Meet 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!
The 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.
Sylvie Texier, a volunteer with L’Europe des Levriers, has organised a great fundraising picnic at Charron, on the Charente Maritime/Vendee border, and she’s hoping for lots of people to come and enjoy good food and great entertainment.
The day kicks off at 11am with coffee, a selection of dishes for lunch, with a visit to the fishing port to work it all off. There will be fishing and pony rides for children, and a firework display to round it all off.
All for 12 euros per person, 8 euros for u/12s. Contact Sylvie to book
After the success of last year’s photo contest, Sandra Baas of Baas Galgo is organising a second one, entitled ‘Happy Greyhounds’. There are prizes of her beautiful jewellery.
See some of last year’s pictures on the Baasgalgo website.
The news on the Galga from Toledo was that she was rescued.
Her bleeding was because she had not been able to take out the after birth from having given birth. She also had kidney failure and she was hospitalised for six days. She is now going to her foster family, to be socialised.
Whoever had her hurt her tremendously, and she is terrified. Her four puppies are perfectly well, still in the hospital, and tube fed. They will shortly be going to two families for their foster care where they will start to be bottle fed every three hours
Thank you to Charl for this good news.
This is Camaron, he is in Jaen, a podenco which was found abandoned – left at night and he was totally desorientated, passing from one side to another.
He found his way to the door of a security guard office, and he stayed there all night without moving. Everywhere the guard went, the dog followed. He is very scared, and needs guidance so he is not alone.
He’s only about 8 months old. All tests negative. good with dogs and cats, sterilised, vaccinated, microchipped, wormed and de-flead. He urgently needs to find a foster home or adoption, as I can’t keep him, I have so many other dogs.
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Trancos is a delightful 3yr old podenco X who spent the first years of his life in Spain chained in a yard, in all weathers, summer and winter.
At the beginning of May, Agir-pour-les-galgos, the blog of L N Verdier, wrote to the Spanish Federation of galgueros which organised the march in Madrid on lst March 2008, requesting that their site be added, on the fecaza site, to the list of those organisations which disapproved of the purpose of the march – supporting the use of galgos for hunting.
This is a translation of the letter on the blog of L N Verdier.
Please write to rfec@fecaza.com website http://www.fecaza.com/ and protest about the use of galgos for hunting in Spain.
Yet another tale of the Spanish authorities not accepting responsibility for dealing with abandoned dogs. It’s about time they enforced – with a vengeance – the law which exists to protect dogs and other domestic animals. It’s time for the Spanish to stop hiding the disgraceful situation of the result of uncontrolled breeding of dogs and cats, cavalier abandonment of dogs and cats, the unnecessary cruelty and suffering it causes – time Spain woke up to realize that there are thousands of people around the world watching them…………
Read the story of Mariangeles Salpico – sign the petition to stop the closure of yet another refuge – a sanctuary for these animals from the hell of life in Spain!
www.acan-acatbadajoz.com/firmar.php
I find it very difficult to believe just how many galgas are used simply as breeding machines, producing a litter of pups every year. It also makes me very angry. There are too many galgos in Spain, without breeding more. And yet the authorities turn a blind eye.
Some of the bitches, after having been abandoned by the galguerros, end up living on scrub land, in caves, searching for food to produce the milk for their pups. One such bitch living in a cave with her pups was recently shot dead.
Jara is one bitch who survived, lucky to be found near a refuge and taken in by the volunteers.
