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Author: Beryl Brennan
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Life is cheap on the streets of Cuenca – galga Emy needs help
What a beautiful face. Another gorgeous galga abandoned and injured on the streets of Cuenca. Here is her story.
‘Emy was brought to us this morning from Cuenca. Emilio picked her up last night, completely terrified with a large wound in her leg. She had been wandering for several days tghrough the town but no one had stopped to help, not uncommon in this country of savages.
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Mother & daughter galgas seeking forever homes
Vanessa Luque has sent this appeal for homes for mother and daughter galgas which are currently in a refuge in Madrid, are becoming very introverted and withdrawn. Here’s what she says.
‘I usually publicise our dogs through my website and my Facebook profile … but there are now so many dogs in the kennels and it is causing problems. So I am appealing for these two galgas, an urgent rehoming case.
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Greyhounds in Need helping Galgos in Spain
Latest news of the marvellous work Greyhounds in Need does for the galgos in Spain.
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Galga Roma, another victim of injury on Spain’s roads
This beauty is Roma, a gentle galga, as they all are, who was found abandoned and injured in Cuenca, probably a victim of a road accident. Barbara LeFranc of Le Bulletin des Levriers tells her story.
‘As we all know, in Spain there are many injured and dead dogs by the roadside, victims of road traffic accidents, where most people treat them as they would a gnat squashed on their windscreen. This is known around the world.
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Galgos Rocky and Marlo – from Jerez killing station to forever in the USA!
Here’s a lovely rehoming story – it’s amazing how rescued galgos cope with so many changes in their lives – different languages as they change countries, travelling hundreds of kilometres to new lives, flying across the Atlantic, then flying on again, across America!
Introducing Rocky and Marlo, rescued from Jerez killing station, cared for by Galgos Connection Spain, rehomed in the US.
Telma Shaw of GRIN says, ‘Here is the first picture of Rocky and Marlo, the Jerez boys that just arrived in the USA!!
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A life spent chained to a drum – galga in Valencia
Another picture of the hellish life inflicted on galgos in Spain.‘There are a lot of galgos kept here, sick, pups of about 5 months chained up, And a beautiful galga, living chained to a drum … and so afraid, that never leaves the drum. We don’t denounce them because we want to get them out. adoptadelaperrera@gmail.com Valencia
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IDOD Dog Walk – more pix
IDOD Dog walk in France 17 04 2011 – David’s photos on the 6.5 km walk – well, it was a bit longer than that, but I thought if I said so, people wouldn’t walk it! About 30 dogs and owners walked this route along lanes and tracks around St Pardoux, where we live.
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IDOD Dog Walk – walking lanes & tracks in France for rescued dogs in Spain
International Day of the Dog is now into its 6th year, always on the last Sunday in April. 2011 so happens to also be Easter Sunday, so I held my fundraising IDOD Dog Walk a week early on 17th April. The sun shone brightly on St Pardoux with over 50 dogs and their loving owners turning up for a leisurely stroll along the delightful lanes and tracks which surround this small village in Western France, where I live.