Everywhere you go in Greece, you see dogs roaming about. They're usually large, well fed and quite friendly. Some of them wear collars too.
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In Greece, like much of North America, dogs are regular additions to family units. Therefore, dogs are permitted, by law, in all open, outdoor public spaces, including parks and the sidewalks, so long as you abide by the regulations.
In many Greek cities, walking one block without seeing a stray cat or a dog is impossible. Whether a person is eating, walking, driving, or even at the beach, you are almost guaranteed to find at least one stray animal.
GREECE ALONE IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE almost 3 million stray and homeless dogs and cats, in a country with 11 million inhabitants. This is HUGE!. Stray pets are a man-made problem. Every stray pet was once someone's pet, or the puppy or kitten of someone's pet that was abandoned.
If you've come on vacation to Greece and fallen head over heels in love with a stray, you will need to take it to a local vet for a comprehensive medical check, vaccinations, and, most importantly, a pet passport, if you want to take it home with you.
The Land of the Strays is one giant sanctuary for rescued pups. All dogs go to heaven, but it turns out that heaven is in the mountains near Santa Bárbara de Heredia, Costa Rica.
According to recent legislation (2023) you are allowed to enter specific sites with your dog: In Athens: the Ancient Agora, the Roman Agora, the Temple of Olympian Zeus, Hadrian's Library, Aristotle's Lyceum, and the western hills of the Acropolis (Philopappou Hill, Hill of the Nymphs, Pnyx).
Ctenocephalides felis was found on 97.4% of the cats and 40.3% of the dogs surveyed. Of the other flea species, with much lower prevalence, Pulex irritans (0.8%) and Xenopsylla cheopis (0.8%) were observed only on the dogs.
These Cats Are Mostly StraysFor the most part, the cats that you see wandering around Greece are usually strays. They tend to behave in a similar way as other wildcats and tend to mark out a territory that they call their own.
Middle Eastern countries and Indonesia have some of the world's lowest per-capita dog rates, in part due to Islamic traditions that cast dogs as unclean. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Indonesia all have fewer than two dogs for every 1,000 people--the lowest per capita ownership rates of 53 countries surveyed by Euromonitor.