Firefighters in Greece continue to battle blazes that “cannot be contained” as the country burns into a fresh week. Fire is devouring vast swathes of the country fuelled by gale-force winds and dry summer conditions.

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Animals continue to be in danger of burning to death right now.

The fire has destroyed 77,000 hectares (190,000 acres) of land and is, as you read this, eating into Mount Parnitha’s crucial green-belt national park.

Untold numbers of animals have been killed by the unstoppable flames but our team continues to be on the ground, racing to the aid of those trapped, terrified, and burnt.

Please keep supporting our emergency rescue teams!
MORE ANIMALS ARE IN PERIL and without your continued support, they stand no chance against unstoppable flames.

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A few weeks ago, you helped us rush aid to trapped, terrified, and injured animals, and today, we are asking you to once again open your hearts to the helpless wildlife of Greece. The raging flames, fueled by gale-force winds, are showing NO signs of abating, and trapped wild animals need your help right now!

Please help!

MORE blazing wildfires across Greece have sparked mass evacuations – what about the animals?

In times of crisis, we are on the ground helping animals in the most desperate of need. At last count, firefighters were battling 99 separate blazes across the country, including in woodlands northwest of Athens, where our partner ANIMA (Wildlife Rehabilitation Association) is working day and night to save animals.

Sadly, our worst fears of ongoing fires have become a reality.
The need for our immediate help has never been greater.

Animals need you NOW.

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Large-scale evacuations continue around Athens and other parts of Greece, but for the animals, it is not so simple. We already know from the previous wave of devastation that exhausted, dehydrated birds will be falling from the sky. Young, old and slow-moving animals like tortoises stand no chance against the flames.

Without our help, they will succumb to fiery death.

Heartbreakingly, many wild animals who miraculously survive the flames will succumb to the effects of smoke inhalation.

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Right now, ANIMA is on the ground helping to evacuate and treat any animals they find alive. Once they have permission from fire services and local authorities, they will enter disaster zones and carry out their critical rescue and evacuation missions. They are rescuing not only wild animals but any injured, displaced or trapped animals they can – domestic animals, livestock and wild.

As you read this, helpless animals are engulfed by flames and burning, and their hopes of survival rest on our ability to send critical rescue support to them now.

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Time is of the essence, and EVERY MOMENT COUNTS!

Some of the fires are wildly out of control in places of extreme natural importance, like the national forest of Dadia in Evros (a unique nesting place of two of the most endangered species of vulture) and Parnitha, where red deer and wolves live, and where our rescue teams are focusing their efforts.

Please help us URGENTLY raise $10,000 (around £8,000) to equip our rescue teams with fuel for their missions, veterinary supplies, animal transport crates and supplies of food and water.

Many animals will need urgent, critical care and long-term rehabilitation for their injuries. They will be traumatized and in need of shelter after the devastating loss of their habitats.

They need YOU.

Europe’s summer fires have destroyed wooded areas capable of absorbing 2.3 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.

We know the situation for wildlife is only going to get worse, and we URGE you to stay by our side, for the wildlife who need us more than ever.

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These fires are one of the worst disasters in modern Greek history, and without us, the animals stand almost no chance of survival.

Please donate right now so our partner can continue to treat and rescue terrified, traumatized and trapped animals and provide critical treatment to those in pain and on the brink of death.

The lives of these animals are in YOUR hands, so please donate as much as you possibly can today.