According to the laws in Greece, stray animals must be collected by municipalities and after necessary vaccinations and treatments, they should be sterilized and await adoption in a shelter for a period. Animals that cannot be adopted are released back into their natural habitats.
Serafina Avramidu, the Animal Welfare Advisor for the Municipality of Athens, stated that the law passed by the parliament in 2021 concerning the protection of pets includes numerous provisions for stray animals. She mentioned that the responsibility for stray animals was assigned to municipalities under the Interior Ministry by this law.
Avramidu emphasized that with the new law, the allocation of funds from the state budget for stray animals to municipalities has also been increased. She mentioned another innovation in the law, which is the establishment of a population registry for pets.
