Galgo News

Category: Adopt

  • Spanish galgueros – corrupt cruel hypocrites

    Castile-La Mancha monument 400 11 2014
    A report from Asociacion Baasgalgo. This monument to galgos is in a small village near Fuensalida, a small town in Castile-La Mancha. ust under 12,000 citizens, a place where time stood still. When talking to Spanish, they will tell you its people consist mostly of paletos and gitanos, which translate as country bumpkins and gypsies.

    More then half of them own galgos and hunt, legal, or illegal.

    Hunting with galgos is so intwined and such a tradition in their lives, they felt the need to show their pride with a statue in the center of their little town. When driving through town, you will see plastic bags hanging from the trash containers.
    Every household in Fuensalida will separate old bread from their other trash and put it in these bags for the hunters to feed their galgos. The chief of the local Guardia Civil is an avid hunter with galgos himself.

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  • New Portugal Dog Rescue

    A lovely young brindle galgo desperately needing a forever home.

  • Scooby – still rescuing galgos…

    Latest rescue stories from Scooby

  • Dog Rescue Holidays in Cadiz

    Dog Rescue Holidays galgos group 170Shaun recently wrote to me about Dog Rescue Holidays Cadiz, which developed from, as often happens if you live in Spain, rescuing abandoned dogs from the streets of Spain. Here he tells the story.

    ‘Over our 8 years here in Cádiz province we’ve picked up quite a few dogs from the streets and either rescued them ourselves or taken them to the local shelter and then, after seeing the great work they do up there, we decided to pitch in “at the weekends”. Hehe, this idea didn’t last long as no sooner had we started helping than we realised it simply had to be an everyday type of affair as there’s so much work to do.

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  • 2015 Calendars for sale

    Pepis Dog Refuge
    112carlotagalgos
    Scooby calendar and Xmas cards
    Greyhounds In Need calendar and cards
    Greyhounds in Nood Belgium
    SOS Galgos
    Sighthound Underground, USA

  • Scooby to the rescue yet again!

    The reality of life for the galgos in Spain – what happens anywhere, in fact, when a dog’s owner is sent to prison? A story from Scooby.

  • Galgos112 – saving hounds

    Galgos112 Joel 2 250Galgos112 do a marvellous job of healing galgos and podencos. Here are two in their care, little galgo puppy Joel and podenca Dune.

    This little guy is Joel. If you look at the photos you will see that he has a deformity in one of his legs, as if he was a duck. This deformity, probably from birth, doesn’t prevent him from being a normal active mischievous puppy. And the deformity has probably been his salvation, since with this leg he is no good to hunt.

    Dune was not so lucky in life.

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  • Scooby – another galga rescued – severe case of mange?

    Please read this story of Ziva, a galga with hardly any hair, taken from her hunter owner and now with Scooby…please read and help Scooby – share their work with everyone.

  • Madrid – cheap accommodation – book now!

    Protectora ALBA 1 250 9 2014More than 50 galgos have been rescued, including two litters of puppies, living in a garbage dump in Ontigola, Madrid province, covered in wounds, scabies and terrified. Thanks to a neighbour who denounced the situation, 6 rescue associations have taken the dogs. It took all afternoon to catch them and transport them to safety. They all need vet care, medication, blood analyses, castrations. Then they have to be rehabilitated in preparation for adoption.

    Associations involved ALBA. SOS GALGOS. ACURN. NOAH’S ARK. SPAPS. RIVAANIMAL

    Contact is carolalbaasociacion@gmail.com or hocicosyhuellas@live.com

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  • Scooby Medina calling Scandinavia – help needed

    Scooby calling Scandinavia. They need an organisation to help with rehoming their dogs. Read the appeal here.