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About the shelter

God's Little People Cat Rescue is a no-kill, no cage cat sanctuary and adoption center located in a stunning setting in a nature preserved bay on the Greek island of Syros. The sanctuary was started in 2010 when founder Joan Bowell and her husband had just finished building an estate of four houses on a beautiful hillside. Joan who’d already volunteered with cats in her native country of Denmark knew she wanted to do something to help Greek cats when they moved to Greece. Having witnessed the desperate plight of Greek cats from traveling around Greece for 35 years her heart and mind was made up. She just had no idea how quickly she’d be caught up in helping and rescuing Greek cats! Only a few weeks after they’d arrived the first sickly kitten appeared in the garden - without intervention (although feral) he would have died according to the vet. From that moment on Joan started seeing sick and needy cats everywhere and within the first year she’d rescued 30 cats! Their private home was fast turning into a refuge and sanctuary for the vast number of unwanted and sick cats. Joan photographed and documented each rescue which can still be found on her old blog and a few years later started a Facebook page to reach a broader audience and to reach out to supporters. It quickly became impossible to cover all the costs alone and GLPCR soon began to get help from supporters around the world. A sponsorship program was put in place in 2015 and we finally officially got charitable status in 2018. Today we function as a no-kill sanctuary and adoption center rescuing sick and injured cats and orphaned or discarded kittens. We offer a life-time home for chronically ill and semi feral cats and do TNR for the stray cats. We offer veterinary care to all the cats - including a stray colony of 25 cats that we feed twice a day.

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