Galgo News

Author: Beryl Brennan

  • Pro-Galgo – another galgo saved

    Mo Swatek Marek 2 170Another story of heartbreak for a little galgo, found in a 5m deep canyon. Rescuers had to climb down to rescue him and get him to safety. He had a bad hind leg fracture, open wound full of maggots, severe gangrene setting in. There was no chance to save his leg, it had to be amputated. He is now recovering slowly, his liver was also damaged due to the severe infection in his leg.

    He has been named Marek.

    He is in the care of Pro-Galgo and the vet bills are over 500 euros. Every little helps. Please help them help Marek. Donations to pro-galgo@hotmail.com by paypal or email pro-galgo@hotmail.com for bank details

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  • A heart for galgo Prince – have you room for him in yours

    Charl Prince 250 10 2013Stunning boy Prince has been at 112carlotagalgos for many months, partly because he was very ill when he arrived and he needed time to get well. Here’s what Charl writes about him.

    RE.INTRODUCING PRINCE FOR ADOPTION!

    Due to circunstances out of Princes control He is now back “in adoption!”

    I will never forget the day I saw Prince’s case. The way his beauty coupled with best buddy Odie stole my heart. I thought ‘someone will rescue you, you’re stunning. Only 2 days in the perrera to go before killing and I’d decided if his case came around again I’d take them. Sure enough meant to be, it did. And I did.

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  • Refuge Life – by Alan Brian of Pepis Dog Refuge, Pedrera, Spain

    REFUGE LIFE

    by Alan Brian

    Who said that refuge life is not good, that is not strictly true,
    We are fed and watered every day, cos that’s what the owners do.

    We can go into our great big compound when the cleanings being done,
    It even has a little pool to cool us from the sun.

    There’s even a place where we can go to lay out in the shade
    That’s got carpet on the dirt but it’s not been properly laid.

    That’s another thing about refuge life; they never do forget
    That if you’re feeling poorly, you get taken to the vet.

    We even have a misting system to cool us from the sun,
    So refuge life is not so bad,

    So please tell everyone.

    Click on this link if you would like to read more of Alan’s poems, and this link to donate to feeding and vet bills or sponsor one of their 70 dogs.

  • Update on Polar – Clinic with Caroline Ingraham, Zoopharmacognosy

    Caroline Ingraham 1 250 15 10 2013Today Polar and I attended a day clinic with Caroline Ingraham – check her website here to discover the incredible work she does, including with the RSPCA and other animal welfare organisations in the UK as well as one or two Spanish vets.

    Her stay in our area of France included visiting farm animals and an equestrian livery yard. Today the subject was dogs. I’d been invited to take Polar along because of his disability. There were two other dogs present, French rescued dogs – one a little hunting dog like a beagle without a tail who had been very badly beaten, with no confidence atall, and the other a labrador x who had spent his early years on a short chain, forgotten about, who had jealousy problems.

    So we had 3 dogs with very different problems.

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  • Update on Eboli – badly injured galga, rescued by El Refugio Kimba

    Refugio Kimba Eboli carried 190Update on Eboli, rescued by El Refugio Kimba – badly injured on the road with part of a bumper embedded in her.

    Eboli is much better, on Tuesday 15/10 she will go to the vet again so they can remove the plate in the broken leg and start working on the rehabilitation. She is a wonderful galgo, despite the pain that she has suffered, she has never been bad with anyone, even when taking her medication. She is treated twice daily to help her skin recover; she lost most of the skin on her leg which also became infected.

    If you would like to help Eboli, here’s the link to the Refugio Kimba website. If my memory serves me right from when I was researching my galgo book, Kimba is the oldest animal shelter in Spain, originally set up to protect fauna and flora.

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  • Scooby Medina – a story of galgo love

    A simply beautiful story – and why we all love galgos so much and fight so hard for a better life for them. Don’t forget that Scooby has hundreds of dogs, cats, dozens of horses and other animals all needing feeding and rehoming. Please think of Scooby if you can spare the cost of even just a couple of cups of coffee.

  • Training hunting dogs in Spain – tied to a plough!

    Training podencos 250 10 2013This photo is actually a still from a video showing dozens of hunting dogs including podencos tied on short chains to a field plough and pulled behind either a tractor or Land Cruiser type vehicle. Some of the dogs are trying to jump out, barking, howling…it’s unbelievable. The video is currently only available on facebook so I have asked that it be uploaded onto Youtube and then I can link to it for you all to see the horror! I don’t have details of when and where it was taken, have asked those questions too.

  • Update on the Toledo hung galgos case

    Sandra Baas reports the outcome of the court case against the galguero who hung his galgos. The case was heard on 9th October 2013

    We are waiting for the letter of the judge but he already confirmed us 7,5 months of prison, in Spain this means you will not go to jail but now he has a criminal record. For the rest of the punishment we have to wait. It will take at least a week but talking Spain..it will take longer.

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  • Portugal Dog Rescue – traumatised galgo Duke urgently needs your help

    Portugal Dog Rescue Duke 250 10 2013Regular readers will remember the story of Estrela, the galga in Portugal, starving, sick with pneumonia, feeding 3 puppies. Teresa Sousa and her team eventually persuaded the hunter to let them have Estrela and the pups, who regained their health and adopted. Estrela found a wonderful forever home in the UK.

    Now the hunter has given Teresa Estrela’s brother who they have named Duke. Duke too is sick and traumatised. Since rescuing him, Teresa has had more dogs dumped on her and so they do not have the space nor the time to give Duke the time and space needed to heal him. Ines explains his story and their appeal for him.

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  • That crazy woman writes…!

    This is a story of truth, mystery, accusations,lies, assassination…

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