we still are measuring. The reserve-cage on the landing of the top-floor of the house-next-door is prepared for lodging the birds from the Aviary in our court-yard. We had to make provisions to open the shutters of the (rotten) window-frame in a way they couldn’t rattle or damage the frame more than already was done. The same is happened with the window in between the top-floor and the floor below (stair-case) on the back-side of the house. The base of the new tortoise-pen is pegged out: is going to be 2,20 x 2,50 meters (= 5,5 square meters)

Internet:

Aggressive mosquitoes in Greece

A mosquito which can transmit a severe form of encephalitis to humans has been found in Greece for the first time, scientists said at a conference in Thessaloniki yesterday.                                                                                                                                        The Asian Tiger mosquito, or Aedes albopictus, is native to Southeast Asia but has spread its wings and was recently discovered in Albania and Italy. The mosquito, which has a black and white body, likely completed its journey to Greece in the last two years, scientists from the National School of Public Administration (NSPA) said.                                                                        The Asian Tiger mosquito is considered aggressive and different from other mosquito’s as it flies and feeds during the day.       It is known to carry several viruses, including Eastern equine encephalitis, which can affect the central nervous system and cause severe complications and death.                                                                                                                                                        «The state and relevant authorities have to adopt measures to fight this [the mosquito] with the proper methods to prevent it spreading,» the head of the NSPA, Anna Samanidou, told Kathimerini.

In the siesta twice a phone-call about a juvenile bird in Mytiléne > is send by coach, because we couldn’t make sense of the description. Showed to be a juvenile kind of Thrush. At about 9 p.m. arrived our 3 new trainees from Holland: Steven, Rinette & Leonie.

April 15^th:  we discovered at 5 a.m. our latest “gain” dead in its cage. The Sparrowhawk was 208 gram and Buzzard II was 1040 gram. The 3 new trainees had an excursion and after that a small “sight-seeing-tour”. Doing so, we were able to spot the, on March 4^th released Grey Heron (06-029; February 24^th ’06 from Panagioúda) > the missing wing was the recognition-point. Started with the strengthening of the undulated roof (double undulated roof-parts) for the new tortoise-pen. During the lunch a chicken arrived which was “treated” by the owner > see further by CHICKEN. We received the confirmation from Holland (Mr. Ben Steinfort) that the yesterday taken-in “kind-of-a-Thrush” indeed was a Blackbird > “a classical case of a juvenile Blackbird”; so Thank You Ben !

April 16^th:  the Chicken was still alive (in spite of the loss of blood etc). The Sparrowhawk was 204 gram and Buzzard II was 1050 gram. In the morning-hours continued with the double undulated roof-parts > is finished. A phone-call from Parákoila about a cat, which is (in vain) trying to deliver for days > will be brought after the siesta. The Chicken had hardly anymore “cheese” in the right sinus. Just after 3.30 p.m. the cat was brought-in and just hereafter had her surgery.

April 17^th:  the Cat from yesterday had eaten well and was quite active. The Chicken as well is doing well. The Sparrowhawk was 212 gram and Buzzard II was 1060 gram. At 7.50 a.m. a phone-call from our young Greek friend “Násja” > her young cat “ Mariètta” had delivery-problems (is primipara) > taken-in for obstetrical help. Hereafter started with emptying of the Aviary in our court-yard > released 2 Collared Doves. While with the help of the 3 trainees 9 kilo of meat, liver & minced meat were made “ready for use” (cutting, measuring and packing), with the help of the already mentioned “Násja” the iron basement for the new tortoise-pen was laid. The “de-mothered cat” from yesterday was taken back to Parákoila > the care-takers had found a new home for her.

April 18^th:  till now on no news from the “delivery-room”. The Sparrowhawk was 198 gram and Buzzard II was 1050 gram. During the “Morning-feeding-round” discovered in the Pigeon-cage in “The Keep” a dead white Pigeon > there wasn’t much left of the head. Picked by other pigeons and/or rats ? The last is unlikely, because there is a young pigeon, sitting on the floor and that one is completely “intact”. After studying the rafters of the undulated iron roof, it showed to be that they were more rotten and partly eaten by insects than we had thought, and a further use would give a risk to anyone walking over there. So this morning 2 new rafters were ordered (6 meters long and 15 x 15 cm thick) > they will be delivered. An injured Collared Dove was taken-in. As well the Chicken as the Cat from yesterday left for home; the latter with 4 kittens. Continued with the re-organizing of the “Apothíki” in the House-next-door > hanging shelves on the wall and sorting-out of materials. Again some birds were transferred from the Aviary in our court-yard to the temporarily Aviary in the House-next-door.

April 19^th:  the injured Collared Dove is still “amongst us” and is doing quite well. The Sparrowhawk was 202 gram and Buzzard II was 1065 gram. We heard that the cat from yesterday gave birth at home to kitten number 5 ! Just while we were very busy with cleaning etc. there was a “water-stop” > this should last in any case till eleven o’clock. Continued with the “emptying” of the Aviary in our court-yard. The “water-stop” lasted till after twelve o’clock !! And because we couldn’t do anything else, continued with the re-organizing of the “Apothíki” in the House-next-door. Around 1 p.m. two 6 meter long rafters were brought by truck and delivered before our door; including transport Euro 80.= The socle for the new column is placed this afternoon.

April 20^th:  the Sparrowhawk was 207 gram and Buzzard II was 1050 gram. We made something “extra” in the Buzzard-Aviary for Buzzard II to make it more easy for him to climb-up. After a visit to the Early Christian Basilica (with as well a visit to the local rubbish-dump, where we dumped a lot, but as well gathered some useful things) we started with measuring and sawing of the rafters > the column is standing already (provisionally). At 4.10 p.m. our Greek friend “Násja” phoned us that there was a poisoned young dog in her neighborhood > was here within 10 minutes !! See further by DOG.

April 21^st:  the Sparrowhawk was 211 gram and Buzzard II was 1030 gram. The Little Owl (bitten by rats; see March 18^th ’06) went today back to the cage in “The Keep”. At 11 a.m. the four of us had removed all rotten rafters > it didn’t only look like Swiss Cheese, it even smelled like that !! So we didn’t waist the money for the new rafters and columns !! At half past twelve the new rafters were on their places (provisionally). From the owners of the poisoned dog we heard that he is alive and in a good condition. After the siesta we continued with leveling of the rafters and making space for the cross-beam. From the Shelter in Skála Eressoú we received a phone-call that next Wednesday there is coming (at least) one pregnant cat for abortion and sterilization.

April 22^nd:  The Sparrowhawk was 208 gram and Buzzard II was 1040 gram. At 10.45 a.m. a phone-call from a Vet from Mytiléne that she will send a Pigeon by coach. The whole morning busy with leveling the roof on the fastened rafters. The cross-beam is fastened as well. From friend from us from Holland (Ben Steinfort) we heard that the “juvenile Sparrowhawk,  female” (06-030, March 1^st ) isn’t a female but a male !! There are coming Greek visitors as well !! The Pigeon (a juvenile street-pigeon) was collected; at the same moment there came 4 visitors from Thessalonica, who were full of admiration for what we have done un such a small space and even more how we did it. At 4.45 p.m. the whole roof was fastened and everything was cleaned. In the evening 2 visitors: our secretary María Kallipolíti and a professor of the University of the Aegean from Mytiléne. April 23^rd  (Easter-Sunday): the Sparrowhawk was 204 gram and Buzzard II was 1035 gram. While there was shooting everywhere, some of us first went to the rubbish-dump to dump the rotten rafters. They came back with several packets of emergency-rations (Greek Army), not yet “out-of-date” > so good for the doggies ! After breakfast started with fastening of the rafters with concrete and bricks, while on another spot there was hard labour to clean the 2^nd part of the Pigeon-cage in “The Keep”. In both cases it was work for two people. At 12.05 o’clock all rafters were fastened. After the siesta back to the rubbish-dump, because the there discovered military kit-bags are wonderful to transport a pelican or a swan > so we took 8 of them. Six will be “re-build” into feeding-aprons > the talons of birds-of-prey can’t penetrate the so easy ! As well several emergency-rations were gathered again (with those of this morning all together 48!). Schoolchildren came and brought an injured young Tom-cat. At 6 p.m. the Greek boy “Mílto” came and brought a cardboard box with 4 thrown-away kittens > put down. At 8.55 p.m. we were “disturbed” by a Greek family from Athens (stayed in Arianá > in between Kallonís and Skála Kallonís)  > their dog (black-and-white, short-haired and with a red collar) was disappeared. They had the idea we were roaming the whole day around in the streets to gather / pick-up those animals . . . . .  We’ll keep our eyes and ears open . . . . (so this was a day !!).

April 24^th:  the new Tom-cat was quite vivid, but hadn’t yet discovered the cat-toilet. The Sparrowhawk was 202 gram and Buzzard II was 1005 gram. The Collared Dove has endured with success the wing-amputation. Except from birthday-visitors, as well 2 Dutch visitors. Two kit-bags were prepared for use on the ambulance and the other 6 were already partly “demolished”. In the afternoon 2 Swedish bird-watchers who had discovered in the hills above Ágia Paraskeví 2 thrown-away puppies > put down. Further our reserve-board-member Medie Meijer, who had discovered in the garden of her mother-in-law 2 baby tortoises.

April 25^th:  the Sparrowhawk remained the same with yesterday and Buzzard II was 1010 gram. The amputation-wound of the Collared Dove was smelling a lot better than it was stinking yesterday ! Three visitors this morning: 2 from Holland and their Greek guide from Mytiléne. Continued with the skeleton of the tortoise-pen. A phone-call from Mytiléne from the owner of a pet-shop, that a young Squirrel will be brought around 6 p.m. And in spite of our urgent plea to give only some water with sugar and salt and definitely no MILK  of course the poor soul was fed with . . . . . MILK  > so we’ll receive an animal that will have a severe Diarrhoea and will die because of that !! Should be here at 6 p.m. but at 6.15 p.m. they still had to depart from Mytiléne !! At 6.50 p.m. a boy was before our entrance with the story that his grandmother one week ago the chicken had fed with . . . . FISH !! And now the chicken was coughing for one week > should it be possible a fish-bone was stuck inside . . . . ?? He should bring the chicken at once. The Squirrel arrived at 7.10 p.m. and the Chicken at 7.18 p.m.

April 26^th:  the Squirrel had gained weight with 4 gram (nocturnal “bottle-feedings” !!), the Sparrowhawk was 204 gram and Buzzard II was 1010 gram. About a quarter past eight the announced (pregnant) cat from the Shelter in Skála Eressoú arrived. While busy with the surgery, a Sparrow was brought-in with an open fracture of the left leg. And while we were busy splinting this fracture, the juvenile Squirrel “collapsed” . . . . . laying on her back and gasping for breath . . .  The whole day kept her under our clothes, even during all labour !! Is now quite well again. The skeleton of the tortoise-pen is ready for painting.

April 27^th:  due to the 2^nd troubled night, we overslept ourselves with almost an hour > so a difficult start. The Squirrel was now 76 gram and the both baby-tortoises each 16 gram. The Sparrowhawk was 204 gram and Buzzard II was 1020 gram. Even before breakfast as well the fridge as the freezer from the food-hall were “de-frosted” and the skeleton and the other iron had their first layer of ant-rust-paint. After breakfast we first bought fine netting. At 10.10 a.m. a phone-call from the Vet Myrsíni Tourvalí from Mytiléne, that she is sending a juvenile Pigeon by coach. Picked-up > showed to be shot (was not discovered by the Vet !). We started with fixing the netting. This morning we could re-home by a pigeon-fancier (the Greek boy “Mílto”) 5 Pigeons > four of those ex-patients and the 5^th went with its mother.

April 28^th:  the little Squirrel was, in spite of again 3 nocturnal feedings, diminished till 72 gram ! The Sparrowhawk was 194 gram and Buzzard II was 1010 gram. The little Tom-cat “Giórgos” is starting to walk better and better. The little cat “Four-Spot” (re-intake of March 8^th) was neutered this morning. The yesterday taken-in shot Street-Pigeon is not in such a good condition > the crop remains full and won’t empty. Buzzard II was sitting this afternoon for the first time on the roost close to the feeding-bowl > let’s hope this will continue and that this is a stimulation for self-eating as well. A phone-call from Skála Eressoú about 2 poisoned cats: one was quite bad and the other was a little bit better > as good as possible advices were given.

April 29^th:  we had an undisturbed night, but the little Squirrel had diminished till 65 gram . . . . !! But because the other measurements as well gave “strange results”, we’re going to change the batteries first and doing it again tomorrow. At 4.45 a.m. the little Squirrel hardly wanted to drink any more and at 7 a.m. nothing at all. Hereafter she was sinking away slowly . . . . till she stopped breathing at 1.15 p.m.  . . . . .

We discovered in the water-bowl of the Chicken a huge piece of a tape-worm > treated against worms. We could release the Pigeon of April 13^th. Again a phone-call from Skála Eressoú about the 2 poisoned cats > the bad one hadn’t made it ! The owner (a man from England) asked if they shouldn’t give anti-biotics against te poisoning . . . . . so he must live already for a very long time in Greece !! Again as good as possible advices were given. Forced by weather-conditions to stay inside, the time was useful used to re-build old kit-bags into “talons-of-birds-of-prey-durable” feeding-aprons > meanwhile the 1^st is ready. Was heavy sewing with those thick material ! The shot juvenile Pigeon we discovered dead at 11.50 a.m. in its cage.

April 30^th:  the Sparrowhawk was 196 gram and Buzzard II was 955 gram (!!). Because we had seen and a rat-hole in the Aviary, and the head of the rat peeping-out, this morning all remaining birds caught (more than 50 !!) and brought to the temporarily aviary in the House-next-door. Only one very small nestling (even without feathers) we couldn’t save. Now we can start, dependent from the weather-conditions, with re-organizing and re-planting of the Aviary. While the 3 trainees were busy improving their “stitching-qualities” (e.g. on a shot rat), was in the kitchen our sewing-machine “busy” making feeding-aprons. As well the 2 transport-bags for swans/pelicans were finished and placed in the ambulance.

Total amount of visitors this month:  72                        (total this year: 111)

Kinds of animals who are mentioned like this were for the first time in treatment in the L.W.H.  

Amount of kilometers (Animal-Ambulance) for bringing-in/releasing animals this month 30 (total this year 0397 kilometers)

Total amount of intakes this month: 23 [wild ones: 10; others 13], (total this year 070 > : wild ones 031, others 039; total since the start of registration in 1996: 3314),  of which:

PALLID SWIFT (Apus pallidus): 1 adult from Mytiléne > came-in in a bad condition (by the way, wasn’t injured), but fed with white bread  > pieces could be removed from inside the mouth > is an insect-eater ! Was completely dead within 5 minutes.

CARRIER-PIGEON (Columba livia dom.): 1 adult from/via Mytiléne; send-in by a Vet from there. Injured on the head (both eyes are goggling) and blood in the mouth and in the left nostril. So observation cerebral-injury. Started the day after intake to be interested in as well the water-bowl as the seed-bowl. Is released April 29^th.

BLACKBIRD (Turdus merula) ??: 1 juvenile from Mytiléne; discovered in the midst of the city. So trying to keep hem/her alive to see what kind of thrush exactly it is.

At a further examination it showed that he/she (probably) was bitten by a cat as well (injuries lower part of the back) > so 3 days 3 I.U. Lincospectin i.m. Was sleeping well at 11 p.m., but was discovered dead at 5 a.m. next morning.

CHICKEN (Gallus gallus dom.): 2 from Ágia Paraskeví > the first with severe rhinotrachitis and was “treated” by the owner using a razor-blade to open the abscess > came-in bleeding like a pig ! The sinus was opened by us in a good way and lots of “cheese” was removed. Bleedings were stopped. Chicken is taken-in for further treatment. Went the 18^th back to the owner. The 2^nd was fed with fish, but that wasn’t causing the problems > was “grumbling” in the trachea, but was clean in the lungs > so anti-biotics. Showed to have tape-worms as well.

CAT (Felis catus): 3; the first was a quite young specimen from Parákoila > already some days “busy with delivering” (but in vain > first nest). At intake no contractions anymore. After deliberations with the “care-takers” decided to do a complete abortion > so a hysterectomy. Showed to be pregnant only on the left side > 3 huge kittens ( a normal delivery should have been impossible). The right uterus-horn was completely empty !!  Left for a new home April 17^th. The second was from our village and had delivery-problems as well > taken-in for obstetrical help. Delivered without any problems 4 kittens the day after intake and was brought home in the “delivery-bench” by Ambulance.  The 3^rd came from the Shelter in Skála Eressoú and was pregnant > taken away the “joy-of-motherhood”.

COLLARED DOVE (Streptopelia decaocto): 1 adult from Ágia Paraskeví > severe wing-injury left  side (open wound with fracture radius & ulna). We noticed the 23^rd that there is gangrene in the wing > so this is going to be an amputation (the whole blood-circulation in the wing is gone). The 24^th the wing was amputated.

DOG (Canis familiaris): a quite young fellow (*Nov. 8^th ’05) from our village > was poisoned and came-in with foam around the mouth. Heart- & lung-function were bad. Filtalon & Atropine were injected and after half an hour the poor soul started to recover a bit. Was given back home > we weren’t able to do anything anymore. The chances were 50-50. In the evening we heard he was reacting when someone called his name.

STREET-PIGEON (Columba livia dom.): 2; the first a juvenile from/via Mytiléne > so feeding & bringing-up. The 2^nd came via the same Vet > shot-hole in right wing (air-pistol-pellet ??) and lots of feathers were missing on the back. Three quarters of the tail-feathers were missing too. Discovered dead in its cage the 29^th at 11.50 a.m.

TOM-CAT (Felis catus): 1 half-adult species from our village > delivered by the village-youth > is walking quite difficult and has severe problems with the left rear-leg (shows pain over there) > pelvis-injury (?), because the leg itself is pain-less. Was named after the “Saint-of-the-day” (April 23^rd) “Giórgos = George”.

KITTENS (Felis catus): four (3-1); as well from our village. Were born yesterday or today and thrown-away (is this a “Happy Eastern” for the Greek ?? First spending hours & hours in the church, celebrating the resurrection and afterwards . . . . !!) > put down.

PUPPIES (Canis familiaris): two (1-1) from the hills above Ágia Paraskeví (* about April 20^th) > thrown-away and loud-screaming discovered by Swedish “Birdwatchers” > put down !! (see for our feelings what we wrote by the thrown-away kittens . . . . !!)

SPURR-TIGHED TORTOISE (Testudo graeca ibera): 2 from Kallonís; born in 2006 !! (body-weights were 14 and 16 gram !!) They have hibernated in the egg ; normally they are born in August / September !!

PERSIAN-/CAUCASIAN SQUIRREL (Sciurus anomalus): 1 juvenile from Vaterá > orphaned. Is a lot under the normal body-weight (only 70 gram). (see as well April 29^th)

HOUSE-SPARROW (Passer domesticus): 1 adult female from Ágia Paraskeví > open fracture right leg > splinted.