Galgo News

Category: Adopt

  • Spanish holidays in Seville and Cadiz – not for the galgos?

    Milagritos 1 250 Appeals on behalf of two galgo puppies – one starving and sick – two galgas in Jerez killing station (one about to give birth), and one needing a space somewhere – refuge, foster…..

    Black galga needing somewhere to stay, shelter, foster, near a block of flats in Seville.
    macu19782010@hotmail.com

    Milagros is another poor victim of human selfishness, rescued from the worst of hells; Was a victim of the famous beggar that keeps puppies constantly locked in a dirty little carrier. We believe that the suffering of Milagritos ended the day we rescued him. But little did we know what was in store for him.

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  • Podenco Post, fighting for the podencos too

    Have you checked out my other weblog, Podenco Post? Now live, it tells you about the different types of podenco, associations involved in helping them – especially on the Spanish Islands like Lanzarote, Gran Canaria and Ibiza. Support the Podencos too. They need your help.

  • Up;date on Esperanza, saved by El Albergue and Galgos 112

    Esperanza rubbish container 250 May 2011 Latest news on Esperanza, the galga rescued from a rubbish tip and now being cared for by El Albergue and Galgos 112 in a foster home. What an amazing fight for life. See her on YouTube. And HUGE thanks and congratulations to everyone in the team involved in saving her. What a brave dog. And curse the man who tried to kill her.

  • Sighthounds for Life Auction – bid now for beautiful things!

    Sighthounds for Life are now running a mini-auction in aid of Galgos del Sol. There are lots of wonderful items, including some beautiful leather collars made by Toni Collard, paintings, jewellery. Please take a look and BID!

    Just a word, you need to register with Sighthounds for Life before you can access the auction, but it only takes a minute.

  • Scooby Residencia Valladolid is now OPEN!

    Scooby galgo pups 04 2011 250 The Scooby Residencia in Valladolid is now OPEN! It has been designed and constructed to hold approximately 30 dogs. Part of the Residencia is a refuge for Scooby dogs and part is kennels. The kennels are available to rent so if you are driving through Spain and want somewhere to put your dogs, please contact Cobie, who lives on site. And any donations of food, medicines, bedding etc will be gratefully received. Take a look at the website.

  • Catching a Galga – happy ever after

    Galga abandoned with a chord round her neck, she took months to catch. Here is her story.

  • Update on Galgo Ken in Valencia – needing a very special home

    Ken after op 11 02 2011 250 You remember brave Ken, the galgo hit from behind by a motor vehicle, rescued by Galgos del Sol and now with Galgo Connection Spain in Valencia. Silvia’s vet and the team are helping rebuild his body and he is now mobile with his personal wheelchair!

    Here is the latest news about him from Silvia.

    ‘Now we take him to rehabilitation, he has more muscles in the back side, something is confused because he moves the tail and the legs but has not sensibility, the vet is looking if he gets better with the rehab.

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  • On death row in Hellin Perrera, Albacete – anyone able to help?

    Albacete perrera 2 250 May 2011 damitai2 More galgos in the Hellin perrera in Albacete. Due to be euthanaised on 10th June. There are dozens of other dogs too, and puppies galore….when will Spain take action to stop this stupidity and enforce controlled breeding and educate people to be responsible for their pets? And it’s not only Spain but the whole of Europe who perpetrate the problem.

    Contact any of these people

    linaortu@hotmail.com
    vicfisioperros@hotmail.com
    ruth_perez30@hotmail.com

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  • Spanish Guardia Civil – law enforcers? What a joke!

    Guardia Civi 250 wikipedia One of the things which I find really frustrating is how much back biting goes on between refuges and associations, whether in Spain, Belgium, France…… At the end of the day, for me, it is about the dogs, who cares who is ‘president’ of which association, who runs what refuge so long as it complies with GEE. For goodness sake, it’s about the animals, not about people and politics….

    I was in a car park in Spain and where a little puppy, probably about 5 months old, looked like a x poodle, was wandering around loose. I went to take it up when a couple of young Spanish restrained me. It was their puppy, they said. As I don’t speak Spanish, I was unable to answer them as I would have liked to. I dread to think of how it ended up…certainly not microchipped, vaccinated and in a loving family home….more likely in a shelter, if it hadn’t been killed by a lorry driving into the car park.

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  • Floods in Cordoba pt 2 – please help the L’Europe des Levriers galgos there

    Villa del Rio 6 190 21 05 2011 Some of the galgos in the Villa del Rio are under the care and control of L’Europe des Levriers, the French association with whom I work closely and from whom I have adopted my 3 galgas, plus them helping me get my little Podenca Andaluz Bebe from Seville.

    Some of their puppies in one bed died, but there are others – Noche, Jade, Scarlette, Pucca – Cristina, Vice President of EDL, went from Madrid down to Cordoba and brought back some of the dogs, who are now in kennels which need paying for.

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