Galgo News

Category: Adopt

  • GalgoConnectionSpain – help save Draco, a Jerez killing station survivor

    Draco 2 Silvia 02 2011 250 Jerez has two perreras, one municipal and one privately owned. This winter it has been difficult to keep up with the numbers of dogs in these places, especially galgos and some podencos. I haven’t been able to post them all on GN, but suffice to say that a few dozen have been taken out by rescue associations, before being killed. They range in age from a 5 month old podenca (Angela) to 1 and 2 year olds up to the mama breeding machines, 7 years upwards. Some of them are negative to diseases, others develope them after rescue and some are at the stage of simply wanting to give up on life.

    Draco is one poor boy, thin, sick and with a body covered in scars.

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  • Galgo Ken, surviving and fighting his way back to health – thanks Galgos del Sol

    Ken_rehab_3 18 02 2011 250 Yesterday I linked to an update on Nicholas, a great galgo survivor. Today I give you an update on Ken, another brave soul fighting to regain his health after being hit from behind by a vehicle. He has now been operated on and the vet is happy that there is now feeling in Ken’s back legs, and he is not in pain. Galgos del Sol continue to work closely with the vet and Ken – but it’s costly both in time, emotion and vet fees. If you can help with vet fees, donate by credit card to UK bank or Paypal to tinasolera@hotmail.co.uk.

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  • Galgo Nicholas – a brave survivor with the help of Baas Galgo

    Remember the story of Nicholas, a galgo dying at the side of the road; rescued by volunteers with Baas Galgo. Here’s the latest news on this brave survivor.

  • Seville galgos, another 33 arrive at Scooby Medina

    Seville galgos 33 arrive 14 02 2011 250 More of the 100 galgos rescued from Seville have arrived at the Scooby Medina refuge. Here’s what Cobie says.

    ‘Last week arrived the first 33 galgos from another 100 from Seville, the rest will come this week. I´ll send you pictures of them and also pictures from 2 galgos of this group who have burn marks on their thighs, This is something the gypsies do, like a kind of microchip but more painfull for the poor dogs. They do it with acid from batteries or with a hot iron like with horses or cows.

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  • Seville – galgo puppy with gangrene! The abuse continues!

    Galgo rotten bottom 1 11 02 2011 250 We’ve already had puppy Marisol, rescued and nursed back to health by Baas Galgo, now we have this poor little puppy, starving, wounds to his eyes, and gangrene in his rear end! Here’s his story.

    ‘TIGRE, 5 month old galgo, suffering wounds and gangrene to his rear end and tail. Another story from Seville! Some boys in my village told me about him, very ill, and I could not believe his rear end. The tail ws completely rotten and infection had already reache the top of the tail to his spine, his anus and anal passage was inflamed and infected, wounds all over his body.

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  • More galgos injured after abandonment – please help with operation costs

    Ken_001 10 02 2011 250 At the other end of the refuge spectrum from Scooby is Galgos del Sol, newly created although the team have been saving galgos for a while. Two galgos have just arrived, Ken, victim last night of a hit and run, and Jenny, with a broken leg. Here’s what Tina Solera says about them.

    This is Ken. He was hit by a car from behind. His spinal colum has crushed together and he needs a big operation…. 1000 euros. Also Jenny, with a broken leg. She needs an operation…..approx 600 euros.

    Galgos del Sol desperately need funds to pay for these operations. Please help and donate by Paypal to tinasolera@hotmail.co.uk or, if you live in the UK, to the association bank account – details on this link

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    UPDATE

    Ken has now been operated on, we wait to see how his recovery progresses. Please donate to the vet fees.

    Ken after op 11 02 2011 250

  • Scooby saves 100 more Seville galgos!

    Seville galgos 10 02 2011 250 Good news from Scooby – 100 of the Seville galgos rescued. Here’s their news.

    Dear Friends,

    What can we say… your support is amazing! The response that we got for our plea to help 100 galgos in Seville has been overwhelming. We are pleased to say that these precious souls will be rescued in the next 10 days. We will keep you posted on their progress via our Scooby News page.

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  • Jerez killing goes on – 18 more on death row…..

    Jerez perrera 7 08 02 2011 200 18 more galgos on death row, it’s a never ending stream, and that’s not counting the other abandoned and dumped dogs….how does a human being live with themselves when they spend their working life killing dogs? Contact Maribel if anyone has room to take any of these poor souls.

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  • Zaragoza Killing Station – podencos need saving – please help

    Podenca Zaragoza 1 08 2011 250 The hunting season is now over and hunters are getting rid of their ‘4-footed tools’!
    These are the Perricos to be slaughtered in a few days at the Zaragoza perrera. This is the appeal I received

    ‘We are only two volunteers who have many dogs in kennels which we pay the fees and we can’t take any more dogs. We have all this responsibility on our shoulders and we desperately need adopters for the dogs in our care, and more so we need special people who can rescue these young podencos before they are sacrificed in a few days.

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  • End of hunting season in Spain – galgueros dump their dogs en masse!!

    Galgo Rescue June 2009 050 210 I can’t keep up with it all on Galgo News, just too much to post; galgos and podencos abandoned throughout winter, refuges full to bursting, embalming galgos rears its ugly head again – more in another post – and now galgueros dumping their dogs at the refuges and shelters. Yet more galgos dumped in the perreras, and now cutting microchips out of the dogs before dumping. How do the volunteers cope?

    Now I’ll tell you about a man who could make a change but hasn’t.

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