Regular readers will remember the story of the galga starving and covered heavily in ticks, who luckily went into the care of Galgos Rescue Almeria. Sandy Galgoslover now give an update.
‘Galgo’s Rescue Almeria is feeling emotional.
Being born as a galgo in Spain means a life of deprivation, neglect, abuse, humiliation…..
We can try to repair the damage and prepare them to integrate in a world unknown to them. After a period of rehabilitation, many can build a new and different life, although some carry permanent mental damage.
How Eden’s life began we will never know, what we do know is how it goes from the day she was freed. There were rumors, stories circulated, but we never imagined that there was a place worse than hell where animals were left to their fate in a horrific way. The date August 4, 2022 is etched in our brains as a day we will never forget. Anger, emotions….. so many feelings haunted our minds when we rescued Eden from this place. It was terrible to see, when we arrived at the vet everyone was shocked. They had never seen anything like it.
At the first check, Eden tested positive for Anaplasma later also positive for Babesia. Because of the thousands of millions of ticks, this girl had no blood left in her body and she was so exhausted. That same evening a blood transfusion was done and it was anxious to see if she would make it through the night. When we went to the vet the next morning we saw Eden wagging her tail. We were happy that she continued to fight against evil. This girl has such a strong will to survive but we were far from there. Rehabilitation could only begin with small steps forward.
Day after day, week after week we watched this sweet girl change. She received her treatments against the tick diseases, her skin slowly recovered, she received her vaccinations / microchip / European passport. After a long period of revalidation, she was ready to be sterilized. And like the story of the ugly duckling, this girl turned out to be a breathtaking young galga.
Now she can take her suitcase to meet her new family. On behalf of Eden, we would like to thank everyone who supported her morally and shared her story on social media. A special thanks goes to Tracy ( Helping Animals Almanzora )who took care of the medical expenses.
We wish you all the very best dear Eden and will never forget you.
Merry Christmas
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