Posted on 01/02/2026 3:34:54 PM PST by Morgana
Fancy escaping to a remote Greek island with free accommodation? A dream opportunity has emerged for cat lovers who have some time to spare and truly want to make a difference.
The snug island of Syros - located in the centre of the Aegean Sea and 70 miles from the port of Piraeus - is home to around 3,000 stray felines.
Since the 1990s, charities such as Syros Cats have been working on managing population numbers, sterilisation and providing care to the cats.
The organisation is now welcoming 'fit, mature, healthy and independent' volunteers who would like to help with all aspects of cat care for a minimum of one month.
In exchange for free accommodation, breakfast and utilities, applicants will spend five hours a day, five days a week feeding, cleaning and cuddling rescued kittens.
Specific day-to-day jobs include cleaning litter trays, grooming, gardening, catching or helping trap feral cats, helping with medications, and taking sick, injured or unvaccinated cats to the vet.
Applicants should note that as well as looking after the cats, they are expected to engage with visitors and show them around.
They are further advised to not pick up sick or damaged cats without checking in with the charity first, as they could be unvaccinated or already being looked after elsewhere.
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Syros is the Greek word for Toxoplasmosis.
I’ve often suspected that they’ve been valued for other reasons, too...Anyone who consorts with cats is exposed to scratches, bites and saliva, breathing in dander, etc.
It’s an odd notion, but I’ve wondered if that may have conferred immunity to a lot of things, for many.
The cats would starve.
Looks like my place slightly multiplied
I’ve ALWAYS wanted to go to Greece & I love kitties. The purrfect vacation... :-)
Aww! I miss my kitties. I’m too old to get another.
Yeah, we are getting to that unfortunate time where getting another kitten if we lose one has to be balanced against our life time left.
Suck.
Sorry about your kitties. Always awful when they go..
I was just thinking about making arrangements for Daisy Cat when I die. My doc says not soon, but you never know.
“Piraeus” is very clever.
I’ve been to Greece and also to Italy. Both places are filled with kitties and all of them seem to get plenty of food.
Seems like a good place to live, for cats, oh, and foodies.
If I was a younger woman...
Yep! It’s worked for me three times now.
There are a lot of senior kitties in shelters who would love to co-share the twilight years.
And there are a lot of mobile vets who will make house calls now, to help older people who may not be able to get around well enough to care for a pet.
I know where I want my next vacation to be! Too bad they are booked up!
I would have volunteered in a heartbeat when younger. I have very fond memories of the time decades ago that I spent in Greece. I salute you wherever you are in eternity, Mamma Lapidis, pensione proprietress extraordinaire!
Well... Now we know where the mouse mafia will send their problem employees
I’m in!
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