Look at this! A massage machine arrived for Tico for an early Xmas present. Sandra says ‘goodnight Tico’ and the best of all…Tico standing unaided!
I’ll be meeting up with Sandra in Seville on Sunday night so post any messages you’d like me to give her and I’ll print them off and put them in an Xmas card for her.
Matt Lightfoot reports from Portugal.
Portugal has just approved a new law for animal cruelty (up to 2 years in prison) and for animal abandonment { up to 6 months in prison}. I was told it was only for ‘companion` animals, but see below Ines Canavarro of Portugal Dog Rescue says it is for all animals. There is an online petition to try and change it,
Giving a dignified end to the life of an animal after the cycle of sport.
This is the idea behind the collaboration between Animal shelter Scooby in Medina del Campo and the Federación Espanola de Galgos in Castilla y León after 5 months of negociation. On 12 December 2013 they came to an agreement by which the FEG for the first time promised to intensify the fight against the mistreatment and abandonment of galgos. Two groups which have so different intentions, have now a written and signed convenant only with the intention to understand the animals and to give them another life after their hunting years.
GALA: (from Cobie at Scooby) She gave milk so the vet made an echography and from the form of the uterus he could see that she had given birth very recently. A galguero would never murder a litter of real galgos so probably it wase mixes. He stole them from her, probably mad because of the mixes, murdered them and hung her in a tree to die.
Better nobody tells us who the bastard is who did this to her, because really, I swear…! She is not just sweet but super, super, super sweet and bravely trying to forget the horror which came over her the last few days!! Galgos…they are just amazing…! The first picture is Gala with her saviour, a few moments after he cut her loose from the tree, milles gracias de corazon!!!!! The other picture shows Gala enjoying the sun and the other dogs´company.
Greyhound/galgo calendars galore, desk diaries – but no handbag size. Anyone found one?
Portugal Dog Rescue – Foguete update – he’s back from the clinic and now home with Teresa – and taking food!
Amanda Holden and Paul O’Grady team up to help rescue dogs. And don’t forget to watch Paul O’Grady at Battersea Dogs Home in a special Xmas Day programme.
The Merida galgos saved by Scooby Medina from being murdered.
JOYA, a galga only 11 months old who broke her leg a few months ago during hunting and was no longer fit for hunting, as her galguero said, and brought to the Scooby residencia. She is doing great after she has been operated pn. In Scooby, Medina del Campo and for adoption. Contact Simonetta
This poor black galga GALA is maybe also not even one year old, found last week hanging in a tree but still alive!
Not a podenco or a galgo but nevertheless a very special young dog with Scooby Medina who needs a very special home. Here’s her story.
PIPA is a very special girl.She is a puppy(born in january 2013) living with the oldies.Pipa is deaf(if not completely,almost deaf),we think she doesn´t see perfectly and, once in a while,she has an epileptic attack.
But there are many other things that make her special and loved…
