The EKPAZ Hellenic Wildlife Hospital is a civic non-profit association. It is the first institution, which was granted the permission to possession, transportation and nursing of wild animals. It has being working on wild animal rehabilitation programs since 1984 and has introduced a new idea of a nursing and wild fauna protection system/network. Collaborators, volunteers, branches from the whole country have joined together in this effort. Till today it has nursed almost 20.000 wild animals, the majority of which is a protected species. Most of the species were released back to their natural environment. Ekpaz has nursed more than 3000 wild animals in the country during the last two years. |