Dominique Weaver
What dog owners need to know about the Kalazar virus
Seven years ago the Ellinas family learned that their two-year-old dog, Ada, had contracted Kalazar, a parasite carried by a type of sand fly. It commonly affects dogs in the Mediterranean and Greece, where about 500,000 housedogs have been diagnosed with the disease. It is unknown how many stray dogs have it.
The only way a dog can contract the disease is if it is bitten by the sand fly. Kalazar can be fatal, but with proper and immediate treatment a dog can live a long, healthy life.
Veterinarian Andria Stoitsui has had several patients with Kalazar in her 17 years of practice. “The thing with Kalazar is that you could decide to take your dog to the beach or… Continue reading
Tattoos make their stamp on Athens
A breathing ground for the arts, Technopolis, in Gazi, opened its doors onto an unconventional type of art last weekend: tattooing. The second annual Tattoo Convention set up studio for tattoo artists from Greece and around the world. “Coming to festivals is a good way to learn from other artists and enjoy their work,” said a tattoo artist of twelve years from Thessaloniki.
Contests such as the Best Black, Grey Tattoo and Best Tribal Tattoo fired guests up to cheer in support of their favorite artists and tattoo shops. No limit was set on the number of tattoos each artist could enter into the contests. The judges awarded first and second prize for the Best Color Tattoo to G. Mavridis… Continue reading