Galgo Marko – Pepis Refuge, Animals in Distress and Arca Noah to the rescue

Joe Safont-Ruiz of Animals in Distress tells the story of this poor boy.

‘A Galgo (Greyhound) was left tied up outside Pepis Refugio – The dogs were barking as normal but Alan and Jane knew the different barks and this meant a new arrival. Alan walked down to the gate with a small torch only to see two green glows at the gate; yes it was Marko (his new name).

When Alan reached the gate he saw Marko lying on the frosty ground, a beautiful boy, but something told him not to grab him up, which was what he wanted to do. He saw a thin metal wire around his neck tied in a slip knot. If he panicked the wire would have tightened and cut into his neck so Alan sat on the ground and talked to Marko until he thought Marko was happy with him. This was a sight he will never ever forget, Marko looked at Alan his eyes as if to say ‘Sorry but it’s not my fault that I am here’ that hurt him even more. He then felt confident to pick him up; Marko was ready to be helped.

Alan took the wire noose from his neck and cuddled him up, telling him nobody will hurt him again, His pelvis looked dislocated and he was unable to walk properly, but Alan had no idea what the extent of the problem was. Marko’s hip was very bad, the ball joint had risen high up his hip and was wearing out part of the bone, as you can see in the x-ray. Also the injury was old and tissues and other things had started to develope around the ball joint and the hip cavity.

Pepis Refuge are very short of funds and the refuge was not the ideal place for Marko in his condition. So my wife (Janice from A.I.D), went to the refuge, which is in Pedrera, Seville, to collect him, along with another Galgo and a Mastin pup which had also been abandoned, as they stood a better chance of finding a home if they came down here. We had no room at the time, so our friends at Arca Noah took them in.

Arca Noah will look after Marko so that he can put some weight on before the operation, as he is skin and bones, the poor thing, and hopefully by then enough funds will be raised by us at A.I.D., the Galgo Rescue in Belgium and Arca Noah to pay for the operation and after treatment, which will be about 2500 Euros.

Please donate and help us to help Marko. Any amount large of small will be so gratefully received. Lets all pull together. Every Euro counts so please donate towards his operation and recovery (Click on the link to donate)