Princess Kali Amanda Gets Her Chance
by Katerina Lorenzatos Makris ~ When you love dogs, really love them, you need a mantra. Not another one. Not now. I said it over and over when I first saw the little yellow Labrador a week before Christmas 2011.
Kefalonia
Teamwork brings happy endings for chained, starved, disabled mom dog and her ‘Earthquake Puppies’
by Katerina Lorenzatos Makris ~ One dedicated animal rescuer working alone can accomplish a lot. But how about several genuine animal lovers working together? Well, the sky’s the limit for dreams coming true, as proven by this recent example of international teamwork to save a sweet, beautiful but wretchedly mistreated, disabled mother and her pups. […]
Animal rescue styles: Ms. Savvy Sensible vs. Buckaroula Banzai
by Katerina Lorenzatos Makris ~ Having sustained my share of “love bites” in the past—to the tune of 50 stitches—I am no longer a very brave dog rescuer. Nowadays I believe that discretion is the better part of valor, as the saying goes. You can’t help anybody if you get yourself hurt.
Finding a severely ill street dog turns rescuer’s life upside down
by Katerina Lorenzatos Makris ~ Like a couple of pianos perched on your shoulders, a ton of responsibility weighs upon you. You’re supposed to be doing other things—not rescuing dogs. But you take one day off, just one day, and what happens? Out of nowhere pops a pooch who’s so messed up that at first […]
USA welcomes ‘wretched refuse’—three unwanted Greek street dogs
by Katerina Lorenzatos Makris / Rescue Diva ~ While three dogs and I traveled together from the quiet Greek island of Kefalonia to the bustling American state of California last week—a long, complicated back- and brain-buster of a journey via land, sea, and air that spanned several days—I kept thinking how foolish it might […]