Thanks to all of you who followed the call to write to the League Against Cruel Sports and used Natalie Osborne’s letter. It’s had a result, Natalie received a letter saying the League would try and help. Here’s a link to their website with publicity. Please also sign the petition, if you haven’t already done so. Please keep writing to the League, let’s keep the galgo profile high on their list for help. Link to their campaigns
Author: Beryl Brennan
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League Against Cruel Sports (UK) – helping the galgos
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Malaga galga – foster home urgently needed
This young galga, about 6-8 months old, was picked up at a petrol station at Montoro (Cordoba) on the Madrid/Seville motorway! She was looking for food, hanging around the restaurant, whose staff confirmed it had been hanging around for a couple of weeks. She was very thin and, since being rescued, has spent a day and a half eating and sleeping! She’s in a foster home in Malaga but can’t stay there as the parents of the fosterer have said they will not have a dog in the apartment. So it’s urgent to find her a foster home and a forever family. She’s friendly and gaining in confidence. Please contact the fosterer Jesus. Tel. 608 590 685 and mail: ereduim 1@hotmail.com or Adela keu8@hotmail.com (Associations only)
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Scooby – give Divino a home for Christmas, buy Scooby 2013 calendar
This lucky boy is Divino, now safe with Scooby. Cobie says ‘DIVINO: Another galgo abandoned, hit by a car and then taken to the Valladolid provincial perrera where they wanted him to go and play on the other side of the rainbow bridge. Thanks to Scooby, who took him this morning out of that perrera, this stunning boy is 2 years old and not fearful. Has many years to play on the good side of that bridge for many, many years!! For adoption, contact Scooby.
Also, what about buying a Scooby 2013 calendar or virtually adopting one of their dogs as a Christmas gift to someone. They care for a phenominal number of animals and need all the help they can get.
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Badajoz perrera – to be murdered on 15th November! Galgueros – you have their blood on your hands!
The perreras are overflowing with galgos – and every other breed of dog – and here are some in Badajoz perrera, due to be killed on 15 November. They are cold and wet, no comfy bed and warm waterproof coat for them. Please contact SOS Badajoz if any associations can save them. Here are the descriptions (photos in the same order).
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Galgo pups dumped in a skip – urgently need experienced foster mom.
We’ve read about the heartless Portuguese hunters taking newborn galgo babies away from their mothers and killing them, so the mothers can be sent hunting/racing again. These galgo babies are only a week old and were found in a skip in Villaverde del Rio, Seville!
Here’s the appeal. ‘These small left them abandoned in a container, told us, and when we arrived were so small!! do how can do this? It must be inhuman and have no heart…
We have nowhere to have them since they need to eat every hour and the people who we want to help are working and can not attend properly. We collected them last Friday, (2/11/2012) the weekend they were with a companion, on Monday with a paid host, but I can’t afford 10 euros/day it cost and already on Tuesday returned to collect them.
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Keyrings for Xmas – Scooby fundraiser – order now
Scooby fundraiser for Christmas – Beautiful keyrings with Galgo, silver colour with brown leather. 10,- Euros each. Help the Scoobydogs and order one, better more, by writing an email to residencia@scoobymedina.com Photo below
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Galgo Xmas Cards to buy
I haven’t had time to create a Galgo |News Xmas Card this year, so here are some to choose from rescue associations. Visit the websites for pictures and full details of how to order.
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Update on Miel/Honey – galga left for dead in a ditch
Update 7 11 2012
Today Gloria visited Honey, she is continuing to make progress, slowly but surely. The wounds are healing, about 80% mobility is now recovered, but she needs to build up enough muscle mass to cover her bones. But she continues to move forward – she will get there. Bravo ‘Honey’ and curse the bastard that did this to you.
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League Against Cruel Sports – keep the ban on fox hunting in the UK
Please support this campaign – you can sign even if you live abroad. Go to Sign Up and complete your details.
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Portuguese galgos – update
Update on the Portuguese galgos. One hunter has been busy killing puppies before Teresa could save them. But here’s the news about the first galga Estrela. Ines reports. ‘regarding that horrible man getting rid of all pups but 2 :(. We are not exactly sure what happened, but apparently he killed them, but won’t give us any more details… we just can wait for Estrela to leave this place.
Estrela is only mentally slighty better from the abuse she was given. She is on special high energy feed, plus a mix of raw green beef tripe and liver, and Anima-Strath supplements. She has also been wormed twice. Her owner has finally allowed us to take her to the vet this week, so she can get tests done to see why isn’t she putting more weight.