Fires in Greece: helping the animals

Published on 20/08/2025 - 22:16 GMT+2

One photograph has made nan rounds successful Greece—it captures a man connected a motorbike evacuating a sheep arsenic wood fires approach. The segment took spot past week successful Patras, a Greek larboard metropolis successful nan grip of flames.

Fires person a important effect connected wildlife, starring to accrued mortality and injuries. They besides origin displacement of animals, nonaccomplishment of habitat, pollution, and disruption of ecosystems. The business is prompting residents and groups to enactment successful nan assistance of affected flocks and chaotic and home animals.

In nan Greek municipality of Patras, 1 relation has travel to nan assistance of nan animals, offering them shelter and veterinary care.

"Some turtles person suffered burns and now request treatment. So we've helped move these animals, move them to wherever they tin get curen and beryllium reclaimed successful a sanctuary," Noah Horton, head of maturation astatine Greater Good Charities, tells Euronews.

Other charities person besides taken successful dogs and cats threatened by nan fires until imperishable homes tin beryllium recovered for them.

The rumor is besides economic. According to nan Greater Good Charities, galore beehives were mislaid successful nan fire, necessitating nan planting of caller colonies of bees to support nan betterment of beekeeping.

"Many beekeepers and apiaries person been affected by these fires. Hives person been burnt, lost, and destroyed. It's people's livelihood, and it's besides impacting things for illustration chromatic production," according to Horton.

"The bees are successful problem because nan forage plants they eat person besides burned down," he adds.

In 2022, 43% of nan areas burnt successful nan EU were Natura 2000 earthy protected areas, reservoirs of biodiversity.