5 stunning galgas which for some reason have been sent from Spain to Portugal for rehoming! The Portuguese hunters are not known for kindness to their hounds, so let’s work hard to share these lovelies and find them forever homes. Click on the weblinks to see photos and videos of them. Contact Dogs of Portugal direct about them.
Author: Beryl Brennan
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From Spain to Portugal – 5 young galgas cast out after hunting
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2nd PAES Conference – Challenging the Iceberg – 25& 25 February 2017
The task facing Rescue and Animal Welfare Organisations in Spain is huge and relentless.
The constant flow of Animals needing rescue, care and re-homing is similar to seeing the tip of an Iceberg. As with an Iceberg we are seeing the impact of only a small proportion of the problem, the vast majority lies below the surface.The unseen mass, is, among others, a compound failure of a clear understanding of the Law affecting Animal Welfare.
What are the responsibilities and accountabilities of the various agencies ,Municipal, Law Enforcement, Veterinary and Legal in applying and reinforcing the Law?
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Adana – wonderful work by the volunteers
Article about Adana, one of the shelters along the Andalucia coast.
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Sick galgo at the gates of Pepis Dog Refuge –
Another little galgo pup at Pepis Refuge Gates. Jane Brian tells his story.
‘5 Jan 2017. Late last night the dogs in the refuge alerted us to a possible abandonment. We spent an hour searching around with the torch…but could not find anything. This morning when we were cleaning, the dogs started again so watching where they were looking barking we saw this little fella standing looking at us from outside the play area, so he could have been the reason for last night bless him. Unusual for just one so we had another search around but found nothing. He is very skinny and obviously scared. He will be visiting the vets this evening for a medical check-up. His name is Solo.
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Ogreygami from Richard Skipworth of Redbubble
Hilarious and so true! Link to the Redbubble website and more fun pix.
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SOS Rescue – catching abandoned galgos
This is a video of SOS Rescue in Spain, trying to catch abandoned galgos. It is on facebook so I’m not sure if you can view it, I have asked if it can be put on Youtube.
Vincente Cervero Lopez says ‘Currently we have 6 Rescue teams in Castilla La Mancha, Madrid and Murcia. we want to make two rescue teams more, to be able to help more and better. The equipment for each team costs around 600 euros, which includes loops and traps to capture terrified galgos, a microchip reader, networks and kennel’.
Video 1 – Capturing galgo Nicolas
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Badly injured on a Spanish road – Galgos112 to the rescue
Galgos112 writes.
29/12 2016 – This end of the year is being particularly hard. The requests we receive daily for help from our team are enormous. And unfortunately we can’t do it all. We don’t have shelter and we rely exclusively on our foster homes, but if there are no houses free we can’t do much more.
Today’s the day we go back to making a great effort and draw strength from where almost no longer do we have anything left…. but impossible not to help this galga, in Valencia, we picked up this princess in a terrible state.
Open fractures of the two front legs, hip fracture, pneumothorax, a deep cut in the bottom and the entire body, scored and covered with wounds… and in so much pain. This small and sweet galguita is no more than two years old. We have called her Luba. Now we wait for her to regain her strength and stabilize to go into surgery.
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Ban the televising of galgo racing and hunting – Association BaasGalgo calls on your support.
Another petition to sign, raised by Association Baas Galgo – addressed to the director of Castil1a-la Mancha TV and also the Regional Government of Castilla-la Mancha.
Here is a translation.
Att of Carmen Amores(Director of Castilla La Mancha Television)
The Association BaasGalgo can neither understand nor conceive, that public service television, subsidized by all Spaniards is the accomplice to the world of hunting and racing with galgo, where there is so much suffering, death and abandonment.
A world where animals are exploited to exhaustion or injury to then be discarded, abandoned or slaughtered because they could no longer fulfill the expectations for which they were raised. A world in which they are bred indiscriminately, neglect and abuse are linked to them, even after complaints and court trials where people have been convicted, they are still used as tools.
As association devoted to the fight against the neglect and abuse of the Galgo in Spain, we urge the public entity to reconsider the issue of galgo racing and hunting.
The Association calls for change and this is clearly shown in the massive demonstrations that are convened every year against the use of the Galgo as a tool.
Each year thousands of dogs are abandoned or slaughtered in horrible ways, a fact that year after year we check and we suffer with them. Equally the Spanish Society and International Communities are aware of the cruelty involved in this “hobby”.
We urge the direction of Castilla La Mancha television and thoser responsible for content that they behave in an ethical way and take a step forward with courage to delete this type of content from your television output. It is NOT a sport.
Association BaasGalgo
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A wish for every dog
This delightful poem was published in YOURS magazine in Poetry Corner.
Friends for life
by Andrea HazeldineI wish you many lazy days
Just lying in the sun
I wish you lots of special times
And always lots of fun.I hope when you are tired
You have your favourite rug
And when you or I are lying down
We’ll always share a hug.