No-kill shelter

As part of the bid by the Athens municipality to provide care for stray animals, a digital platform has been activated, www.animalscityofathens.gr, where members of the public can state where and how they wish to offer voluntary assistance.

Animal rights supporters in Albania are demanding new legislation against animal cruelty as disturbing footage emerges of acts of horrific violence against animals.

Footage spread on social media on October 3 of a leashed dog being beaten to death has shocked the public and further emboldened animal rights activists to push for legislation punishing such abusers.

The Croatian Assembly has passed a new animal protection law, prohibiting the killing of abandoned animals.

The local authorities took a total of 6,756 stray dogs off the streets of Bucharest between September 2013 and January 2014, following the adoption of a new law aimed at solving the problem which has plagued Romania for years.