Anna Clements of SOS Galgos is desperately seeking news of these dogs from Mairena. This is what she says.
‘Just wanted to keep you updated about the Mairena galgos since we have been up to our eyeballs in confusion about their aid. We have rescued ref 115, ref, 190, ref 186 and ref 117 (115 and 117 are the ones that appear on the frontpage of the article on your website) and they are here in forever homes in Barcelona.
We need your help in clarifying whether any groups have taken any of the 6 of the 7 galgos in the main photo where they all appear together, as I asked Puri of Cuenca animal who have taken 11 (she has sent me the photos of each one of these 11 galgos), but none of them are any of the 6 that appear in the photo in question (I say 6 because we got the 7th here which is ref 186, the one lying down that’s on the right).
They are all male except for the little podenco who we weren’t going to leave behind and had a foster home for her too, but are sad that we haven’t been able to track them down.
We don’t know whether they’ve been euthanized, given to hunters, or handed over to other charities.
I would just like to be reassured about their whereabouts because it is haunting me.
Please would anyone who has rescued these other dogs arrowed in the picture above who might know anything can kindy just let us know for our peace of mind. Anna’
So if anyone can tell me or Anna direct if they have saved these other dogs and where they are, everyone reading their story will be very glad to know.
Anna also has this to say about the costs SOS Galgos pay to take the dogs from Mairena.
‘It costs us 45 euros to get a galgo out of Mairena and this payment is for the microchip and vaccination; they say they also deworm them but many arrive full of parasites. The vaccination record is signed and stamped by a vet and the microchip
papers are in order.
I do agree with a lot said, that they are not animal lovers at the perreras, and that it is very expensive to get a dog to go abroad, that’s why we focus on solving the problem locally which is already expensive enough with paying the 75 euros it costs to get a galgo to Barcelona by MRW messenger service’ and that’s with the charity discount.’