Press Coverage

Takis Shelter in the News

07/11/2021 - Lifo - Takis's refuge: A story of devotion from the Greek South

02/10/2021 - Greek Reporter - Takis Shelter: The Greek Man from Crete Who Devotes His Life to Animals

09/07/2021 - Greek Reporter - Stray Dog Moves from Greece to New Life in Germany on a Bicycle

04/07/2021 - Global Grasshopper - 100 of the best animal sanctuaries to visit, volunteer or follow

19/06/2021 - The Blue Mountain Eagle - Puppy Left Outside Supermarket Is So Happy Someone Came Along

19/05/2021 - Athina 9.84 - More than 40 animal welfare associations support the pet bill

25/02/2021 - CNET - 'Animals are amazing': How happy content finds its way to you

23/01/2021 - Daily Star - Stray cat with broken jaw and no tongue makes amazing transformation after being rescued

04/10/2020 - Greek Reporter - The Moving Story of Alecos: From Chained Life in Crete to Liberty in Germany

27/08/2020 - International Business Times - Momma Dog, Puppies Reunited With Papa Dog In The Shelter After A Rescue Mission

05/08/2020 - Clayton News Daily - Bonded Dogs Who Fell In Love At The Vet Are Looking For A Home Together

25/06/2020 - Athens Voice - Takis Shelter: The guardian angel of the stray dogs of Crete

17/06/2020 - The Epoch Times - Aggressive Dog That Was Chained All His Life Gives In and Allows Rescuer to Touch Him

13/06/2020 - Clayton News Daily - Dog Abandoned At The Vet Gets A Dad Who Deserves Her

17/04/2020 - Upworthy - An abused, aggressive dog melts into his rescuer's hands, and it's almost too much to take

06/02/2020 - Wunderdog Magazine - Saving a dog a day in Crete: Takis Shelter is an oasis of calm and kindness for abandoned dogs

17/12/2019 - Greek Reporter - Dog Chained to Tree in Cretan Wilderness Gets Second Chance at Life

26/09/2019 - Yahoo - Businessman gives up his job to rescue starving dogs abandoned on streets

12/09/2019 - The Epoch Times - Puppy Tied Up in a Yard and Abandoned for Weeks Without Food or Water Gets Forever Home

30/08/2019 - Esquire - Takis Proestakis has saved more than 1,000 animals in his Cretan refuge

20/05/2019 - Good News Network - Six Years After Fateful Encounter at a Local Landfill, Man Has Rescued Hundreds of Abandoned Dogs

23/04/2019 - Wamiz UK - Wandering DJ rescues injured pup — then devotes his life to saving dogs

22/04/2019 - CBS News - Man devotes life to saving dogs — after a chance encounter at garbage dump

22/04/2019 - MSN - Man devotes life to rescuing hundreds of dogs

17/03/2019 - WDR - Tierschutz Griechenland: Mehr als 300 Tiere leben in Takis Shelter

28/02/2019 - The Dodo - Man Pulls Puppies Out Of Trash Every Single Day

19/02/2019 - Greek Reporter - Takis’ Shelter: The Greek Man Who Devotes His Life to Animals

04/01/2019 - The Dodo - Man Saves Tiny Puppies From Dumpster

20/09/2018 - Daily Telegraph - Blind Dog at Crete Shelter Plays with Her Puppies

12/09/2018 - NTDTV - Greek man gives up his profession to save dogs, has saved ‘about 500’ insofar

12/09/2018 - Ripley - Guy Gives Up Everything To Save Stray Dogs

1/09/2018 - Positivr - GRÈCE : Il Sauve Des Centaines d'Animaux Abandonnés Durant La Crise

31/08/2018 - The Washington Post - Crete shelter rescues abandoned golden retriever puppies

23/08/2018 - The Western Journal - 50 Starving Pups in Dump Have No Place To Go, So He Gives Up Job To Save Them All

18/08/2018 - The Dodo - Guy Gives Up Everything To Save Stray Dogs

24/03/2018 - Mutually.com - You Just Wouldn’t Believe How Many Dogs This Man Rescued

27/06/2017 - Euronews - 'People ask: why do you help the dogs? Do you sell them for meat?'

06/01/2017 - New Tang Dynasty TV - This business man sacrificed all his life savings to rescue over 200 abandoned dogs

05/03/2016 - The National Herald - One Man’s Philotimo to the Strays of Crete Captures World’s Attention

23/02/2016 - Apokoronas News - Gosport dog lover helps Crete shelter find homes for strays

16/02/2016 - One Green Planet - From Starving and Abused to Thriving and Loved, How One Man is Changing the World for Greek Stray Dogs (VIDEO)

16/11/2015 - SBS - Theoklitos Proestakis rescues over 200 abandoned dogs

13/10/2015 - Neos Kosmos - Greek animal lover gives up job to found a dog shelter

07/10/2015 - The Telegraph - Dentist rescues over 200 abandoned dogs following the Greek financial crisis

07/10/2015 - Daily Mail - The dentist who's best friend to 200 dogs: Animal-lover gives up his job to rescue pets left to starve in the scorching sun after crisis-hit Greeks abandon themOne Man's Philotimo to the Strays of Crete Captures World's Attention