SOS Galgos on American TV

SOS Galgos recently featured on American TV. Here’s the link to watch it.

The stats are startling. Roughly 52 million dogs live with families in the U.S., but the economy is sending more and more out on the street or into shelters. In fact, eight million dogs are taken to the pound each year and six million will be euthanized.

Now, two women are making it their mission to find Fido a new home.

Cindy Smith is on a mission, a rescue mission.

“He was owner surrender [which is] a foreclosure situation and the owners couldn’t keep him anymore. He was hours away from being destroyed,” Smith said.

Now, Bitty is on the ride of his life and on his way to a new home. This pit bull is one of 7,000 dogs who have been saved by Pilots ‘N Paws. This is a group of pilots who volunteer for animal airlifts.

“The animal rescues go into the shelters and try to find who they’re going to save.”
Chad, a Yorkie, was flown from Gainesville to Tennessee.

Dorothy the Doberman was abandoned in Kentucky and now calls Pittsburgh home. All of these dogs were found in shelters. All were loving animals that were days, some even hours away from being destroyed.

“They euthanize animals like Bitty every day,” Smith said.

This isn’t only a national problem; dogs are suffering all over the world.

Anna Clements began rescuing Galgos in Spain. These dogs are used for racing and hunting.

A million Spanish Greyhounds are used for hunting across Europe.

When their owners are through, most of them are killed or left to fend for themselves.

“These dogs are so badly treated. They’re hung from trees. They’re thrown down wells alive,” Clements said.

The photos are hard to look at and are just a few of the dogs that Anna and her veterinarian husband have saved.

S.O.S Galgos places one or two dogs every day with their new families.

“We’ve operated on a few of them to save their lives. It’s very rewarding, but also very sad,” Anna’s husband Albert Sord said. S.O.S Galgos places one or two dogs every day with their new families.

Today, Gilbert is one of the lucky ones — leaving behind a life of hunting and abuse, finding his new family and forever home.

Anna is asking for a grant to help pay foster families who take in Galgos.

She hopes to pay them 30 Euros a month, which is equivalent to about $40, to help with the dogs care.

If you want to find out more about Anna’s organization, log on to sosgalgos.com.