Some pictures sent to me by Mo Swatek of Pro Galgo, taken by her friend and supporter Mirjam Fahrni.
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Author: Beryl Brennan
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Action needed by the EC on enforcing improved animal welfare conditions in Europe
The following is a report from the Eurogroup for Animals in respect of animal welfare conditions in Europe.
‘The European Parliament has called on the European Commission to take clear action to improve the welfare conditions of animals throughout the course of its current mandate. Voting overwhelmingly in favour of Marit Paulsen’s report on the Evaluation and Assessment of the Animal Welfare Action Plan 2006-2010, MEPs signalled that they would like to see measures put in place to develop, implement and enforce animal welfare legislation.
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Luxury Accommodation in Tenerife – Podencos urgently need help
This is a picture of conditions in which podencos have been kept on Tenerife. It’s desperate that they are rescued. Podenco Rescue has all the information, and they will liaise with the Tenerife association trying to get the dogs out. Please help these deserving dogs. And let’s hope the man is prosecuted.
Please support Podenco Rescue, they are doing a wonderful job of highlighting the plight of the podencos.
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Baas Galgo helps 8 lucky Cordoba galgos off to Holland and forever homes
Baas Galgo recently purchased a van to enable them to transport galgos from the Villa del Rio shelter in Cordoba to Holland and forever homes. Remember that Letitia is the volunteer who has been coping with the 90 galgos callously abandoned at the shelter at the end of January! You can read about the trip to Holland for 8 lucky galgos here.
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Galgos-SOS Denmark – publicising the plight of the Spanish galgo
Galgos-SOS in Denmark work hard to publicise the plight of the galgos in Scandinavia and have rehomed galgos from Spain – quite a weather contrast from the heat of Spain for these thin-skinned dogs! They have a very poignant poem on their website. Click here to read, scroll down to ‘A Christmas Poem’.
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Podenco Canarios make it to the UK – Pro-Galgo now needs adoptants
I recently posted an appeal on behalf of Pro-Galgo for help in taking 4 podenco canarios from Germany to the UK. The trip was successfully completed last weekend, and you can read about it here.
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CCTV installed in El Refugio Escuela refuge, Seville – thanks to Galgo Support Holland
El Refugio Escuella in Seville has recently been the lucky refuge to have CCTV cameras installed, as a result of Galgo Support Holland. Read the story.
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Starving galgos in Las Monjas, Seville – urgently need help –
An urgent appeal from Loli Dalo for anyone who can help these galgos wandering the streets of Las Monjas, a gypsy village. Please contact Loli for more information. lolidalo@hotmail.com
This bitch is covered in ticks, and is possibly pregnant.
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Galga Alma – heavily pregnant, abandoned in Barcelona by merciless hunter
Introducing Alma, a beautiful galga – her looks today belie her story. Anna Clements of SOS Galgos takes up her tale.
‘We currently have a case of a female galga who we rescued over the Easter period, heavily pregnant, Albert performed surgery on her, it was a life or death op, all 9 puppies inside her had been overdue and were not alive but she managed to survive.
And what a surprise it was when we discovered that she has a microchip.
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SOS Galgos in Barcelona – hunters inflict verbal abuse!
SOS Galgos recently held an information weekend in Barcelona, to publicise the work they do with the galgos. This resulted in some new foster homes, and possible adopting homes too. It also resulted in them being verbally attacked and taunted by some hunters
Anna Clements says’ I met some horrible hunters who came to several stands to tell me what other unimaginable cruel ways they have of treating the galgos. I’ll never understand these evil people’.
What goes on in the minds of these vile sadistic men?