So I moved to the island of Corfu last year because my grandparents had a house here and rent was ridiculous in Toronto… in a year since I’ve been here I’ve bottle fed 16 kittens which were abandoned or thrown in garbage bins ( I have more photos of all) 7 which unfortunately didnt make it …because when they’re that young and they don’t have their mother’s milk they most of the time fade. Anyway, I am rambling the government hasn’t put any funds aside for trap and release this year at all and there’s going to be a lot of cats that die this winter. I already have exhausted my funds trying to do everything I can and now I have 14 cats (5 before the kittens and 9 kittens that survived) all of my cats are sterilised obviously out of my own pocket I want to go save them all… I just can’t …but I want to do more so I started a fundraiser campaign but I’m a fucking loner who lives on a Greek island with now 14 cats 🫠so I don’t really know how to get it any traction so I can at least start helping more cats. So hopefully nobody trolls me and somebody can give me a hand with this. :)
The mods have went over some of my proof and said I can post the link to the donation page here…
Edit** So moderator reached out to me and because “somebody”doesn’t think that this is real, they asked that I removed the link to donate. even though that the moderator-said I could put the link in the first place after I sent some proof they now want me to post for a couple of weeks about the cats I’ve rescued before being allowed to post a donation link again. So what I’m gonna do starting tomorrow is post about each group of cats that I’ve rescued and now live with me personally and their journeys… and once I build up community and trust, I’ll be allowed to post a donation link again. So stay tuned for lots of cat pictures from me and their stories… our story. Thank you guys in the end it’s all about the cats.
I received some reports, so I want to confirm that I verified that the OP is in Corfu and is at the very least taking care of many cats. She shared ID, vet bills, and a time stamped photo with several of the cats.
That said I have no way to verify all of her story and, as commenters have pointed out, her $100,000 goal and AI generated donation page description are suspicious. I think I was too hasty in allowing the donation link. I will leave this post up, assuming OP removes the donation link in a timely manner.
I’ve reached out to OP to take down her donation link. And requested that she post updates on the cats for several weeks, how they’re doing, and what she’s doing for them. If she can provide consistent updates then I’ll reconsider allowing her donation link.
No problem completely understand; I mean he is right about it being AI generated. I just entered bullet points on that platform to create the fundraiser. I need to go through it more thoroughly. But I will be posting each cat. And updates of my cats and hopefully we get around to maybe gathering some donations and helping more cats. Thanks skyler!
Hey there, I have rescued and bottle fed kittens for quite a few years, and it is really hard and gruelling work. I am so proud of you and pleased that there are people like you in this world.
I do believe your story and I will be donating, also I am happy to answer any questions about kittens if you ever have any.
One thing you could try that has helped me in the past, is to contact larger local rescues when you find kittens and ask them not to take the kittens, but if they can help with spay and neuter costs and adoption connections. These rescues have deals with local vets and can often get a few kittens in, if it means someone else is taking care of them.
Over the years I have always been able to get the cost of neutering the kittens covered after calling everyone, though not always the mothers.
Also remember that those kittens can get pregnant as early as four months old, so they need to be separated from each other until you can get them all fixed.
Thank you so much for your words of support. None of the rescues take kittens here just because of the viruses and diseases that could be at the sanctuaries just because with large population of cats it’s kind of inevitable and would completely take away. Any chance that the kids would have to live so they don’t even take kittens usually. As per the spay and neuter cost there was a sanctuary called Angelina sanctuary not us there is but they didn’t get the funding from the government this year for some reason but they also have their own fundraising page as well because a lot of the tourists that come to the island reach out to them when they find cats. It’s emotional and hard sometimes, but definitely rewarding.
So these three were thrown in the garbage in a bag as you can see and found by a tourist then sent them to me in a taxi cab where I bottle fed them and then the next picture is around three months they’re now seven months old. doing really well. But this is why spay and neuters are important.
Man I hate to be that guy but there’s three cats in the first pic, two dark and one white and dark, and in the second pic there’s four cats, two grey striped and two black and white.
I’m sure this is legit and all, but when people straight up ask for money…
The mods received proof of some kind? I’d need some more verification for certain, this is not enough reason to send anyone money.
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Goal: CAD $100,000
Uhhh… For what?
Help TRN in Corfu and eventually a sanctuary
🌟 Meet Our Furry Friends
Hey everyone! I’m reaching out to you from Corfu, a beautiful island in Greece. It’s here that we face a bit of a crisis with stray cats. 😺🍃 The situation is dire – there are so many strays and the government hasn’t provided funds for sterilisation this year. This has led to an overpopulation problem that’s hard to manage.
But here’s where you come in! I already have a little family of cats at my place – sweet souls who found their way into our hearts and lives. We care deeply about them but also want to help the others we encounter. 🙏🐾
I’ve been dreaming about building a sanctuary, an actual home for these kitties right here on Corfu. A space where they can live in peace without worrying about hunger or danger from cars and other elements. But it’s going to take some serious effort – and money! 😓💰
This is written by ChatGPT by the way.
“Help TRN in Corfu and eventually a sanctuary”
Eventually a sanctuary? You want $100,000 CAD, for finding some cats in a bag? That don’t match the pictures? For what exactly, were you planning on outlining that at all? “Eventually a sanctuary”? This is a textbook scam.
No, you’re right. It is AI generated completely real need to raise funds but the whole blurb is a eye generated it when you create an account with them they ask if you want an AI generated one and clearly I’m not too good at getting my thoughts down correctly. So I just put some bullet points of what I want to do and what I’m doing and that’s kind of what it came up with. Also, I wanted to set it for 10,000 not 100,000 to begin with. My post more build rapport do some time stamping with my posts and hopefully we can do something to help more cats than I’ve already helped
So confidently wrong. You should delete this message.
I am confident that this is how textbook scams work. The mods already replied to this.
I can’t open that link by the way.
I am confident that this is the link that the human above tried to post
https://lemmy.zip/post/53949273
Yeah, you’re completely wrong. Not scamming. The only thing you’re right about is that I haven’t thought it through properly because I didn’t think I could get any support but now that I know it’s a possibility I’m gonna properly plan.
Oh pictures of a bunch of cats. That proves everything.
Why do you need $100K? What will you do with that money? It says on your page that it’s “potentially” going to be used for some kind of cat sanctuary. What kind of documentation will you provide to show what you do with the money? Do you have actual documents or something you can show that can be verified instead of a bunch of cat videos? I can get a dozen cat videos myself and put them up and write a sob story, people literally do this shit all the time.
Sorry for being suspicious, but no, I’m not. I’ve seen this before. Show all the receipts, be transparent, and I’ll donate myself.
I am not after you, I am after scammers in general, and if you can prove your intentions, then sure we’ll donate. Otherwise, it sounds a lot like a scam.
You are literally just a dick head; and apparently you can’t read either just the same way I can’t write correctly but I did say that I wanted to put 10,000 not 100,000 as the goal. 👌 don’t worry I’m in the middle of working on a post that’s gonna make you look like an even bigger dumbass.
You are literally just a dick head
For wanting verification?
Please stop asking the internet for money.
No, for not seeing the verification with your eyes and instead continuing to make assumptions, but don’t you worry little man. I’m gonna accomplish what I need to do, if there’s motherfuckers on the Internet asking for donations for stupid stupid shit I think getting a community together to help some poor innocent animals isn’t such a horrible thing. So no I’m gonna show off the cats that I’ve already rescued and I’m gonna continue to try to source some funds to help as much as I can. While you type behind your computer as a failed detective
Well you seem like a legitimate sponsor then. Is this still about cats or your ego? Post the receipts, or stop asking for handouts.
Also I didn’t want to just post the campaign link here, case I’m not just fishing for donations (I mean I am) but I more want help on the sharing of the campaign and issue… people also write to our local government but it does nothing
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First let me start by saying fuck you too.
But then let me go into the fact that the cats in the bag are clearly kind of wet and dirty in the second picture the three cats in the front are the same cats from the bag… I sent you a DM about that. The cat in the back is Buffy. Tomorrow I’m going to post the story of the garbage three and it might make more sense to you. The cat in the cover photo of the post is a different cat that’s a junior from a different group of cats but in the comment where I post the blue bag and the cats directly underneath it’s the same fucking cat inspector gadget 🤦🏻♀️
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Amazing work op, is there any hope to maybe get some help locally ? Maybe the townhall or something ? Could help spread the fundraiser
I WISH; Greek people suck with that. Last year some funds for trap and release were allocated to some of the sanctuaries around the island but this year none were given. There’s a group on Facebook…Corfu cats and I literally just can’t go on it anymore because it’s just depressing because you want to help all the cats and then you can’t and then even sanctuaries are saying no we can’t take them because everywhere is full. There needs to be harsher laws towards spay and neutering as well as dumping—- there’s so much old village mentality towards the cats… people will have the one cat that they have so it hunts pest and then not have them sterilise they get pregnant and then they’ll just throw the litter in the garbage like what happened with the three up there. it’s absolutely disgusting. I have heard of tourist come to the island complaining and like writing letters for the municipality but they don’t give a fuck. :(
Fuck :(
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I sent you a DM asking for verification. If I can verify that you’re actually on Cofu helping the local stray cats then your donation link will be allowed.
Sorry, I just saw it removed. I just sent you a reply. I hope that was an enough information. If you need anything else let me know. Thank you so much. !
