Galgo News

Author: Beryl Brennan

  • DeGalgos in Barcelona – more galgos saved and needing forever homes

    Estefania DeGalgos 03 2010 300 DeGalgos is another hard-working association, based in Barcelona. There are two sad stories on their website. The first one is about an adopted galgo which has been stolen – can you imagine the poor dog. Rescued from a life of hell, adopted through the association, and now stolen, probably by gitanos. Sadly, this story is all too familiar for the galgos adopted in Spain.

    The second story is about Estefania. Look at the wound on her hind quarters. She had been grabbed by youngsters and dragged behind a car. The wound was full of maggots. Luckily she is on the road to recovery and now looking for her forever home.

    If you can adopt one of the beautiful galgos on the website, please contact the association direct.

    I use Spanishdict.com for translation, it seems much better than babelfish or google.

  • La Guarida – help pay vets’ fees – poor galga on her last legs

    Galgita letizia, herida 4 03 2010 250 We all know the IMMENSE problem there is with the galgos, now more than ever. Here’s just one more. She has been rescued but the team treating her need help, so any offering would be gratefully received.

    Her story is simple, parents at a school gate and there she was, on her last will to live. Curled up, not wanting anything else in life. badly done to, treated like dirt, and there are thousands and thousands, tens of thousands like her, solitary and bleeding, infected and alone. For this girl, fortunately there was an anamilist amongst the group of horrified parents at the gate of the school. She didn’t run or even try to, simply raised her head to her rescuers hand and now in hospital care.

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  • 2 1/2 metres of water & mud – help Alberto near Cordoba, his refuge and his dogs

    Andujar refuge alberto mud 03 2010 300 This is the latest news from Alberto at his refuge on the outskirts of Cordoba. The Guadalquivir river is in torrent, it has rained for 8 days again non-stop; the refuge is under 2 1/2 metres of water. He has 30 dogs in his refuge; the first ones he took out were the puppies and small dogs to another shelter 50 kilometres away. Then, when he went back for his other dogs, the water was up to his knees. He has saved the other dogs, but not the bedding, dog food etc. and has lost electricity power.

    The biggest problem now is to get a lorry which will remove all the mud deposited around the shelter. He is desperate for monetary aid and manpower – even his mother has lent some money to help. He built this shelter on his own, and he is totally on his own in looking after the dogs and doing all the work.

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  • Car-jacking in Europe – Warning from the Police

    This warning has been circulated by a friend in Spain. It could also apply to any other European country. Be warned.

    ‘WARNING FROM POLICE

    THIS APPLIES TO BOTH WOMEN AND MEN

    BEWARE OF PAPER ON THE BACK WINDOW OF YOUR VEHICLE–
    NEW WAY TO DO CARJACKINGS (NOT A JOKE)

    Heads up everyone! Please, keep this circulating… You walk
    across the parking lot, unlock your car and get inside. You
    start the engine and shift into Reverse.

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  • Villa del Rio, Cordoba – latest pictures of the flooding at the refuge

    Latest pictures from Sandra Baas of Baas Galgo, when she and her team visited Villa del Rio refuge, Cordoba. Hard for me to remember that when I visited it last June 2009, the ground was baked so hard it had cracked. This is the refuge where 90 galgos were dumped by their galgueros last month, because they wouldn’t keep them over summer!

  • Amigos de Los Galgos – saving and rehoming galgos in France and Belgium

    Amigos de Los Galgos is an association which has been working tirelessly to help the galgos and podencos of Spain. 2 of the larger refuges they work with are Las Nieves refuge, and Pedro Munoz refuge in Cuidad Real. Here you can read about the number of galgos and podencos saved and rehomed in Belgium and France during 2009. Click on ‘translate’ for the English version.

  • 2 more galgas, abandoned in Murcia – waiting for their forever homes

    BRUNITA (2) Tina Solera 300 Two more galgas rescued from the streets in Murcia.

    Tina Solera is a volunteer with the refuge Los Infiernos, Torre Pacheco, Murcia. They don’t have a website, so I posting an appeal from her.

    AZABACHE (8) Tina Solera 300 ‘I have attached two photos of two galgos that came in last night, very frightened and hungry. The first galga is brown and white (female) 1-2years and we have called her Brunita. The second one is black, 4-5years (female) extremely underweight and very frightened, we have called her Azabache.

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  • Sunday morning at Scooby Medina – watch out, the hunters are about

    Sunday morning at Scooby; watch out, the hunters are about.

  • Greyhounds in Nood, Belgium, saving Spanish galgos

    Greyhounds in Nood Belgium recently took a van load of goods to refuges in Spain, returning with galgos for adoption. Read about their trip. Click on the Union Jack flag for the English version, then ‘Spain Update’

  • Andalucia – refuges flooded out – help save the animals

    Andujar refuge Alberto Cordoba 02 2010 300 An appeal for help from L’Europe des Levriers. Floods are submerging Andaloucia; more than 1500 people have been evacuated from their houses. At Cordoba, the river Guadalquivir has burst its banks and Seville and Jaen are threatened. And the weather forecast is for more rain.

    The refuge of our friend Alberto, near Cordoba is under 2 metres of water and he has had to evacuate all his dogs to a garage to keep them dry. The tempest Xynthia has caused serious flooding problems in Spain this year.

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