HelloRhodes
Stray Animal Support
Like much of Greece, Rhodes has a large stray cat and dog population — most visitors notice it within a day of arriving.
We think it's worth being upfront about rather than ignoring in the tourism marketing. A few small things go a long way if you'd like to help while you're here:
- Local municipal and volunteer shelters on the island accept donations of food, supplies, and time — a quick search for “Rhodes animal welfare society” will turn up active ones.
- Fresh water left out in the heat is genuinely appreciated by street cats.
- If you're considering bringing an animal home, several island shelters handle international adoptions — ask locally, it happens more often than you'd think.
We don't currently run a formal donation or partnership program of our own — this page is a starting point, not a claim to one. If you know of a Rhodes-based animal welfare organization we should be pointing visitors to directly, let us know via our Help Center.