A group of KAR volunteers, that included two men, turned up at 6.30pm in Kyrenia Old Harbour to celebrate International Homeless Animals Day and to draw attention to the need for neutering of both dogs and cats. Dogs wearing 'I need a home' jackets were walked around the area while buckets were 'shaken' to collect donations for the society. It was very noticeable that local Cypriots were interested and gave cash as well as taking leaflets from the promotional table. As there were no lights in the area the group withdrew around 9.00pm but still managed to raise 412TL.

On Tuesday 13 July 55 diners paid 25 TL for the pleasure of joining KAR at the water's edge Veranda Restaurant in Karaoğlanoğlu to raise, including funds from the raffle, 1,000 TL. The temperature rose up the 30s so the meal was an acceptable cold buffet laid on by owners Yasar and Anna.

Kyrenia Amateur Dramatic Society produced a Murder Mystery to raise cash for KAR last Friday. Photographs of the show can be seen HERE

KAR Dog Show

 

Best in Show results here.......

The KAR Dog Show has never been about raising funds although we do desperately need the money to be able to continue our work with the animals, it is about raising awareness and of peoples relationship with dogs. It is part of KAR’s Education Programme.
This years event has been a tremendous success. We were thrilled by the number of people that attended the show and by the increase in the number of dogs entered.
It was lovely to see so many healthy happy looking dogs both pure breed and crossbreeds, they all really deserved prizes.
It was a good day also for all the stall holders and we were particularly pleased that there was a great deal of interest shown in the pet food and pet product stalls as well as the Veterinary and K9 Dog Training establishment.
A big thank you to all our wonderful sponsors, to our two judges Brian and Maggie who had some very difficult decisions to make and to all those volunteers that helped make the 2010 Dog Show such a fantastic success.

Margaret Ray
Chairperson

National TRNC television, BRT visits Kyrenia Animal Rescue Centre. Filming and interviewing. Photo shows Chairman Margaret Ray talking.

KAR Annual Christmas Bazaar (view pictures here)

The KAR Annual Christmas Bazaar took place at The Teachers Hotel in Girne on Saturday December 12 th. The forecast wet weather stayed away and the sun almost shone. All the usual stalls were there including mulled wine and mince pies, cakes, bric a brac, books, Christmas decorations, tombola, grand Christmas draw, party wear and accessories.Santa spent the morning in his grotto with Mrs.Christmas by his side .A grand total of 21,000 lira was taken beating last years total by 2,000 lira. Huge thanks go to all the helpers and volunteers who worked so hard on the day and during the lead up to the Bazaar. The biggest "Thank you" of the day, goes to 102 year old Peggy MacAlpine who accompanied Santa and spent the morning chatting with the children who sat on Santa's lap and received a special gift from the big man. The homing of two adult dogs and three puppies during the morning  was an extra bonus.

Kyrenia Amateur Dramatic Society

Kyrenia Amateur Dramatic Society staged a murder mystery play at the Mountain View Hotel Karaoglanoglu on the evening of December 12th. Three of the cast had been busy working all day at the Christmas Bazaar but they managed to drum up enough energy from somewhere, to perform an very entertaining play which was set around a delicious three course meal. A total of 673 lira was raised on the night by Kads, for KAR. The table who worked out who, how and why, won meals for eight given by the Hotel and they kindly chose to donate the vouchers for the meals to KAR to be used as raffle prizes at a future event.

Recent KAR Meeting

Kyrenia Animal Rescue chairman  Margaret Ray and committee member Anita Woods had a successful meeting with Sahap Asikoglu, under secretary of the Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Culture on Friday October 9th at the Ministry building in Lefkosa. Also present were Dogan Sahir  Director of the Green Action Group and star of local television Ertac Hazer.
Matters discussed included the constant indiscriminate use of lethal poisons which  kills not only dogs cats but also wildlife . The continuing  damage  to the environment  following the decomposition of carcasses and the many consequences was also discussed.
Mr Asikoglu  reassured that an incinerator was to be built with EU money but he was unable to say when that would be. Registration of all owned dogs was something that Mr Asikoglu felt strongly about and he promised to lobby the relevant departments to make sure registration was carried out in all districts.
The neutering of all owned dogs was also something he felt should be encouraged by the Government  and he promised to support KAR in this campaign.

L to R   Margaret Ray, Dogan Sahir,Sahap Asikoglu, Anita Woods, Ertac Hazar.

KAR Dog Parade 2009

First annual dog parade Kyrenia Animal Rescue staged the first of what is sure to become an annual event on the evening of Saturday 3rd of October. A parade of supporters and their dogs gathered to celebrate 13 years of caring by Kyrenia Animal Rescue. More than 200 people and 52 dogs took part in a parade that started at 7.30 pm by the Belidiyre offices in central Girne headed down the High Street around the Rocks Hotel, along the Harbour to the Castle and back to the fountain. Supporters paid 10 TL per person to take part in the walk, which was led by Toast Master, Alan Peek in his full regalia complete with red tailcoat. Simon Richardson whose Mother Elizabeth’s legacy to KAR paid for the recently built E.R. Block and Mike Blunt carried the banner held high at the front of the parade. Simon walked his sponsor dog Polly from the Rescue Centre while Mike walked Tin Tin his ex KAR Rescue dog and winner of the Best KAR dog from the 2009 Dog show. Dogs and their handlers walked in four categories, ‘ I am a KAR dog I need a home’ ‘ I was a KAR dog, now I have a home’, I was a street dog, now I have a home’ and ‘I support KAR’. Local Vets Firdez Baklaci and Sibel Guzen judged fancy dress in three categories with the help of Marion Stuart. The winners were Mike and Marion Youden won first prize in the Fancy dress as a devil and vicar with their dogs Cindy and Kara, Ann Bosley won the best commercial pair as a bag lady with her dog Doris and the prettiest pair were ……………. All the walkers enjoyed a splendid finger buffet provided by KAR volunteers and supporters including Bar 8.8 from Alsancak who provided platters of sandwiches, and every dog was given a biscuit bone and a bandanna. Although the parade was held to raise public awareness, a total of 2,198 Lira, £103 and 37 euro was raised on the night from entries, donations, raffle and sales. The biggest bonus of the evening was when Danny, one the six KAR dogs brought from the Rescue Centre, was given a home by Tia and Paul Debenedictis.

How Cyprus Observer covered the news

 

Recent Events

Amateur Dramatics
In January 2009 committee member Anita Woods directed a Kyrenia Amateur Dramatic Society (Kads) production in aid of KAR. The rehearsed play read of J. B. Priestley's 'An Inspector Calls' was a sell out raising over 1,000 Lira.

50/50
50/50 last Thursday raised 929.35 Lira. Great result.The next 50/50 will be Thursday 7th May at the Teachers Hotel, Girne.