Galgo News

Author: Beryl Brennan

  • Devastating floods in Malaga province – shelters flooded out!

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    Horrendous flooding in Malaga Province with many shelters flooded out. On shelter which SS Podencos works with reports the flooding is above knee height making it difficult to open kennels doors. Keep these shelters in your pravers that every animals is rescued and safe.

    Dear friends of the Galgos and Podencos, this morning the heavy rains in Andalucia caused the dreaded flooding of the shelter! The water rose and entered the inside kennels and a great effort by the volunteers saved 40 galgos, podencos and 2 mastines. The dogs were frantically moved to safer ground as the shelter is near the river bed. The dogs went into foster homes and to the residencies we use for the Male Galgo Project. They are all safe. Praying the rain lets up soon! The damage will be evaluated when they can go back in but for sure loss of their washing machine and dryer, and possibly stored food, medicines etc as well.

    They may even need rental equipment for cleaning purposes.

    We are asking for donations for this emergency situation!

    To donate go to www.galgopodencosupport.org say for flood.

    PLEASE HELP our friends at Galgos en Familia in their time of need!! Thank you!!

    Galgos en Familia floods – hope you can see the facebook videos

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  • Advice for dogs frightened of fireworks

    I HATE FIREWORKS!!

    In the UK there is an ancient ‘tradition’ of fireworks on 5th November, from when Guy Fawkes planned to blow up the parliament building in London. As the decades have gone by, there are more nights of fireworks in the 5th November falls in the week. So this year, 2024, we have fireworks on 31st October, Halloween. Then fireworks the following Saturday and Sunday, as well at 5.11.

    Our dogs are terrified of fireworks. In fact, most of our dogs in over 70 years of dog ownership have been terrified of fireworks. Tablets from the vet, sprays around the home, none of them work effectively, the dogs’ hearing is too sensitive. I’ve seen a calming collar in the local Pets at Home store which I’m going to try this year, but I’m not holding my breath!

    Here is some advice from the Dogs Trust if your dog is terrified of fireworks.

  • Rhyme of a Rescue Dog

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  • Adopt a rescue dog, don’t support dog breeders

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  • The Animal’s Saviour

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  • Join PACMA to fight for the animals of Spain

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    On 15 October PACMA began a decisive and ambitious campaign: they want to add 500 new members before January 1, 2025.

    They say…

    Why? Well, we intend to develop four major actions for next year, and your membership is necessary to make them a reality:

    1. Lower veterinary VAT: We want to launch a campaign to reduce the cost of these services, today a luxury for many families.

    2. Strengthening sentences for animal abuse: We need firm and effective legislation that prevents cruelty to animals and forcefully punishes those responsible. We want to deploy all means of pressure to propose a new reform of the Penal Code.

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  • 2025 Calendars now on sale

    Here are links to 2025 calendars so far. Grey2KUSA work with galgos as well as greyhound rescue.

    Candy Cane International

    Grey2kUSA

    Fen Bank Greyhound Rescue“>Fen Bank Greyhounds

  • Protectora Modepran Valencia – desperate times

    All the animal rescue associations are suffering badly with a lack of donations during this recession. Here’s a story from one of them.

    ‘Animal advocate Modepran makes this announcement

    UNSUSTAINABLE SITUATION

    From Modepran we see ourselves in the obligation to release this statement to bring awareness to the situation in which our protector is. We’ve been at the limit for several months, and after the end of summer the situation persists, and we can’t do it anymore.

    With an average of between seven and fifteen rescued dogs daily that add to the more than 656 dogs and 370 cats that already live in our shelters, the situation is unsustainable and entails a collapse of the facilities, in addition to the inability to take on the maintenance costs and be careful.

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  • Walking through the Camp by Marta Navarro Garcia – against hunting with Galgos and Podencos

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    From Plataforma NAC

    The minor hunting season begins and with it starts hell for thousands of hunting dogs in Spain.
    One more year we watch helplessly how they are used as mere tools and how they are discarded, broken, injured, hungry and, in the worst case, lifeless.

    In these moments of sorrow, we share the wonderful poem by Marta Navarro Garcia read at the protest on February 6, 2022

    WALKING THROUGH THE CAMP

    I have seen death looking for my friends,
    hundreds of winged beings,
    of deer, of wild boars,
    of rabbits, of partridges,
    of greyhounds, of Podencos.

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  • Lost Companion by Steve Sanderson

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    Steve Sanderson b.1969. English artist.

    “We meet once in a while….. when I close my eyes”