Galgos del Norte is a recently formed group of very experiences hound savers in Spain, ex-members of SOS Galgos, who rescue galgos, foster and arrange adoptions, and work closely with Pro-Galgo.
Mo Swatek, President of Pro-Galgo, says, ‘We recently brought 39 dogs out of Spain, three of whom were rehomed near Paris.
The dogs came from different shelters, like Tudela, Sevilla, Badajoz, Guadalajara and Pro-Galgo, Galgos112, and Galgos del Norte, all joined forces and transport together with RUTA8, a group of rescue ladies in Badajoz, founded by Mariangeles and Txaro.
They bought a super van and make now monthly 2 transports for different shelters in Spain, and our galgos and podencos also travel with them. It costs 80 euros per dog in transport costs, which comes out of the adoption fee.
PRO-GALGO had sent 3 galgos to LE BULLETIN DE LEVRIERS – PRO-GALGO FRANCE, 3 podencos and 2 galgos to HAPPY-LAND PRO-GALGO SWITZERLAND (one of the galgos was the famous case of HIERRO who had his paw destroyed by a trap and the other was Betty from GALGOS DEL NORTE), 1 galgo went to PRO-GALGO GERMANY and the other dogs were from other organizations who shared transport.
You can read their story on http://galgosdelnorte.wordpress.com or www.pro-galgo.com