As for the role of citizens in ensuring that stray city animals have a dignified end, it is small but extremely important: all they need to do is call their municipality

At a mayors’ conference in Alexandroupolis, Interior Minister Theodoros Livanios announced new funding, birth and housing benefits, and upcoming voting reforms, while sharply criticizing local leaders for poor financial management and slow project delivery

The European ground squirrel is an endangered species and is on the Red List of endangered species of the IUCN.

The defendant did not appear in court and denied accusations of animal cruelty. His sentence was suspended for three years.