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Resur Dog Pound, Baeza, Spain – more galgos on death row – urgent help needed

July and still galgos are arriving in the dog pounds to be killed! Here’s the latest plea from Baeza,

In the Resur dog pound (Baeza) there are several galgos due to be
killed. Maria Teresa who runs the dog shelter in Baeza can not take out
more of them as her little shelter is already full and there are no
foster homes available.

She is desperately searching for foster homes or anyone who can help her.

According to the information received from Iris Gallegos (she
translates for Maria Teresa), the Resur dog pound does not allow anyone
in to take photos of the galgos. They only called Maria Teresa and told
her that there are some and they will be killed pretty soon.

Please ANYONE who can help, contact the Baeza shelter as soon as possible.

In this case the best would be to call Maria Teresa directly (she can
speak only Spanish) as it is urgent.

Maria Teresa’s cell phone number is 00 34 687 845 718
Landline of the shelter is 00 34 953 743 386Homepage link with all the contact data:

Comments

23 responses to “Resur Dog Pound, Baeza, Spain – more galgos on death row – urgent help needed”

  1. jenny avatar
    jenny

    its a total nightmare where ever you look its so heartbreaking sooooooo many dogs not enough animal caring humans to help out i do hope they get a rescue the same is happening in ireland with the greys them deemd unsuitable to race have an hour to live in kennel befor they are put to sleep no one sees a greyhound as pet in ireland so thats what is happening to these poor souls and the uk rescues are over running

  2. jenny avatar
    jenny

    forgot to say and what does the governments do to controll the over breeding sod all they are all happy in their own world to be worrying about the endless situation of these poor animals i really have lost faith in a lot the human race now there is only a small percentage who care and its not enough

  3. Tunde avatar
    Tunde

    We lived in Ireland (in Killiney) with our galgos for 2 years. I saw there many caring pet dog owners. Most of them loved our galgos, but in fact they were somewhat surprised to see this kind of dog as a pet.
    Many Irish we met knew of the abuse of greyhounds and pitied them.
    The greyhounds have a small chance to get adopted even when many people know nowadays that they generally make good pets, because the Irish adopt mostly smaller dogs. This is a big problem for the greyhounds in Irland.
    Tunde

  4. Tunde avatar
    Tunde

    It would also be a help when Baeza’s galgos (the ones that are already in the shelter) would be adopted out. Then there would be space for some new ones from the pound.
    Plus, one of the shelter galgos, a young male is in danger to be stolen by the local hunters. I am taking about Beethoven, the puppy:
    http://baezanimales.com/index.php?id=153&cathegory=0&lang=en
    (… of course the thiefs always approve of well cared for galgos in good working condition… as many thefts from good Spanish shelters show.)
    Tunde

  5. Beryl Brennan avatar

    Send me the details of the puppy and also other galgos which urgently need to get out of the refuge before they are stolen in the next month or so. Its something I can highlighyt in a post again. Bastards! Beryl

  6. Tunde avatar
    Tunde

    e-mail sent
    🙂
    Thank you Beryl.
    Tunde

  7. Fiona Toms avatar
    Fiona Toms

    Whereabouts in Spain is this shelter?
    Thank you
    Fiona

  8. Beryl Brennan avatar

    
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    Jaen. Im going to post about 3 or 4 of the
    galgos in Baez, especially a puppy, which the hunters are already eyeing up to
    steal for September, if we dont get them out quick. Bloody
    bastards!

  9. Tunde avatar
    Tunde

    Here is a map
    http://baezanimales.com/
    Further information is in the CONTACT US section.
    Tunde

  10. Fiona Toms avatar
    Fiona Toms

    Is the shelter anywhere near Tina’s rescue, Galgos Del Sol in Murcia – if it is, I could pay for the puppy’s costs to get him to Tina and then if she didn’t think she could home him, he could come to me in England – I adopted Pedro from Tina in Feb – one of the puppies born out in Torre Pacheo. Let me know. Thanks
    Fiona

  11. Beryl Brennan avatar

    
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    Hi
    Have a look at the post just on, about the galgos
    vulnerable to being stolen from the Baeza shelter. Jaen is in Andalucia,
    east of Cordoba – but still a long way from the coast and Torre Pacheco.
    Bless you for taking one of Tinas hounds, she does amazing work.
    Beryl

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    All posted on GN.

  13. Tunde avatar
    Tunde

    Maybe Tina could contact the Baeza shelter and ask if Maria Teresa can drive at least part of the way?
    The problem is I think that Maria Teresa has nearly no helpers there at all.
    But I do think the best would be to call her and ask what can be done that they can use the help you are offering for Beethoven.
    Thank you for the offer it is great!
    Tunde

  14. Fiona Toms avatar
    Fiona Toms

    Looks like this little boy is now sorted which is good news.
    Fiona

  15. Iris avatar
    Iris

    Dear Fiona, it’s a very generous offer, thank you. I have just talked to María Teresa about it and she’s said that the puppy is going to France, via the association GALGOS. I need to update the list, I will do so from the 10th as till then I´m just too busy, sorry. At the moment there are three galgos in the street in Jódar, with no place to go (the Jódar shelter and the Baeza shelter are both FULL) so foster homes are needed. All the other galgos on the list are safe although Milka and another not on the list are ill with some sort of virus they got at the dog pound that kills. The dog pound has said they have dealt with the problem, we´ll see if it’s true. Best Wishes, Iris

  16. Ines avatar

    my contact has tried to call but no one answers (any number).
    they can take two galgo
    give me news,
    Ines

  17. Tunde avatar
    Tunde

    I can imagine well, how a Spanish dog pound “deals” with a virus problem.
    Even here in Canada, where there are not so many dogs at humane societies, was a killing action after a ringworm outbreak in May 2010 at the Newmarket OSPCA shelter(and then a scandal, too, of course…).
    I assume now that the galgos waiting for a rescue in the pound are dead and Milka can be happy that she was brought out of there in time…….
    Tunde

  18. Tunde avatar
    Tunde

    I hope Iris answers my e-mail soon. I sent her Ines’ message to her private address.
    Hope that it works!
    I have no clue why Maria Teresa’s cell phone is defect. But we will know it soon I suppose.
    I checked the phone and the cell number is all over the internet, in old blog postings, everywhere (I was not sure if I put it right on the homepage when I uploaded the information).
    Tunde

  19. Beryl Brennan avatar

    
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    Not sure about this, as there are dozens of galgo
    rescue associations in France, all of whom have either Galgo or Levrier (French
    for greyhound) in their title. So what is the full name of the association
    and whereabouts in France are they. Id like to know, as I too live in
    France. Keep everyone updated please.

  20. Beryl Brennan avatar

    
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    Hi Ines, a couple of other people have had
    the same problem. The numbers are correct, Iris lives in France, which is
    the 0033 number. I have written and asked her to sort it out, also copied
    to her the emails of the people who want to help, including yours. Will
    try telephoning her later if I dont get replies to my emails.
    Beryl

  21. Tunde avatar
    Tunde

    I think Iris sorted this out a little bit now, as I received e-mails from her.
    But we urgently need a backup for times when Iris has no time to translate for Maria Teresa.
    VOLUNTEERS URGENTLY NEEDED…
    Translators German-Spanish or English-Spanish actually I would be happy with each and any of them.
    🙂
    Anyone out there?
    Tunde

  22. michele avatar
    michele

    Hi, i also emailed on jul. 5th, offered help as i am touring this area every 3 months, — so far no reply. . . . michele

  23. Beryl Brennan avatar

    
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    Hi Appel des Levriers has now taken
    over running the website and helping the shelter. Look at their website on
    the Internet to contact them, Im sure you will get a reply from them. I
    know there have been problems getting a response, so I will change the other
    French contact number. Let us know how you gt on