Galgo News

Author: Beryl Brennan

  • And another petition – Kill Hunting in Spain

    http://www.ecologistasenaccion.org/spip.php?article5953

    Here’s another one. It’s in Spanish, but all you have to do is complete your name and email address in the 2 boxes on the right, and confirm. An email will then be sent to your email address, and you have to click on the link therein to validate your signing, and add your name to the list.

    Send to as many people as possible.

    The Spanish volunteers struggling against overwhelming odds and the animals suffering in the name of hunting – need all our support.

  • Another petition to sign – Save the Galgos

    http://firmas.amnistianimalmadrid.org/

    Send the details to everyone you know, we’ve a 50% chance of succeeding in getting somewhere – got to think positive!

  • Lameness from dry pads – can you help?

    A problem has developed in the feet of my galga. My vet thinks it could be an allergy problem but, as she is one of the hundreds to come out of Spain whose history is unknown, we don’t know if she has suffered this problem before.

    I would be interested to know if anyone else has experienced a similar problem, the diagnosis and treatment.

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  • Galgos – why the fuss? Here’s your answer.

    If you are a first time visitor to Galgo News, and you wonder what we are about, this is the statement from SOS Galgos. http://www.sosgalgos.com/ (Click on the Union Jack for English language site.)

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  • Protest – Proposal to run greyhound racing in Jamaica

    I received the following from Pat Getz of Greyhound Protection League.

    Please crosspost to the moon and back, nationally and internationally, let’s inundate and educate BIG TIME

    Proposal for greyhound racing in Jamaica- STOP IT BEFORE IT STARTS!!!
    NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LETTERS NEEDED NOW.

    Please read the appeal below from Greyhound Compassion and take inmmediate action by writing to the Jamaican High Commisssion in London. Please refer to the Greyhound Action website for the plight of the racing greyhound
    www.greyhoundaction.org.uk and/or use the sample letter

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  • Live on the Costa Blanca? Can you help Blue?

    Galgo blueHe’s a beautiful greyhound lucky enough to be with APAH rescue on the Costa Blanca. Associacion Protectora de Animales Horadada.

    Learn more about Blue.

    APAH are very active in trying to improve life for abandoned animals in their area, especially for the hunting dogs. This is what they say on their website.

    “Hunting is a very popular pastime in this area and while some owners care for their dogs the majority do not.

    The Pointers and Greyhounds that end up with us have often been badly ill-treated with burns over their bodies, chains embedded into their necks and that is before they have been abandoned with no food or water in a strange area and left to fend for themselves.

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  • Oh, God, where are you now?

    Matilda is now in the safe hands of Greyhounds Rescue Holland

    What did she do wrong to be abandoned in this condition – apart from being born a galga in Spain.

    http://www.greyhoundsrescue.nl/nGRH/verhalen/Matilda/matilda.php

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  • How a mouse can help a galgo

    Galgo fundsThis will only take a moment of your time, but it could help a galgo get an antiparasite collar.

    Click on this link. It will take you to a site in Spanish, but don’t worry if you don’t read Spanish. Go to the box on the right hand side of the screen and fill in your email address.

    You’ll then get a list of animal shelters in Spain. Choose one, click in the circle on the left of the shelter’s name – I picked El Refugio Escuela because that’s where Bebe came from – and then click at the bottom of the list to confirm the donation.

    If you have more than one email address, use it, as then more antiparasite collars will be sent to the refuges for free!

    Inicio Donacion

    So far, 329 collars have been donated.

  • Meet Helena Paukku – rehoming galgos in Finland

    Helena PaukkuMeet Helena Paukku, who founded Kdittomat Espanjan Koirat

    Hello to everybody.

    My name is Helena and I am from Finland.

    I was visiting Spain two years ago with my friend and after that my life has changed.

    We decided to do something for the Spanish stray dogs.

    We founded an organization Kdittomat Espanjan Koirat and now after two years we have found homes for over 700 dogs!

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  • Pro-Galgo makes an appeal

    Galgo pupsThe story of this bitch and her puppies arrived in my mail box a couple of days ago. They were found on a plot of land, malnourished but alive. On top of this, the poor bitch had a terrible wound, which is badly infected.

    Luckily, they were taken in by Refugio Escuelo Sevilla, already overflowing with dogs and puppies. The bitch, named Ceilo, is receiving veterinary care and, when she is fit enough to travel, will be fostered with Mo Swatek, of Pro-Galgo.

    Pro-Galgo has donated 200 euros for the initial veterinary expenses, but 15 euros per day is needed to finance keeping the pups in a boarding kennel till they are recovered and rehomed.

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