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WE ARE LOOKING FOR
Together, we bring animals safely home.
ANIMAL HOPE GREECE is looking for reliable people, organisations and businesses to support us with accompanying animals, transport, accommodation and responsible adoption. Every offer of help is personally assessed and fully coordinated in advance — the animals’ safety, the required documents and a legally compliant process always come first.
Who and what we are looking for
- Flight volunteers (airport helpers): People already travelling on a suitable route from Thessaloniki who accompany an already adopted, fully prepared animal on the flight. This includes the handovers agreed in advance at the departure and destination airports.
- Travel volunteers: People who accompany an already adopted animal for part or all of a journey they have already planned — by car, motorhome, train or ferry. The route, handover and responsibilities are agreed beforehand.
- Volunteer drivers: Short local trips arranged in advance, for example to the vet, handover point or airport.
- Responsible, legally compliant animal transport: Experienced providers with a clear route, appropriate care for animals, confirmed insurance, temperature management and an emergency plan.
- Foster homes & adoptive families: Suitable temporary accommodation and safe, permanent homes. Every enquiry is assessed individually.
- Responsible animal welfare organisations: Organisations able to take over animals from Greece in accordance with the law, place them in suitable foster homes and arrange responsible adoptions.
- Vets, veterinary clinics, dog trainers & specialists: Support also for shy, injured or particularly vulnerable animals — with treatment, preparation and gentle resocialisation.
- Businesses, airlines & sponsors: Suitable travel crates, confirmed animal transport places or direct payment of agreed, documented transport costs.
Foster homes & adoption helpers wanted in Germany
We are looking for reliable people in Germany who can temporarily foster a dog or cat until a suitable permanent home is found. A foster placement may later become an adoption if it is genuinely right for both the person and the animal, but this is never a requirement.
We also welcome people who would like to actively support ANIMAL HOPE GREECE with responsible rehoming in Germany: presenting animals honestly, helping us reach suitable adopters, supporting initial contacts and, where appropriate, helping with pre- or post-adoption home checks. Animals are never passed on without checks; every placement remains coordinated and responsible.
- foster homes for dogs, cats or both
- short-term or longer-term fostering by prior agreement
- people with experience or a willingness to work reliably with our guidance
- active help with responsible rehoming, contacts and building a regional network in Germany
If you can help, please tell us briefly which region you live in, whether you could foster a dog, a cat or both, whether other animals already live in your household, and what kind of support would be possible for you.
Key requirements for foster homes
- adult, reliable and permanently resident in Germany
- keeping animals is permitted; where required, landlord approval is clarified in advance
- a safe, animal-friendly home and enough time for settling in, daily care and necessary veterinary appointments
- existing pets, children and any special household circumstances are disclosed honestly beforehand
- patience during the settling-in period; rescued animals may initially be fearful, insecure or not yet house-trained
- regular and honest updates about the animal’s health, behaviour and development
- no unauthorised rehoming, transfer, breeding or sale of the animal
- willingness to complete a prior in-person or video home check and to stay in close contact if problems or emergencies arise
Before placement, we also clarify which animal is genuinely suitable for the foster home and how long fostering is realistically possible. Specific responsibilities and cost arrangements are then recorded in a short foster agreement.
Looking for new cooperation partners
We are continuously expanding our network and welcome new cooperation partners from Greece, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and Switzerland — in animal welfare, adoption, transport and veterinary care.
An enquiry does not automatically make someone a partner. We assess working methods, required authorisations, responsibilities and animal care. Names and logos are published only after express mutual agreement. ANIMAL HOPE GREECE is currently a private animal welfare project with a foster care facility, not a registered animal welfare organisation or a licensed shelter.
How we assess a potential cooperation
- verifiable identity and designated contacts
- experience, working methods and, where appropriate, references
- animal welfare standards and legally compliant documents and transport
- clear responsibilities, transparent costs and reliable communication
- the protection, health and long-term welfare of the animal as a shared priority
Would you like to help or work with us?
For an initial enquiry, we only need your role (for example flight volunteer, travel volunteer, transporter, foster home or organisation), a possible route, date or period, and your contact details. Please do not send identity document copies or booking codes at this stage. Visits, deliveries and handovers take place only by express arrangement.
