600m dogs and cats live on the street worldwide.
Let’s change that!
We reduce the number of stray animals sustainably in communities with a large amount of homeless pets on the street. We do that by educating municipalities, law enforcement, the judicial, veterinarians and governments and helping them to intervene BEFORE a pet ends up stray, homeless and on the street through promoting responsible pet ownership. The result of our work improves communities for citizens, pets and local economies. We started our program in Greece, where an estimated 3 million stray pets live on the street or are homeless. Our Program can be applied anywhere and improve communities around the world.
This website is temporarily not up to date as we focus our resources on delivering sustainable impact. Thanks to a new funding partner, an updated site will be available by June 2026. For more information about our work, please visit www.zerostrayacademy.gr and www.hewontmissthem.com.
The “Pawject” is all about a systematic and sustainable way of solving the root-cause of stray dogs and cats to improve communities with a large amount of strays, improve animal welfare and lower a public health and safety risk for citizens.
New Classes ‘23-25
We are proud to announce that Zero Stray Academy will expand its education program in ‘23-25 and will soon be offering an extensive shelter training aimed at municipal shelters to improve current conditions which are, in some instances, dire, and much more..
MoU with the Police
Zero Stray Pawject signs an MoU with the Minister of Civil Protection in may ‘22 to train all of Greece’s 65,000 police officers about animal welfare related issues.
Crete Pilot launched in March 2025
After our successful Aegina Proof--of-concept to reduce stray dogs from 200-300 to 30 within 3.5 years, we launched a new pilot program in Crete, an island with 640,000 inhabitants and countless strays. Please visit our Facebook page for weekly announcements about the progress of this project. — We also received an award from the Special Secretary of Companion Animals for our work in Crete.
Providing free and subsidized veterinary care
..to vulnerable pet owners, including low-income families, as well as agricultural farmers, and hunters, as part of our Crete Proof-of-Concept Program, starting in March 2025.
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Credo
We are a purpose-led organization, promoting welfare and responsible pet ownership. We strive to improve pets’ and people’s lives.
Testimonials
Read about what people who have worked with us and those who have adopted have to say about Zero Stray Pawject.
