VOLUNTEERING

Animal Welfare Association "Eric"

The Shelter Stray Animals “Eric”, is a non-profit association in Megara, that makes a πυρελυ voluntary effort for the care of stray animals. People there give their best in order to defend the right of animals. The aim of the Association is to cease the existence of stray on the streets. For this reason, they collect them, sterilize them, hospice and vaccinate them and then they are involved in their adoption by animal lovers.

In 15/06/11, i started volunteering at the animal welfare association “Eric”. I decided to participate there because of my passion for animals and finally it was one of the best experiences during my time in UINDY. Not only i had to deal with animals, that is really enjoyable, but I had also the opportunity to learn many things about animal welfare issues.

As a volunteer I had the right to do what I really wanted and the atmosphere was very nice. The most of my hours there, I was responsible to clean up dogs and cats, feed them, groom them and help them socialize.

After the first four days in which I had the basic training, I could also help in adoption applications and to answer visitors’ questions about their new pets.

The animals there come from various backgrounds and they really need love and attention and spending time with them is a real pleasure. One of my major responsibility was to provide exercise and playing with the shelter dogs. I was moving dogs in and out of their cages for exercise, I was feeding them and then I was cleaning up the dogs, because it was very important to make them feel as they are members of a family.

Being part of a team that really cares about animals and give much of their time and energy to them was very inspiring. It was a very interesting and great experience, even if only for a short amount of time. It’s well worth it!