Author: Beryl Brennan

In 2006 the Meridian greyhound racetrack in Barcelona was finally closed, with the help of Anne Finch of Greyhounds in Need,Fermin Perez of Scooby Medina and SOS Galgos. It is now in the process of being redesigned into a contemporary arts centre, which opens on 12th April.

Over 100 neon signs have been erected around the city of Barcelona to publicise the new centre, and feature four dogs which ran on the racetrack; three now have new lives as companion dogs, adopted through SOS Galgos, one is still with a foster family.

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I am sure all greyhound owners will be horrified by the stories on these weblinks. The story goes that these 2 greyhounds were brought to France at the beginning of December by French greyhound rescue association Levriers en Detresse. The situation for these dogs was exposed by Europe Animal Protection.

Contact has been made with the SPA (Society for Protection of Animals).

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An appeal for someone to take this little podenca. She is a Podenca Andaluz, weighing 5 kgs – the same breed of podenca as my own Bebe, who weighs in at just 6 kgs. She was found in the hellhole of Badajoz, wherein is the worst perrera in Spain – Olivenza.

The girl who found her writes:

PODENQUITA: Abandoned in a village in the province of Badajoz, when I came upon her, I noticed something strange when she struck her head walking into walls or traffic signals, poor thing, I took her right away.

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This is yet another example of the despicable heartlessness of Spanish hunters; this podenca was abandoned about a month ago in a village 90 kms from Albacete. Some people are leaving her food, but she is obviously starving to death.

These are the contact details if anyone can help get her and take her in.

nosunad@repsol.com

TELÉFONO: 662 08 84 43

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