08/06/2026
The shelter is shelter of the month at Doggy Lottery .
The shelter will receive one quarter of the total prize pool collected at the end of June.
You can still vote for us and be in the draw to win the £1000 prize at the end of the month.
If you need help to buy your tickets June Cooke or Helen Stefanou can help .
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VASO SHELTER NPO CARE & PROTECT IS OUR RESCUE OF THE MONTH FOR JUNE
Vaso Aggelopoulou is the amazing lady behind Vaso Shelter in Gargalianoi Messinia, Greece. She has been rescuing Greek strays for 20 years and has over 60 dogs and 30 cats at the shelter which she runs all alone. The shelter is on an olive field. It’s in two sections and Vaso cleans and tends to them daily and has to carry water from shelter 1 to shelter 2 by hand. Most of the animals have sad stories - often found dumped, abandoned, abused, with broken legs or very sick. Many have been poisoned - some are saved, some unfortunately not. Many puppies are left on the steps of the shelter sick with parvo. Over the years, Vaso has rescued hundreds of innocent souls. The expenses are great and she struggles every day. She also feeds the stray cat colony at the cemetery in her town who wait every night for their one meal a day and many stray dogs around her town . They are fed at night because the locals do not like to see them when they visit and have threatened to harm them so Vaso is out at all hours just to ensure they eat. Those that are sick or need to be neutered are also taken care of. The plight of the Greek strays is a hopeless one and volunteers like Vaso sacrifice their health, sanity and whole life to save them. Everything she does relies on donations and the struggle is real. 😢
As Rescue of the Month, Vaso shelter non profit organization Care and Protect will get 25% of the total takings. Let's help them as much as we can by making The Doggy Lottery huge in June.
As ever, half of your donation goes to the Animal Rescue YOU vote for, as long as they reach 30 votes.
