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HELP MAKE ARNIE AUSSIE!!!

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Hi everybody!
We are now trying to raise the last of the funds to get Arnie safely from Athens to melbourne!!
We thank you all in advance for your help and we can't thank everyone for enough for all you have done to help Arnie get to Australia so far!! x
Here is a breakdown of what is left to raise for him to be fully home with us in Australia!
HIS FLIGHT FROM ATHENS TO MELBOURNE, HIS ENTRY PERMIT TO AUSTRALIA & HIS QUARANTINE AND LAST VET CHECKS/ BLOODS IN AUSTRALIA IS STILL A LOT OF MONEY!
Flight from Athens to Melbourne = € 2000 -3000!
Quarantine in Australia For 10 days = € 1020
€ 500 Entry permits to Australia
€100-€300 last vet checks and transfer to home in Australia!
Let's get sharing and get Arnie the stray dog from Corfu home to Australia!!
We got this far with all your help I am sure we can do this final part of his amazing journey too!
LET'S GET ARNIE TO THE LAND DOWN UNDER!!! ☺

BIGGEST THANK YOU ALL IN ADVANCE XXXXX

SO HERE IS A STORY ABOUT  A BEAUTIFUL PUP CALLED ARNIE....
ARNIE WAS FOUND BY ME SNIFFING AROUND A BIN IN CORFU GREECE ONE COLD OCTOBER NIGHT.. .. SKINNY.... SCARED.....ALONE....HUNGRY  AND FRIGHTENED.
IT BROKE MY HEART TO SEE SUCH A SMALL THING ALL ALONE
I FELL IN LOVE WITH THIS LITTLE BOY AND DECIDED TO TAKE HIM HOME.... JUST FOR ONE NIGHT TO GIVE HIM A BATH, SOME FOOD, CLEAN WATER & SAFE PLACE TO SLEEP.
FORWARD A YEAR AND A BIT LATER....... AND WELL THIS SCARED LITTLE BOY HAS TURNT IN TO A BIG STRONG MAN.
BUT HERE IS THE THING... WE NEED TO LEAVE CORFU SOON...... AND I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO???
WE CANT LEAVE ARNIE HERE!
NOT AFTER ALL THIS TIME.
NOT AFTER, WE HAVE BONDED.
THIS BOY IS SUCH A SOPPY SOD! 
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ?
I CANT ABANDON HIM IN CORFU....THAT WILL MORE THAN LIKELY MEAN CERTAIN DEATH FOR HIM.  HE WONT SURVIVE HERE ALONE.
TO GET HIM BACK HOME TO AUSTRALIA WITH US IS A LONG HARD ROAD THAT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD COULD RUN IN TO THE THOUSANDS!!!
I WILL NOT ABANDONED MY BOY ON THE STREETS OR GIVE UP ON HIM!
THERE ARE ALREADY SO MANY STRAY CATS AND DOGS HERE IN CORFU AND IT IS GETTING WORSE ALL THE TIME!

ALTHOUGH HE HAS A BIG STRONG NAME LIKE ARNIE ... SADLY, HE IS STILL THE SAME FRIGHTENED SCARED PUPPY HE WAS WHEN I FOUND HIM.
HE WILL NOT SURVIVE ALONE!! (He gets beaten up by cats!! )
SO AS MUCH AS I HATE TO DO THIS WE NEED ASK FOR YOUR HELP TO RAISE SOME MONEY SO HE CAN RETURN TO AUSTRALIA WITH ME AND MY FAMILY.
IT IS NOT A EASY TASK GETTING A DOG FROM GREECE TO AUSTRALIA.
AUSTRALIA HAS THE TOUGHEST QUARANTINE LAWS IN THE WORLD AND TO PREPARE HIM FOR THIS JOURNEY IS GOING TO BE VERY VERY EXPENSIVE! 
ANOTHER PERSON WHO TRIED TO DO THE SAME FOR ANOTHER STRAY JUST LAST YEAR ADVISED US TO ASK FOR HELP AS ITS WAS NEAR ON IMPOSSIBLE TO DO ANY OF THIS WITHOUT SOME HELP AND SUPPORT.
OVERALL THIS CAN RUN IN TO THOUSANDS OF POUNDS!!
HERE IS JUST SOME OF THE COST THAT NEED TO BE PAID TO SET HIM UP FOR THE 6 MONTHS BEFORE HE CAN COME TO AUSTRALIA...

Approved dog crate = €200.
Getting from Corfu to Athens = €300-600. (Depending on which way we go by road or by air)
Fee in Athens = €100
6months Boarding in Athens @ €250 per month = €1500
Fee for transport to and from airports and correct paperwork stamps by the boarding kennels in Athens = € 500
Correct blood works that are sent to the UK and back and done to Australian standards = € 350
External and internal parasite treatments = € 50
Import permits to Australia =
€330
Flight from Athens to Melbourne = €3000+
Quarantine in Australia For 10 days = € 1020
So all together we are looking at THE €8500! .....
I CANT LEAVE MY BEAUTIFUL SOPPY BOY BEHIND AND I WONT!
HE WONT SURVIVE HERE ALONE AND I DON'T TRUST ANYONE HERE ENOUGH TO LOOK AFTER HIM PROPERLY.
IT WILL BREAK MY HEART IF I HAVE TO LEAVE HIM.
HE REALLY IS NOT SO SMART AND HE IS TRULY MY BEST FRIEND IN THE WORLD.
HE HAS GOTTEN ME THROUGH SOME BAD TIMES AND HE TOTTALY HAS MY HEART.
HE IS MY ALARM CLOCK... HE IS MY ANGEL... HE IS MY BEAUTIFUL CRAZY ARNIE BANANANS!
I LOVE HIM SO MUCH IT HURTS TO THINK OF LEAVING HIM.
I SWEAR I WILL BE BROKEN IF FORCED LEAVE HIM.
IM NOT SURE WHAT ELSE TO SAY APART FROM PLEASE HELP ME BRING MY BABY HOME WITH ME TO AUSTRALIA.
PLEASE HELP ME ON THIS NEAR IMPOSSIBLE MISSION!
I KNOW TOGETHER WE CAN SAVE MY BOY!!
LET'S MAKE ARNIE AUSSIE!! 
WE NEED YOUR HELP!!

YOU MAY ASK IS IT WORTH IT FOR A DOG!??
I SAY YES! 
HE IS NOT JUST A DOG!! HE IS MY FAMILY!! 
HE IS MY BABY BOY!!
WE PUT OUR GOAL UP TO £4000 AS THE COST ARE JUST MASSIVE IN THE PREPARATIONS BEFORE HE CAN EVEN FLY TO AUSTRALIA!
WE JUST WANT TO GET THIS MY BOY TO THE LAND DOWN UNDER!!
THEREFORE, WE ASK YOU ALL KINDLY FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS, PLEASE HELP US SAVE ARNIE!
HE NEEDS ME AND WE NEED YOU!!
LETS MAKE ARNIE AUSSIE!!
PLEASE HELP ME HELP HIM!!
WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM EVERYONE, I KNOW WE CAN SUCCEED!
ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT ME X
THANK YOU ALL IN ADVANCE!!

Please feel free to contact me on anytime!  Any question whatsoever!

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