My very first galga Karmel was from La Bienvenida refuge in Ciudad Real, 200km south of Madrid. I travelled down with the team of L’Europe des Levriers to collect her, along with a dozen more. I wrote about the trip for the Weekly Telegraph and that was also the birth of Galgo News.
This stunning boy is at La Bienvenida now. He’s Hairo, he was skeletal when rescued but is now looking much better. Here is his story.
Hairo arrivedon 30th Junhe at the shelter, it’s another waste more of the hunt among many so many. What can we say about him or his state that you can’t see in the video?
Needless to say, he’s too thin, you can see the spine and all the ribs, he looks like a sack of bones. He was full of ticks and very dirty, has some wounds but they are not serious. He soon had a nice bath and stayed on good and clean. The poor boy very much appreciated the attention and filled us with kisses. In spite of his state, is a young galgo, very affectionate and happy. He just wanted to eat and lots of cuddling.
Hairo is a young man, is 3 years old approximately. He is medium sized, now weighs 17 pounds although needs fat enough.
Our boy needs to find a good home, where he will be pampered and never lack of anything.
We just want to find for him the life of dignity and happy that he deserves, we don’t want anymore hunger, thirst, or fear. We want you to know that our hands are for petting, never for abuse!
Contacts: labienvenida@hotmail.com Telephone Gem (0034) 0662 090 067 or Carmen (0034) 0699 045 764