ABOUT THE FELÍNI STRAY CAT PROJECT

Felíni Stray Cat Project is a small private animal welfare project promoting health care for stray and feral cats in our neighborhood in a Cretan village. Our goal is happy and healthy cats in a clean and healthy environment for people.

Additionally, an important part of this project is to spread awareness about stray cats and animals' individual values. We believe that increased knowledge creates more empathy in society and that this again will benefit both humans and our furry friends. Our hope is also to inspire others to do the same in their neighborhood and in that way, we'll make a change!

We like the saying; we might not change the whole world, but the world will certainly change for these individual beings - and to be honest - and less humble 😉- I seriously do believe that little by little - slowly-slowly - sega-sega they say in Greece - we are changing the world together! We act small, we think big!😊🙏❤️ Please join us - be the change!

Felíni Stray Cat Project is not a shelter, but we provide care and vet visits to injured and sick stray and feral cats living in our neighborhood - as much as we can afford. At the moment we are providing care through deworming, preventive parasite treatment, and medical treatment for infections, serious tooth problems, wounds, broken or twisted legs after climbing the rooftops, and other conditions in cooperation with our local veterinarian. We also promote and provide sterilization as much as we can, to avoid many kittens being born to homelessness and suffering. Everything is based on our self-financed and voluntary work, and luckily a few private donations.

A bit about us "two footings". My family; my husband, son, and I + three greek stray ex-pats 🐈‍⬛🐈🐈, live in Norway and have had our house in Crete since 2005, where we spend a lot of time. I am there personally more often and regularly throughout the whole year to take care of this project. Winter and springtime - the cold months, are particularly important times to maintain the well-being of our furry friends. When we all are in Norway we have a local caretaker, a fantastic woman, and an animal lover🙏

The Stray Cat Project had its early beginning in 2016, took a more considered form in 2018, and in 2020 it also kicked off our income-generating 'Art for Change' project; “Felíni Art, Heart, and Handcraft”. This idea was born out of a direct personal need for extra income to be able to continue this humble contribution of increasing animal welfare among homeless cats in our neighborhood.

To give a picture of our project; the beautiful Greek Islands, are known for their friendly cats and dogs in plenty that charms us tourists in the summer months - unfortunately, there is a backside to it. When the tourist season is over, many stray animals are left to search the garbage cans to survive the cold and rainy winter months. Illness, hunger, wounds, and injuries are facing many of them. The lack of spaying causes an uncounted amount of stray and feral kittens to be born to undoubtedly hard lives. Stray and feral cats are more exposed to the environment and prone to injuries. When a homeless animal gets sick or injured their life depends on a stranger's or if lucky, a friend's mercy and willingness to both catch them (they are mostly wild), bring them to the vet, facilitate the recovery, and take the economic burden and pay for it. This is what we try to do. As a very small project, we can't do miracles, but we can definitely do some. Again, we are not a shelter, we can’t give them a home, except for a few individuals who snuck in the back door🤔😻😄, but we are promoting healthcare to give these cats a better life.

If you want to join us in supporting our stray and feral friends in Crete - to give them a happy and healthy life - we would all 🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛🐈 be super happy!❤️ We are raising money for the project to could provide daily as well as medical care. Any contribution - however small, will make an impact! We also hope that many will find this project worth supporting by following, liking, sharing, and please send us some good vibes and good wishes! Everything helps!😊🙏

And again - there is also possible to support us through our shop www.felini.no - where you can buy our art - jewelry, paintings, photography, and music (we are all professionals) - where at the time a minimum of 30% of the profits go to our Stray Cat Project - just because it is needed.

Thanks for reading and visiting!❤️🙏

Kind regards, Gøril

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