Our official web site is now up and running (as you can see)

Many thanks to all our supporters who have made this possible. We are only one year old and have already managed to raise over £5000 to keep the shelter going. Well done everyone- without you none of this would have been possible.

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Thank you Simply Travel for financing the trip to Crete for our Veterinary Surgeon at the end of 1998. Over 100 essential neutering operations were performed at the shelter in the space of just one week!

Action for Animals sent out a Winter Appeal to all our supporters to raise much-needed funds to keep the animals at Noah's Ark alive and well during the harsh winter months. During the summer months, when Crete's thriving tourist industry is at it's peak, the shelter is kept going to some extent by the tavernas in the area providing food scraps for the animals. However,in the winter, as the tourist season draws to a close and the tavernas close for the winter, this vital food source ends, and funds to provide food and warmth are desperately needed. Our appeal for additional funds raised £3000. A huge thank you to everyone who contributed. Your donations have helped to keep the animals of Noah's Ark fed and sheltered during the cold winter months.

Silke Wrobel, the woman behind Noah's Ark Animal Shelter visits England.

Pete and Carol Blackler, two of Action for Animals keenest supporters and adoptive parents of "Slinky" - a cat they rescued with Silke's help, whilst on holiday in Crete last year, kindly arranged an all expenses paid trip to England for Silke. The trip was an enormous success. During her stay, Silke and I met up with officials from the RSPCA and WSPA. both of whom were very interested to hear of the work being carried out at the shelter in Crete. WSPA have agreed to visit Noah's Ark as soon as they can and the RSPCA are seriously considering offering help to the shelter for the future.

During her week-long stay, I took Silke to Battersea Dog's Home. Although Battersea, being located in the inner city is not typical of all animal shelters in England, she was rather distressed to see the cats and dogs were kept for most of the day indoors in quite small pens, usually alone. At Noah's Ark the animals spend most of their time outside during the warm weather, and are generally in much larger groups of sometimes up to 30 animals in a large run. During our tour of Battersea, Silke got chatting to several of the veterinary nurses, one of whom, Mandy Allwood, has since been out as a volunteer to the shelter.