Besides saving galgos in the Seville province, Alan Brian of Pepis Dog Refuge is also a poet. You can read some of his poems here.
Author: Beryl Brennan
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Nightmare in Ecija, Spain
Nightmare for the animal refuge in Ecija, Spain, which is supported by Levriers sans Frontiers. They have been flooded out in the recent rain, sadly a not uncommon occurence for many shelters. You can see the photos of the nightmare faced by the volunteers at Ecija on this link, just scroll down the page.
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Galgo Ky – AWSM need a sponsor for him, and a forever home
Animal Welfare Support Murcia does a wonderful job in helping all types of dogs, puppies, pedigrees, puppies, xbreeds…they don’t discriminate. This is Ky, a galgo they have in their care who needs sponsoring. If you would like to sponsor this stunning galgo – or even ask to adopt him – details here. At the same time, they are working hard to save some dogs in a hellish situation and desperately need somewhere for the dogs to go, so that they can denounce the owner for cruelty, neglect and anything else they can throw at him. I know these dogs aren’t galgos, but I ask and ask for people to make a denuncia in cruelty cases. So please, share this appeal and contact any friends you have who could foster any of these dogs, or donate to them going into kennels.
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Animal Ambulance – available for rescues!
Amongst all the heartache, have a good giggle! Thanks Viv of Animal Welfare Support Murcia AWSM – is that ‘awesome?’ – and ACTIN for sharing it.
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Cadiz – mass protest against euthanasia in Gesser and Jerez killing stations!
There was a huge demonstration and candlelit vigil in Cadiz last week protesting about the policy of killing dogs and against euthanasia of dogs in perreras Gesser and Zoosanitaria in Jerez de la Frontera. Those of you on Facebook will have seen links to all the pix via Save the Galgo. PACMA was one of the associations involved. Here are just a few.
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Evil metal snares which maim rather than kill
This happened this week in the pine forest of Camaleon. The dog is called Gala and its foreleg was caught in the trap. The person rescuing her had their hand badly damaged from the animal biting them in fear and pain. On Saturday, the organisation which found it is organising a search for more of these wicked traps. They say ‘some son of a bitch is putting these traps where kids play and walk the dogs.’
Podencos are often caught in these traps, searching in undergrowth for rabbits.
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100,000 + galgos abandoned at the end of hunting every year – work it out for yourself!
People say the figure of 50,000 galgos abandoned every year is exaggerated – usually it’s the hunters who say so, of course, as they don’t want the bad press. Vera of Galgos en Familia, Malaga province in southern Andalucia says, ‘Co-inciding with the end of the hunting season at this time of year, more than 5.000 galgos are abandoned by hunters in our province.
It is estimated that 1,500 galgos are collected each year from the streets of Malaga province and the majority of these from the valley of Antequera, where they are used as tools to capture hares,a hunting activity that is banned in other european countries but is still very much allowed here in Spain.
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Thank you from Pepis Refuge
A message from Jane Brian, Pepis Refuge – ‘We would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to all those people who have donated through Paypal, without your support we could not continue.’
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Hellin perrera – Galga Ari and babies update – Wounded galgo on death row – he is now saved
Galga Ari has been saved by Galgo Astur, sadly one pup died. Latest photo of her after rescue is below. And this poor boy is Messi, look at the wounds on his body. Needs patience and lots of care. Costs involved in saving him are low, 50 euros chip and vaccine and 3 euros/day for him in residence until an association can take him. If you can sponsor him, contact Lina, she speaks good English and is one of the team of volunteers working to save dogs in Hellin perrera. Paypal to perreradehellin@gmail.com There are two young podencos in there too. See them on Podenco Post
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Can You Help Care for Galga Sienna’s Pups at Pepis Dog Refuge?
I posted a few days ago about Pepis Dog Refuge, Seville. Latest news from Susan Dawson, who is working to raise funds to help them. For those of you who so kindly wanted to donate to help, you can do so via this link as well as via Paypal.
Galga Sienna gave birth to 9 pups this week. Sienna was recently found tied up cruelly with twine outside Pepis with another white galgo Lasso. It was evident that she was expecting pups, the vet advised it was too late to abort the litter as she was so close to giving birth.