In a sweeping move for equine rights, the Greek island of Santorini has formally banned “obese” tourists weighing over 220 pounds from riding local donkeys, after outcry from animal rights activists ...

The Smiths icon Johnny Marr appealed to Greek Minister of Tourism Thanasis Theocharopoulos last month to put an end to cruel animal “taxi” rides in Santorini. In the letter (available here), Marr ...

Officials for the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) believe that authorities on the Greek island of Santorini are concealing tourist-related abuse of local donkeys, who are constantly ...

Motley Crue's Tommy Lee wants to end the cruel treatment of donkeys and mules on the Greek island of Santorini. He's asking the country's government to cease the practice of using the animals for ...

After visiting Santorini and seeing firsthand the cruelty that donkeys and mules used for “taxi” rides endure on the Greek island, Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee — who was born in Athens — sent Greek ...

ΑTHENS — Animal rights group PETA has accused Greek authorities of covering up what it called the “cruel” treatment of donkeys on the popular island of Santorini and blocking its efforts to highlight ...

I woke up on the morning of July 3, 2010, in Santorini, a small island in Greece. My family and I were on a two-week cruise through the Mediterranean. Every day I would try something new, but little ...

Visiting the Greek island of Santorini anytime soon? Activists have a message for you: Don't ride donkeys up its iconic, precipitous steps. The advice has been made in conjunction with a cruise ...

Many places are known for one specific thing. Think Roswell, New Mexico, and the idea of UFOs and aliens springs to mind. China has the Great Wall. New York harbor has the Statue of Liberty. Arizona ...

One island in Greece is putting a limit on how much weight their donkeys can carry. Tourists wishing to take a ride on Santorini's famed donkeys must now weigh less than 220 pounds (100 kilograms), or ...

It's a happy day for beasts of burden on the Greek island of Santorini: The government has banned "obese" tourists weighing over 220 pounds from riding the island's famous donkeys. Santorini, known ...