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Σας παρακαλώ βοηθήστε με! Τα Τελευταία Νέα Της Έρευνας Μας 2.3.10
Δεν ξέρω από πού ν’ αρχίσω. Ακόμα δεν βρήκαμε τον αγαπημένο μας Πάντσι.
Εχουν περάσει σχεδόν 6 μήνες και τίποτα. Δεν έχουμε ιδέα για το που
μπορεί να βρίσκεται και ποιος μπορεί να τον έχει. Είμαστε πάρα πολύ
στεναχωρημένοι και μας λείπει πάρα πάρα πολύ. Μακάρι να είχαμε μια ιδέα
για το που μπορεί να βρίσκεται.
19.10.09
- Λυπούμαστε που δεν γράψαμε νεότερα ως τώρα. Αυτό
ήταν το σκυλί που βρήκαμε στην Επανομή. Μιλήσαμε με μια κοπέλα από μια φιλοζωική και της είπαμε για τα σκυλιά στην άνω Περαία και μας είπε ότι ξέρει όλους αυτούς στην πόλη που μαζεύουν αδέσποτα σκυλιά και ότι αυτή η γυναίκα δεν συμπεριλαμβάνεται σε αυτούς. Είπε ότι πιθανόν τα αγοράζει και τα πουλάει. Μας είπε ότι θα έπρεπε να πάμε στην αστυνομία και να τους πούμε για αυτή τη γυναίκα για να πάνε εκεί να της κάνουν ερωτήσεις για τον Πάντσι. Δεν είμαστε σίγουροι ότι η αστυνομία θα έκανε κάτι αν πηγαίναμε σε αυτούς. Αν έχετε κάποια συμβουλή για το πώς θα κάνουμε την αστυνομία να πάνε και να της μιλήσουν παρακαλούμε επικοινωνήστε μαζί μας. Ορκίζομαι ότι γίνεται χειρότερη η κατάσταση, όσο πιο πολύ είμαστε χωρίς τον Πάντσι μας λείπει ακόμα πιο πολύ και πονάμε πιο πολύ. 2 άνθρωποι επικοινώνησαν μαζί μας και μας είπαν ότι ένα σκυλί που μοιάζει με τον Πάντσι βρίσκεται στον Τρίλοφο. Πηγαίνουμε 3 μέρες τώρα αλλά δεν είδαμε κανένα σκυλί που να μοιάζει με αυτόν. Θα συνεχίσουμε να πηγαίνουμε μέχρι να το δούμε. 9.10.09 - Η ιστορία περιπλέκεται. Η κυρία που καθαρίζει την πολυκατοικία μας, μας είπε ότι ένα άσπρο βαν με 2 άντρες πάρκαραν στο διάδρομο της πολυκατοικίας μας τις μέρες που εξαφανίστηκε το μπεζ σκυλάκι. Δεν ξέρει ποιοι ήταν (δεν τους είχε ξαναδεί) αλλά είπε ότι κοιτούσαν μέσα στον κήπο και μπήκαν στο πάρκινγκ της πολυκατοικίας και κοιτούσαν κάτω από τ’ αυτοκίνητα . Δεν αναρωτήθηκε τότε αλλά ούτε και της φάνηκε περίεργο γιατί δεν ήξερε ότι ψάχνουμε ένα άσπρο βαν. Μας έδωσε την περιγραφή του ενός από τους 2 τύπους . Είπε ότι είναι περίπου 1,70/80εκ ύψος, είναι αδύνατος και με ξανθωπά μαλλιά. Για το βαν που είχε δει η γειτόνισσα (22-9-09) το είδαμε ξανά στην παραλία κοντά στο σπίτι μας. Πήραμε τον αριθμόν της πινακίδας και μετά από έρευνες που κάναμε βρήκαμε μια οδό στην άνω Περαία αλλά όταν πήγαμε να ρίξουμε μια ματιά δεν βρήκαμε σκυλιά παρά μόνο 2 σκυλιά στο σπίτι μιας γειτόνισσας. Στο τέλος του μικρού αυτού δρόμου, υπήρχε ένα κτήμα και εκεί υπήρχαν καμία εικοσαριά σκυλιά και απ’ όσο είδαμε τα περισσότερα μοιάζανε κυνηγετικού τύπου. Υπάρχει άραγε σύμπτωση ότι στον ίδιο δρόμο που μας έδειξαν τα στοιχεία της έρευνας μας υπάρχουν τόσα σκυλιά μέσα σε κάποιου το κτήμα όλα δεμένα και με το σπιτάκι τους και τα περισσότερα να μοιάζουν κυνηγετικά? Αν γνωρίζετε τον Τζίμη Σαμαρά και έχετε πάει σ’αυτόν, στην Περαία, θα προσέξατε ότι περιποιείται διάφορα είδη σκύλων από ράτσες ως ημίαιμα, μικρά και μεγάλα. Αυτό το μέρος που είδαμε με τα σκυλιά, μας φάνηκε περίεργο γιατί τα περισσότερα μοιάζανε κυνηγετικού τύπου. Μιλήσαμε με μια κυρία που ήταν εκεί στο κτήμα και μας είπε ότι ανήκει σε μία φιλοζωική (της οποίας το όνομα δεν θυμάμαι) και μας είπε ότι τα σκυλιά τα βρήκε στο δρόμο και τα έσωσε αλλά μας φάνηκε ότι έσωσε επιλεκτικά σκυλιά αν καταλαβαίνετε τι εννοώ. Υπήρχαν και 4 σκυλιά δεμένα έξω από την είσοδο του κτήματος της μας είπε ότι ψάχνει σπίτι για αυτά (αυτά τα σκυλιά δεν ήταν ράτσας ) και για τα σκυλιά που είχε μέσα στο κτήμα μας είπε ότι ήταν δικά της και μετά ότι τα βρήκε και τα φροντίζει. ΣΥΓΧΩΡΕΣΤΕ ΜΕ ΓΙΑΤΙ ΕΙΧΑ ΤΕΤΟΙΟ ΑΓΧΟΣ ΜΗΠΩΣ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΕΚΕΙ Ο ΠΑΝΤΣΑΚΟΣ ΜΑΣ ΠΟΥ ΔΕΝ ΘΥΜΑΜΑΙ ΑΠΟΛΥΤΑ ΤΑ ΛΟΓΙΑ ΤΗΣ. Δεν μας πρότεινε να μπούμε μέσα να δούμε μήπως είναι εκεί ο Πάντσι, της δώσαμε ένα φυλλάδιο, μας είπε ότι είναι όμορφος και σας τον κλέψανε, και ότι θα έχει το νου της μήπως τον δει κάπου. Μπορεί να υπάρχει μια πιθανότητα να είναι ο Πάντσι εκεί ή να έχει περάσει ο Πάντσι από εκεί, αλλά δεν το νομίζουμε τελικά. Μας φάνηκε πολύ περίεργο για κάποιον μου φροντίζει σκυλιά να μην δίνει αμέσως την ευκαιρία σε κάποιον επισκέπτη να μπει και να δει τα σκυλιά μήπως θέλει να υιοθετήσει ένα ή να ψάξει να βρει το δικό του χαμένο σκυλί. Από την εμπειρία μας ως τώρα όλοι οι άνθρωποι που επισκεφτήκαμε που φροντίζουν σκυλιά, συνήθως μας προσέφεραν κάποιο από τα σκυλιά που είχαν εκεί αν δεν ήταν εκεί ο Πάντσι μας. 2 άνθρωποι μας τηλεφώνησαν, ένας εχθές και ένας σήμερα και μας είπαν ότι είδαν ένα σκυλί που μοιάζει με τον Παντσάκο μας στην Επανομή. Θα πάμε το απόγευμα σήμερα να δούμε και θα σας ενημερώσουμε τι έγινε! Ευχαριστούμε πολύ όλους τους ανθρώπους που επικοινώνησαν μαζί μας και για την προσπάθεια τους να μας βοηθήσουν να βρούμε το σκυλάκι μας. Που βρισκόμαστε αυτή τη στιγμή. 1. 1 άνθρωπος μας έχει πει ότι είδε 2 άντρες με ένα βαν να παίρνουν τον Πάντσι από την Περαία. Το φορτηγάκι δεν είχε πινακίδες κυκλοφορίας. 2. Μιλήσαμε με κάποιον ο οποίος τσάκωσε 2 άντρες να του κλέβουν το σκυλί (ήταν έτοιμος ο ένας από αυτούς να βάλουν το σκυλί στο βαν όταν τους είδε ο ιδιοκτήτης τους. Αυτό έγινε πάνω από το Καυτατζόγλιο γήπεδο κοντά στο Θέατρο Γης) τον Σεπτέμβριο. Το βαν δεν είχε πινακίδες κυκλοφορίας. 3. Μας είπανε ότι υπάρχει ένα ύποπτο φορτηγάκι κοντά στο σπίτι μας και ότι ο οδηγός του μπορεί να έχει πάρει ένα μπεζ μικρό σκυλάκι που είχε βρει η γειτόνισσα μου από την πολυκατοικία μας (Έχουμε φωτογραφία του αλλά και τον αριθμό της πινακίδας του) 4. Στο τέλος του δρόμου που μας οδήγησε ο αριθμός της πινακίδας του παραπάνω φορτηγού, υπάρχουν δεμένα καμία εικοσαριά σκυλιά κυνηγετικού τύπου. 5.
Αυτήν τη στιγμή, δεν πιστεύουμε ότι τα 2
βαν/ φορτηγάκια είναι τα ίδια. Πιστεύουμε ότι το βαν με τους 2 τύπους
μοιάζει κάπως έτσι 6. Η περιγραφή της κυρίας που καθαρίζει την πολυκατοικία μας λέει ότι το βαν που είδε εκεί ήταν σαν το πρώτο βαν ενώ η περιγραφή του άντρα ήταν σαν τον άντρα που οδηγούσε το δεύτερο φορτηγάκι. Μπορεί να έκανε λάθος ή απλά μπορεί να είναι σύμπτωση. Όπως πάντα, αν έχετε κάποια πληροφορία, αν νομίζετε ότι έχετε δει τον Πάτσι σας παρακαλούμε επικοινωνήστε μαζί μας. Μπορείτε επίσης να επικοινωνήσετε μαζί μας μέσω του www.ourdogs.gr φόρουμ όπου υπάρχει ένα post εκεί για τον Πάντσι. 6.10.09 – Πέρασαν
αρκετές μέρες και δεν γράψαμε νεότερα για τον Πάντσι μας αλλά ξαφνικά
είχαμε κάποιες πληροφορίες που έπρεπε να διασταυρώσουμε και να
τσεκάρουμε. 26.9.09 - Μια κυρία μας
τηλεφώνησε λέγοντας ότι ένα σκυλί που μοιάζει στον Πάντσι, βρίσκεται στο
Μπαχτσέ στην παραλία περίπου 2 χλμ από το σπίτι μας. Αυτή είναι η
φωτογραφία του. Αυτός ήταν στην παραλία κοντά στις ταβέρνες. 22.9.09 - Εμφανίστηκε
ένα μικρό σκυλάκι στην πολυκατοικία μας τις τελευταίες 2-3 εβδομάδες.
Πρέπει να είναι 3-4 μηνών. Έμοιαζε ελαφρώς στο πρόσωπο σαν Τον βγάλαμε
φωτογραφία και την βάλαμε σε κάποιες ιστοσελίδες που βάλαμε τον Πάντσι
μήπως κάποιος τον έχει χάσει γιατί φορούσε ένα κόκκινο κολάρο. Τον
αφήναμε το πρωί έξω, σε περίπτωση που οι ιδιοκτήτες του τον έψαχναν για
να μπορούν να τον δουν. 21.9.09 - Λάβαμε πολλά
email, μηνύματα και τηλεφωνήματα από πολλούς ανθρώπους που μας δώσανε
την συμπαράσταση τους. Τους ευχαριστούμε όλους που ξόδεψαν λίγο από τον
χρόνο τους για να μας στηρίξουν.
14.9.09 –
Νέο Βίντεο –
Πολλοί άνθρωποι επικοινώνησαν μαζί μας τις τελευταίες μέρες ρωτώντας μας
αν βρήκαμε τον Πάντσι ή τι συμβαίνει γιατί δεν είχαμε βάλει νεότερα για
τον Παντσάκο μας στο site. Λυπούμαστε για την καθυστέρηση και ζητάμε
συγνώμη για αυτό. Θα ανανεώνουμε το site με τα νέα της έρευνας μας για
τον Πάντσι κάθε Δευτέρα. Δυστυχώς τις καθημερινές λόγω της δουλειάς δεν
μπορούμε να κάνουμε πολλές έρευνες όσο θέλουμε παρά μόνο τα βράδια μετά
τη δουλειά αλλά λόγω της έλλειψης φωτός γίνονται δύσκολα. Να σας πω την
αλήθεια αισθάνομαι τύψεις για αυτό αλλά δεν μπορούμε να πάρουμε άδεια
από τη δουλειά. 7.9.09 - Δεν έχουμε βρει τον Πάντσι ακόμα αλλά ήταν μια γεμάτη εβδομάδα. Αρκετοί άνθρωποι μας τηλεφώνησαν λέγοντας ότι έχουν βρει τον Πάντσι. Το πρώτο τηλεφώνημα ήταν από ένα κύριο από τα κέντρο της Θεσσαλονίκης. Δυστυχώς έχουν περάσει 2 εβδομάδες από τότε που είδε τον σκύλο. Δεν γνώριζε ότι έχει εξαφανιστεί. Ένας άλλος κύριος μας είπε ότι είδε τον Πάντσι 2 πρωινά στη σειρά να προσπαθεί να περάσει τον δρόμο προς την Χαλκιδική στην περιοχή του Αγίου Παύλου / Καλλικράτειας. Πήγαμε εκεί και ψάξαμε στη γύρω περιοχή για ένα τρίωρο περίπου αλλά δεν είδαμε ούτε ένα σκυλί που να μοιάζει με τον Πάντσι. Ήταν ένα ημίαιμο αδέσποτο Πόιντερ στην παραλία της Καλλικράτειας αλλά ήταν ασπρόμαυρος. Οι τοπικοί ρομά (τσιγγάνοι) της Περαίας μας τηλεφώνησαν εχθές (Κυριακή) για να μας πουν ότι βρήκαν τον Πάντσι. Δυστυχώς το σκυλί που ήταν εκεί ήταν το ίδιο για το οποίο μας κάλεσε και μια κυρία πριν από 2 εβδομάδες περίπου. Μια άλλη κυρία από το κέντρο της Θεσσαλονίκης μας πήρε και μας είπε ότι βρήκε ένα ασπρόμαυρο σκυλί σαν τον Πάντσι και αν θέλουμε να τον πάρουμε σπίτι αφού χάσαμε τον Πάντσι. Το τελευταίο τηλεφώνημα το λάβαμε εχθές από έναν κύριο από ένα χωριό έξω από την Θεσσαλονίκη τη Νέα Μεσημβρία. Το σκυλί έμοιαζε πάρα πολύ, αλλά ήταν πιο μικροκαμωμένος, πολύ αδύνατος και με κομμένη ουρά. Ευχαριστούμε πολύ όλους αυτούς τους ανθρώπους αλλά και όλους αυτούς που δεν ανέφερα παραπάνω που μας τηλεφώνησαν και ενδιαφέρθηκαν για τον Πάντσι. Το εκτιμάμε πάρα πολύ. Πήγαμε στην Δυτική πλευρά της Θεσσαλονίκης εχθές (Κυριακή) και μοιράσαμε μερικές αφίσες αλλά ο καιρός ήταν χάλια και δεν είχε πολλούς ανθρώπους έξω. Θα ξαναπάμε όμως μέσα στην εβδομάδα όταν ο καιρός θα είναι καλύτερος. Μας τηλεφώνησαν 2-3 άνθρωποι από κυνηγετικούς συλλόγους που στείλαμε την αφίσα για τον Πάντσι. Δεν τον έχει δει κανείς αλλά μας είπαν ότι θα έχουν τον νου τους για αυτόν και ότι αν τον δουν θα επικοινωνήσουν μαζί μας. Θα στείλουμε ακόμα μια φορά αφίσες αυτήν την εβδομάδα στους συλλόγους κυνηγών αλλά και στους κτηνίατρους στην Βόρεια Ελλάδα για να φρεσκάρουμε την μνήμη τους. Πολλοί από τους ανθρώπους που βγάζουν βόλτα τα σκυλιά τους στην περιοχή της Περαίας ξέρουν για την εξαφάνιση του Πάντσι αλλά κανείς τους δεν έχει δει κάτι και μας κάνει να πιστεύουμε ότι δεν είναι πια στην περιοχή . Έχουν περάσει 27 μέρες από την εξαφάνιση του Πάντσι και κανείς δεν έχει δει τον Πάντσι παρά μόνο την προηγούμενη μέρα της εξαφάνισης του. Θα μπορούσε να είναι οπουδήποτε στην Ελλάδα τώρα ( ελπίζουμε ότι δεν τον πήρε κανείς στο εξωτερικό) για αυτό αν νομίζετε τον έχετε δει κάπου σας παρακαλούμε επικοινωνήστε μαζί μας όσο μακριά και αν είστε από τη Θεσσαλονίκη.
31.8.09 – Βάλαμε αφίσες
σε όλα τα φανάρια στους κεντρικούς δρόμους γύρω από την Περαία.
27.8.09 - Έχει περάσει
αρκετός καιρός για τα τελευταία νέα. Όσο σκληρό κι αν ακούγεται δυστυχώς
έχουμε ξεκινήσει τη δουλειά και γι αυτο οι έρευνες μας λίγο καθυστερούν.
Ερευνήσαμε την υποψία που είχαμε αλλά τελικά τίποτα. Μερικοί άνθρωποι
μας τηλεφώνησαν από την Αγία Τριάδα και την Περαία ότι τον βρήκανε αλλά
τα σκυλιά που βρήκανε δεν ήταν ο Πάντσι. Προσπαθούμε να μην
ενθουσιαζόμαστε σε περίπτωση που δεν είναι αυτός αλλά πονάει η καρδιά
μας όταν πηγαίνουμε εκεί και βλέπουμε ένα άλλο σκυλί. Το προτιμώ βέβαια
αυτό παρά να μην μας τηλεφωνήσει κανείς.
19.8.09 - Ψάξαμε στην περιοχή σήμερα ξανά και βάλαμε αφίσες σε όσες στάσεις δεν είχαμε βάλει τις προηγούμενες μέρες. Είχαμε πολλά μυνήματα απο ανθρώπους που είπανε οτι εύχονται να τον βρούμε και τους ευχαριστούμε για αυτό, το εκτιμάμε πολύ. Στείλαμε σε όλα τα κτηνιατρεία στην Θεσσαλονίκη και στην ευρύτερη περιοχή ένα φυλλάδιο με την φωτογραφία του και ένα γράμμα που δίνει πληροφορίες. Ελπίζουμε οτι θα ακούσουμε κάτι απο κάποιον απο αυτούς. Αυτή τη στιγμή μας φαίνεται οτι ο Πάντσι έχει εξαφανιστεί απο προσώπου γής αλλά συνεχίζουμε να ελπίζουμε. Κάθε βράδυ ονειρεύομαι οτι τον βρίσκω, τι να πω είναι η ευχή μου! Μιλήσαμε ξανά με τους τσιγγάνους της περιοχής σήμερα και τους δώσαμε ξανά φυλλάδια αλλά είπαν οτι δεν τον έχουν δεί ως τώρα. Εχουμε μια υποψία, αλλά σας παρακαλούμε αν έχετε κάποια πληροφορία, οποιαδήποτε πληροφορία, επικοινωνήστε μαζί μας. Οποιαδήποτε πληροφορία είναι καλοδεχούμενη!
17.8.09 - Ψάξαμε γύρω απο την περιοχή του ξενοδοχείου Hyatt εχθές και βρήκαμε κάτι σκυλιά αλλά δεν ήταν ο Πάντσι εκεί. Μιλήσαμε με τον Τζίμυ Σαμαρά- είναι αυτός που έχει το καταφύγιο ζώων στην Περαία- για να δούμε αν είχε νεότερα. Δεν είχε αλλά πήρε και άλλα φυλλάδια. Λάβαμε ένα email απο κάποιον ο οποίος μας είπε για κάποιους ανθρώπους που θα μπορούσαμε να μιλήσουμε για το θέμα της εξαφάνισης του Πάντσι- άνθρωποι που μαζεύουν σκυλιά. Θα πάμε να δούμε σήμερα το άπόγευμα. Κάποιος μας είπε οτι μπορεί να ήταν στην Βασ. Ολγας μέσα στην πόλη κοντά στα γραφεία της Street and Circuit. Υπήρχε εκεί ένα σκυλί με παρόμοια χρώματα σαν του Πάντσι αλλά δεν ήταν αυτός.
16.8.09 – Ψάξαμε στις γύρω περιοχές κοντά στη Θάλασσα. Σκεφτήκαμε
ότι αν θα είχε χαθεί ο Πάντσι θα έμενε κοντά στη Θάλασσα. Αφήσαμε
φυλλάδια με τη φωτογραφία του σε περίπτερα κοντά στις παραλίες σε
περίπτωση που τριγυρνάει κατά εκεί. Καμία τύχη όμως, δεν τον είχε δει
κανείς.
13.8.09 – Ψάξαμε σε όλη την περιοχή της Αγίας Τριάδας αλλά δεν βρήκαμε
τον Πάντσι. Ψάξαμε πιο βαθιά πάνω από την Περαία στο πλαγιάρι αλλά
κανένα ίχνος του. Είδαμε έναν αγρότη εκεί που μας είπε ότι είναι πολύ
δύσκολο αν το σκυλί χάθηκε κοντά στη θάλασσα να ανέβει τόσο μακριά και
ψηλά στους λόφους και τόσο μακριά από τη θάλασσα. Λογικά θα μείνει εκεί
κοντά. Πήγαμε σε ένα χωριό τσιγγάνων της περιοχής μήπως ήταν εκεί αλλά
τίποτα. Οι άνθρωποι ήταν πολύ φιλικοί εκεί. Αυτό είναι ενα link που πηγαίνει στην αγγελία μας στο ourdogs.gr φόρουμ Η σελίδα αυτή θα ανανεώνεται καθημερινά γι’ αυτό σας παρακαλώ να επιστρέψετε σε αυτήν για τις τελευταίες πληροφορίες ΟΛΕΣ οι πληροφορίες θα εκτιμηθούν είτε είναι λίγες είτε είναι πολλές – Σας παρακαλώ βοηθήστε με Επικοινωνία με την Βένια Τηλέφωνο 6947 890 433 Μήνυμα sms 6947 890 433 Email: venia@streetandcircuit.biz Ανώνυμα: κάντε κλικ εδώ Face Book: Venia Georgantzi To Link για αυτήν τη σελίδα μπορεί να βρεθεί στην ιστοσελίδα της Street & Circuit στο ''About Us'' εδώ |
Please help me! Latest News on the Search 14.11.10 - A security guard from the
airport (Thessaloniki) called us to say he found a dog that looked very
much like Punchie. I went down but it wasn't him, beautiful dog though,
here is a photo. This is a map showing where the dog on the was 19.12.09 - No updates for 2 months! A lady in the neighbourhood said here dog was stolen from a street about 200meters from out house. She found the dog the next day by the airport without it's collar. It is the second time she had lost and found the dog. A very lucky lady. A month ago we sent out flyers to hundreds of hunting clubs all over Greece, to vets in Thessaloniki and the surrounding area and to pets shops in and around Thessaloniki. We got in touch with a private investigator who said there was a pet shop owner in Thermi that was buying and selling dogs. We check in on the shop now and again but we haven't seen anything suspicious. Like always, if you think you know where Punchie is, please let us know, you can make our dreams come true if know where he is, please get in touch with us. 19.10.09 - Sorry for not updating until
now! This is the dog that was spotted in Epanomi. We were speaking with a lady who runs a home for stray dogs. We told here about the lady with the hunting dogs in Upper Perea and she said she knows ALL the people who run dog shelters in Thessaloniki and this woman was not one of them. She said she probably buys and sells the dogs she finds. She said we should call the police and tell them about this woman and maybe they would go up there and ask her a few questions about Punchie. We are not sure if the police will do anything if we tell them. If you have any advice on how to get the police to go and speak to this woman please get in touch with us. I swear it gets worse, the longer we are without Punchie the more we miss him. 2 people got in touch with us saying that there was a dog that looked like Punchi in Trilofos, we have been there 3 days in a row now and we didn't see any dogs that looked similar to him. We will keep going back until we see it/him. 9.10.09 - The plot thickens. The lady that cleans the building said there was a white van with two men parked in our building around 2 weeks ago when the little puppy went missing. She didn't know who they were but she said they were looking around the garden and under the cars that were in the parking. She didn't think anything of it at the time because she didn't know we were looking for a white van. She only remembered one of them, she said he was about 1m70/80cm, blondish hair and thin. About the van we saw on the beach near our house (22.9.09). It came back a few days later and we took the number plate. We found out the address of the owner of the van the day before yesterday. It came back as a lady owner who lived in upper Perea. We went to check out the address but we didn't see the van there, there were a couple of dogs in the garden. At the end of the same road where the van was registered there was some property which had at least 20 dogs tied up most of which looked like hunting dogs. Can it be a coincidence that a van someone thought might be responsible for taking dogs is registered to an address which has over 20 hunting dogs tied up at the end of the same street? If you know Jimmy Samaras in Perea you know that the dogs he looks after are all sorts of different shapes and sizes. This place they were more or less all hunting type dogs. We think this is unusual. We spoke to the lady who was there feeding these dogs and she said they were dogs she had found in the street but it looked like she was selective in the dogs she picked up/found if you know what I mean? There were 4 dogs outside which she said she was looking for homes for, the impression she gave was that the dogs tied up inside the property were her's. She didn't offer us the chance to check the dogs she had to see if Punchie was there so we can't say if Punchie was there or not, it's possible but we don't think he is there. It seemed strange for someone who says she is trying to home dogs not to give people the chance to see the dogs they have. From our experience of other people who find homes for dogs they usually offer us another dog if Punchie isn't there! 2 people have called us, one yesterday and one today saying that there is a dog that looks a lot like Punchie in Epanomi, so we will go and check that out this afternoon and let you know what we saw! As always thank you to all the people that are getting in touch with us. There seems to be a pattern forming with the information we are getting but we don't know where it is going to take us! Where we are at the moment 1 - 1 person has said they saw 2 people in a white van take Punchie from Perea. The van had no number plates. 2 - We found someone who said they caught 2 men in an old white van in the act of trying to take their dog (they were about to put the dog in the van when the owner saw then. This was above Caftajoglio near the open air theatre) in September. The van had no number plates. 3 - We were told there was a suspicious van near our house, and that the driver of that van may be responsible for taking the small puppy outside out apartment block (We have a photo of this van and the number plate, see above) 4 - The street that this van was registered to had a piece of land at the end which had over 20 hunting type dogs tied up 5 - At this time, we don't believe the two vans
are the same. We believe the van with the 2 men looks like this We know the van which was
near our house and registered to the same street with the dogs tied up
looks like this, with a sheet of material which can be rolled down to
cover the back. (The van in this photo has a roll down rigid shutter)
the van we saw also has a narrow wood section around the bottom of the
box 6 - The lady who cleans the building says the van she saw outside our building looked like the first van but the description of the man she saw fits with the driver of the second van. She could be mistaken because it has been a long time, it could be a coincidence. As always if you have any information, if you think you have seen Punchie please get in contact with us. You can also contact us through the Our Dogs forum where there is a thread about Punchie 6.10.09 - We read on the our dogs forum about a dog owner who caught 2 guys trying to steal his dog. We got in touch with him and his description matched exactly with the message we received from someone saying they had seen Punchie get taken. Unfortunately both witnesses said the van didn't have any number plates but they said it looked like the previous shape Ford Transit or an old Renault Traffic. Both witnesses said they saw the van at night so their description of the guys is not clear. But the van is old, it is white, its has scratched and dented paintwork, it doesn't have number plates, it was occupied by 2 men. It was seen in Perea and near Caftajoglio sports stadium. The van was spotted in Perea in the early evening and at around 10pm near Caftajoglio. If you see a van matching this description please take a photo of the van and the occupants if possible. Also please call us as soon as you can or call the police if you believe they are doing something illegal. We are pretty sure that these men have taken Punchie, have been caught trying to steal another dog on a walk by enticing him with doggie treats. This is only 2 we fell sure that many more dogs must have been taken by them. It seems they take advantage of pets because they are less wary of people than strays and are more easily tempted by treats. White Ford Transit Like Van with side door If you see a van matching this description
without number plates 26.9.09 - A lady called saying there was
a dog that could be Punchie in Batse just up the coast from Perea about
2km from our house. This is a photo of him. HE was by the beach near the
restaurants. He looked very skinny as you can see from the photo. He was a little bit wary of me at first but I gave him a pat and a bit of attention and he was very friendly. His manner was similar to Punchie's. He had a leather collar but it looked like it was a hundred years old (no exaggeration). The metal catch on the collar was very very rusty and the leather was creased and ripped. Who knows what his story is, did someone just abandon him and if so why didn't they take his collar off? On Tuesday someone called for a dog in Upper Perea, this dog looked even more like Punchie but he was much skinnier and he was very afraid of people. I couldn't get close to this dog because he would just keep walking away from you. He didn't have a collar. We have been to see quite a few dogs now which people have thought were Punchie. It is very depressing not just because they weren't Punchie but also because of the condition of some of these dogs. Some dogs seem to cope fine with living on the streets but the hunting type dogs always seem to be the ones suffering whether it be they are thin or they have been in fights. Going on what Punchie is like, hunting dogs have no real interest in fighting other dogs and they are always the most friendly towards people. It's very sad that pointer like dogs are in the street when all they want is for someone to love them. About the van, we think it was probably a Ford Transit, we will put the word out to the police in the area to see if they know of a van that looks it, hopefully something will come up. 22.9.09 - There was a small pointer like puppy in our building for the last 2 weeks. He must have been around 3-4 months old. We took his photo and put it on the same websites where we have put Punchie's photo. Our hope was his owner would see him. We also left him outside the building in case his owners came looking for him. If he was inside there would be no way they would see him if they were going street to street. The first flyer we made wasn't very good so a visitor to the building thought it was Punchie. She saw him 2 weeks before he came to our building so all in all he was in the street for at least 4 weeks. He was friendly and playful like most puppies I suppose. Anyway he appears to have gone missing now as well. It could be his owners finding him. We would have left it at that had a person in our building not seen a suspicious guy in the neighbourhood on Saturday. He took a big interest in the dog asking who he belonged to, saying how beautiful he was and so on. Basically the feeling was was that if there wasn't someone with the dog then he would have taken him. His vehicle was described as a white Ford Transit/Mercedes Sprinter type pickup. The back of the truck was flat with small wooden sides and then a big metal frame about 2 meters tall on top of that with a plastic roof.
We have had a number of people telling us about a van in Perea which people believed was taking dogs. It could be coincidence but the person that contacted us on Sunday also mentioned a white van but they didn't give us any specific details at all about it. We believe it is too much of a coincidence for so many people to be talking about a suspicious white van with all the witnesses suspecting that the driver was taking dogs. I mean it's not normal to see a white van and to think the driver is stealing dogs, unless there is a reason. Please, if the person that contacted us on Sunday is reading this, please get into contact with us again to confirm whether or not the 2 confirmed sightings of a white van are in fact the same van or not. We think you have very important information which could potentially help us a lot. And also help stop other people's dogs going missing. Please help us. We also have a post going about the search for Punchie on the Our Dogs forum at ourdogs.gr . You have to register to see the posts but you can get in touch with us on the forum if you prefer. 21.9.09 - Lots of email and messages of support as normal! Many thanks to everyone that took the time to write us as always! We placed an ad in the hunters magazine for Thessaloniki. It had a nice photo in it and the description of Punchie. Hopefully this will spark somebody's memory if they have seen him. A nice lady called on Friday afternoon to say Punchie was at a factory near the back of Jumbo in Efkarpia. She had seen the flyer we had put up in the building. She said he was being fed by the people that worked at the factory for the past few days and that he was bitten. We went round and found the factory and the dog the lady was talking about. The dog was a pointer cross which looked like Punchie, it had the same colours but it wasn't him. He was very friendly and quite, typical pointer. The dog was in quite bad shape with two big holes in it's skin behind the shoulder. The wounds were very dirty. We called the lady to let her know and said she would go and see him on Saturday and take care of him. I think she works for a place that finds homes for stray dogs. He was wearing a collar which had "Dog Control" on it. We don't know if this is the company that made the collar or not. Its also had a number on the inside of the collar. We searched the internet and couldn't find any information about "Dog Control" if the name and number means anything to you please get in contact with us as we still have the number that was on the collar. We have been checking the local area daily as usual but no sight of him and no one else has seen him. I think most of the dog walkers in the area know Punchie and are on the look out in the area but not a single confirmed sighting. Someone sent us a message yesterday saying they know what happened to Punchie and it seemed credible. If that person is reading this please Email us as we would like know more about what you wrote. We don't want to interrogate you(!) we would just like more specific details about what you said in the message, if you want to remain anonymous we won't ask for your name. Please get in contact with us, by Email, MMS and call. No pressure, we promise! Like we said, we just want a little more detail about the things you wrote because it is similar to what some other people have said to us so it will help us build a better picture of what happened. Today we filed a report with the Police station in Thermaikos to give people a neutral/impartial party to speak to about Punchie's disappearance. If you know who has Punchie or if you have seen him and you would like to speak to someone neutral, please call Thermaikos police station on 2392075800 and quote reference: 1052/3/448 and they will let you know what to do next.
14.9.09 - New Video - We have had many people contacting us over the last few dates asking what was happening because the site has been updated since last Monday. Sorry to everyone for that. We will be updating the site every Monday as we can't do as much searching as we want during the week. Unfortunately we are still searching for him. A lot of people have called us in Perea saying they have seen him but we believe this dog is the one the Roma called us about last Sunday and the lady on the beach before that. All the sightings were very close to our home so we don't believe it was Punchie. If he was within 2km of the house and he was free to move we believe he would find his way back. Some people have suggested that maybe he has been poisoned, it's a valid point but it takes time for a dog to die from poisoning, more than enough for him to make it back to the house. So we don't think this is an option. I was worrying that maybe he could have forgotten us until a few days ago. There is a happy black Labrador puppy that goes for a walk past our office every day (on Tuesday I think it was) he came into the office and sniffed where Punchie use to sleep and had a little cry. If he can still remember Punchie after 5 weeks then I am sure Punchie still remembers us A vet called from Nea Triglia saying one of her customers had seen a dog that looked very much like Punchie. We went street by street in Nea Triflia but we couldn't find any dog that looked like him. We left some flyers with the hunting club there and with some other people we saw. A lady who is helping us in Perea said there may be a possibility he is locked up in a kennel somewhere. She said some hunters keep their dogs in boxes during the week and only let them out on the weekend. Punchie will be going crazy if he is locked up like this. If a hunter has him we don't believe a hunter deliberately stole him, more likely they bought the dog off someone and didn't know he was stolen. We sent out more flyers to more hunting clubs all over Greece on Friday 11.9.09. No answer yet but they probably haven't seen the letters yet. We are going to send out the flyers to more organisations including the police. I don't know if the police are animal lovers but the Greek police force. They get to go everywhere and maybe they have experience of dogs going missing in the area. We don't expect them to go out specifically looking for him, but if they can keep and eye out when they are in the towns and villages it would definitely be a bonus. We are also going to send some flyers to forest rangers, bus drivers, taxi drivers, pizza delivery drivers. They cover massive areas everyday, we would never be able to search on our own. We have put another video on YouTube of Punchie in the office. Click here for the Video (same as above), its an absolute heartbreaker. Over the weekend we searched to the East of Perea on the mountains. We saw many dogs loose with collars. It makes us wonder if the dogs we are seeing are also missing. It's a shame that Greece doesn't have a central website for lost animals where people can go and put a description of the animal they have found or where people can go and put the details of their missing pet. It seems to be so fragmented at the moment, it is hard for us to check all the different websites everyday to see if someone has found Punchie. We wish the government would put together a site
like this. At the moment it seems to be groups of people who do their
best for the dogs out of the goodness of their own hearts, whether it be
neutering them, giving them shelter until they find them a permanent
home, feeding them, but they don't seem to get any central support to
help them home the dogs which is a big pity. The map below shows the areas we search every
evening Monday to Friday Punchie could be anywhere in Greece now, so if you think you have seen him, no matter how far away you are from us, please call, we are always happy to get calls from people saying that they think they have seen him or even if it's just to call to see how things are going. We are always happy to speak to you. So if you know where he is or if you think you have seen him no matter where you are, or even if you have some advice, please get in touch with us 7.9.09 - No Punchie yet but it has been a
busy week. A number of people have called saying they have found
Punchie. The first was from a gentleman in the centre of Thessaloniki.
Unfortunately it was 2 weeks ago since he saw the dog. He didn't realise
he was missing. A another gentleman called saying that he had seen
Punchie 2 mornings in a row trying to cross the main road the Hakidiki
at Agios Pavlos near Nea Kalikratia. We went there and looked around the
area for 3 hours but we didn't see any dog that looked remotely like
Punchie. There was a stray Pointer cross on a beach along the coast from
Kalikratia but it was Black and White. The local Roma (Gypsies) called
us yesterday (Sunday) to say they had found Punchie. Unfortunately the
dog that was there was the same dog that someone had called us about 2
weeks ago. Another lady called us to say shoe had found a black and
white pointer in the town centre and if we wanted to take that dog
instead of Punchie. The last call came yesterday from a gentleman in a
village outside of Thessaloniki, Nea Mesimvria. The dog was very similar
to Punchie but it was very thin and had its tail removed. Thank you to
those people for taking the time to call us, it’s really appreciated.
31.8.09 - We have put flyers at the traffic lights on the main roads around Perea I went up to Livadi and the surrounding mountains to see if he was up there but nothing. (see map) There are some new photos on the left which we added today. So far nobody we have spoken to has seen him after he went missing, not even the dog walkers in the neighbourhood, Nobody. The last time people saw him was when I was walking him on the Sunday evening before he went missing. Because of this I am convinced that he has been taken by someone, whether they thought he was a stray (although I think this is unlikely because he was in such good condition) or by god knows who and for god knows what. I was reading a site on the internet which gave possible reasons for dogs being stolen. Some of the reasons written there are enough for you to break down into tears. I hope nothing bad has happened to him but we just don't know. I used to see people looking for dogs (before Punchie went missing) and I couldn't understand why people just kept looking and looking, why didn't they move on? My reason for carrying on searching? The fact of the matter is everybody is looking for happiness. For me, finding Punchie will make me happier than anything else. So I will keep looking until I find him.
Photos below shows the streets where we went
door to door posting leaflets on the 29th 28.8.09 - We checked Thermi yesterday in addition to Perea, a lot of dogs loose in Thermi but no Punchie. We have started going door to door today giving flyers. We have started close to the house and will gradually work our way further out. We sent flyers to most of the hunting clubs in Northern and Central Greece yesterday. We didn't have time to check if the addresses were correct so I expect a lot of the letters will come back but we didn't have time to check them all! (We have put the flyer on the website, you can see it here) We will let you know if we hear anything back from these flyers. We have been receiving a lot of Emails from people who are helping to find Punchie! Thank you to all those people it is nice to know we are not on our own! And as always if you know anything, not matter how small, or if you think you have seen him please contact Venia -
26.8.09 - Long time since the last update! It's harder to look now because we have started back at work. The tip we had before turned out to be nothing. A few people called us in Perea and Agia Triada saying that they had found him but the dogs they had were not Punchie. You try not to get to excited in case its not him but it's heart wrenching all the same when you go there and see a different dog. I'd much prefer that though than people not helping us. You never think losing a dog is going to happen to you. You see it on the TV all the time, people saying "I never though it would happen to me" which is just what we thought. We were stupid, very stupid. We tried to make Punchie as happy as possible and let him go where he wanted to (within reason, we didn't want him to feel he was a prisoner because he had lots of energy and wanted to inspect everything!) but it's come back and hurt us. Big time We have been looking around the local area every night on the way home but nothing. There are many dogs that are similar to Punchie but no joy yet. We had a reply from "Pet Taxi" which is one of the Vets we sent on the flyer to. They said they would keep an eye out for him and also put a photo of him on their website We are going to send out the flyers to all the hunting clubs in Greece in case someone has him and they don't know that he is missing. We'll let you know how that goes. We are also going to put flyers in every building in the local area and gradually work further and further out. I was thinking to go to every building that is close and then just put flyers in the buildings in the centre of the local towns and villages. Someone must have seen him. If you have seen him or think you have seen him please let us know, call Venia on 2310 854 739 or click here for an email address
19.8.09 - We searched the local area today and left flyers on any bus stops we had missed before. We have had many messages from people saying we hope we find him so thank you to those people, it's appreciated! We sent out a mail shot to all the vets in Thessaloniki and the wider area with a flyer with his photo and a letter giving the details on these webpages. Hopefully we will here something back from them. At the moment it seems like Punchie has disappeared off the face of the earth but we won't lose hope. Every night I'm having 1 dream about finding him, it must be really getting to me! We spoke to the gypsies that live close to us again today and gave them some more flyers but they said they haven't seen any sign of him since the last time we stopped by. We have a lead to follow but if you have any information at all, please get in touch with us, any information is welcome!
17.8.09 - We searched around the area of Hyatt hotel yesterday, we found a few dogs but none of them Punchie. We spoke to Mr Jimmy Samaras who is the main person looking after stray dogs in Perea to see if had any news. He didn't but he took more flyers. We had an email from somebody pointing us in the direction of a few people we could speak to in the area who are known for looking after stray dogs. We will go and see them this evening and see if they have any news. We had a tip off this morning that he might be in Olgas in the city near the Street & Circuit offices. The dog there had the same colours as Punchie but it wasn't him.
16.8.09 - We searched around the coast. We figured if Punchie had got lost he would be near the sea so we checked all the coast line where we thought he could be. We left leaflets with Punchie's photo on peripteros along the coast as well just in case. No luck though, nobody had seen him. We scanned the area near the house with binoculars. We saw a lot of birds in one area and thought maybe there was a body of something there but when we went on to the roof of the building we could see the birds were very spread out, it just looked like they were in a small area from lower down. We have received a lot of messages wishing us well in the search but nobody has seen him. Thank you to the people that took the time to write to us. One was from a little girl saying she would bring him back to us which was very sweet. Spoke to a few hunters about getting a dog to search for him but they said dogs won't find other dogs. We will go back to the gypsies today to see if they have any news, we will let you know what happened.
13.8.09 - We searched in the area of Agia Triada but no sign of Punchie. We searched further inland towards Plagiario with no sign. We spoke to a farmer and he said it would be unlikely for a dog to go so far inland from the sea. He said if the dog was lost by the sea he would be most likely to stay close to the see. We went to a local gypsy camp to see if he was there but there was no sign of him. The people there were very friendly. We left leaflets on bus stops in the area hopefully that will help. We also left leaflets with people who lived in the area and put leaflets through people's doors if they weren't in. There were a couple of guys in the area that kept hunting dogs but we couldn't hear Punchie barking when we were there and they said they hadn't seen him. For all the nice dogs that are loose in the street, why take Punchie? Tomorrow we will look again in the area where we last saw him. A couple of people on forums where we left messages have said for us to leave a piece of clothing there to jog his memory. I don't know if it will work but we are getting desperate I might even train one of the dogs in the building so they can track his scent (if there is any scent). I will let you know tomorrow what happened. The grey areas on this map show where we have searched on the 13th of August This is a link to a post we have made on the OurDogs Forum We will update the page daily so please check back for the latest information ALL information will be appreciated no matter how small or how big - Please help me and contact Venia Contact Venia A link to this page can be found at the Street & Circuit website in the "About Us" section here |
Η φατσούλα του Πάντσι δείχνει την περιοχή στην οποία τον είδαμε για τελευταία φορά - Αν έχετε βρει τον Πάντσι και και να κρατήσετε την ανωνυμία σας, σας παρακαλούμε αφήστε τον στην περιοχή που τον είχαμε δει για τελευταία φορά.
Punchie's face shows the area where he was last seen - If you have found him and you want to remain anonymous, please leave him back in the area where he was last seen.
Τι μπορώ να κάνω για να βοηθήσω? 1. Το πιο εύκολο και το πιο πρακτικό πράγμα που μπορέσαμε να σκεφτούμε είναι να τυπώσετε αυτήν την αφίσα και να την τοποθετήσετε στον πίνακα ανακοινώσεων της πολυκατοικίας σας. Έτσι, όλοι οι ένοικοι θα μπορούν να την δουν, αλλά και οι επισκέπτες της πολυκατοικίας όπως φίλοι σας αλλά και άνθρωποι που έρχονται για να κάνουν κάποια εργασία όπως καθαριστές, κηπουρός, ΔΕΗ κ.α. - Αυτός είναι ένας σύνδεσμος για την αφίσα που μοιράζουμε (28.8.09) ( Δεξί κλίκ και ‘Αποθήκευση προορισμού ως’ – Είναι αρχείο του Word 1.7mb)
2. Αν έχετε κάποιο φιλοζωικό οργανισμό κοντά σας ή
κάποιον που μαζεύει και περιποιείται σκυλιά θα μπορούσατε να τους
αφήσετε μία αφίσα μήπως κάποιος τους έχει πάει τον Πάντσι εκεί ή τον
έχει δει. -
Αυτός είναι ένας σύνδεσμος για
την αφίσα που μοιράζουμε (28.8.09) ( Δεξί κλίκ και ‘Αποθήκευση
προορισμού ως’ – Είναι αρχείο του Word 1.7mb) |
What can I do to help? 1. The easiest and most effective thing that we can think of is to print out this flyer and placing it on the notice board in your building. That way everyone in the building can see as well as any visitors, delivery people and maintance people - This is a link to the flyer we are handing out (28.8.09) (Right Click and "Save Target As" - It is a Word file 1.7mb) 2. If you have an animal shelter near you, you could drop in a copy of the flyer to them in case some has dropped him off - This is a link to the flyer we are handing out (28.8.09) (Right Click and "Save Target As" - It is a Word file 1.7mb) |