‘Happy’ arrived earlier this month at 112carlotagalgos with a very serious case of mange – no hair, swollen legs, open sores and scabs on his body. He was in so much pain and so sore he couldn’t even lie down. His vet fees are mounting up but as you can see from this video, he is improving. If you can donate towards his vet fees, please paypal comdelrio@hotmail.com.
Category: Adopt
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Accommodation in Valladolid – here’s the best place
This teeny weeny galgo puppy, only 6 weeks old was found abandoned in Valladolid. He, it´s a little boy, was totally alone in a filthy barn, full of shit and other garbage, no food and no water, very skinny and hungry as a horse, covered in fleas and without a clean place or a soft blanket to sleep on. Now he is in the Scooby Valladolid Residencia and if he survives, Cobie and team will try to help him grow into a big, strong healthy and happy sofa galgo! Unbelievable – how he came to be there. Thank goodness he is safe!
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Pro-Galgo – another galgo saved
Another story of heartbreak for a little galgo, found in a 5m deep canyon. Rescuers had to climb down to rescue him and get him to safety. He had a bad hind leg fracture, open wound full of maggots, severe gangrene setting in. There was no chance to save his leg, it had to be amputated. He is now recovering slowly, his liver was also damaged due to the severe infection in his leg.
He has been named Marek.
He is in the care of Pro-Galgo and the vet bills are over 500 euros. Every little helps. Please help them help Marek. Donations to pro-galgo@hotmail.com by paypal or email pro-galgo@hotmail.com for bank details
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A heart for galgo Prince – have you room for him in yours
Stunning boy Prince has been at 112carlotagalgos for many months, partly because he was very ill when he arrived and he needed time to get well. Here’s what Charl writes about him.
RE.INTRODUCING PRINCE FOR ADOPTION!
Due to circunstances out of Princes control He is now back “in adoption!”
I will never forget the day I saw Prince’s case. The way his beauty coupled with best buddy Odie stole my heart. I thought ‘someone will rescue you, you’re stunning. Only 2 days in the perrera to go before killing and I’d decided if his case came around again I’d take them. Sure enough meant to be, it did. And I did.
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Refuge Life – by Alan Brian of Pepis Dog Refuge, Pedrera, Spain
REFUGE LIFE
by Alan Brian
Who said that refuge life is not good, that is not strictly true,
We are fed and watered every day, cos that’s what the owners do.We can go into our great big compound when the cleanings being done,
It even has a little pool to cool us from the sun.There’s even a place where we can go to lay out in the shade
That’s got carpet on the dirt but it’s not been properly laid.That’s another thing about refuge life; they never do forget
That if you’re feeling poorly, you get taken to the vet.We even have a misting system to cool us from the sun,
So refuge life is not so bad,So please tell everyone.
Click on this link if you would like to read more of Alan’s poems, and this link to donate to feeding and vet bills or sponsor one of their 70 dogs.
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Update on Eboli – badly injured galga, rescued by El Refugio Kimba
Update on Eboli, rescued by El Refugio Kimba – badly injured on the road with part of a bumper embedded in her.
Eboli is much better, on Tuesday 15/10 she will go to the vet again so they can remove the plate in the broken leg and start working on the rehabilitation. She is a wonderful galgo, despite the pain that she has suffered, she has never been bad with anyone, even when taking her medication. She is treated twice daily to help her skin recover; she lost most of the skin on her leg which also became infected.
If you would like to help Eboli, here’s the link to the Refugio Kimba website. If my memory serves me right from when I was researching my galgo book, Kimba is the oldest animal shelter in Spain, originally set up to protect fauna and flora.
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Scooby Medina – a story of galgo love
A simply beautiful story – and why we all love galgos so much and fight so hard for a better life for them. Don’t forget that Scooby has hundreds of dogs, cats, dozens of horses and other animals all needing feeding and rehoming. Please think of Scooby if you can spare the cost of even just a couple of cups of coffee.
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Portugal Dog Rescue – traumatised galgo Duke urgently needs your help
Regular readers will remember the story of Estrela, the galga in Portugal, starving, sick with pneumonia, feeding 3 puppies. Teresa Sousa and her team eventually persuaded the hunter to let them have Estrela and the pups, who regained their health and adopted. Estrela found a wonderful forever home in the UK.
Now the hunter has given Teresa Estrela’s brother who they have named Duke. Duke too is sick and traumatised. Since rescuing him, Teresa has had more dogs dumped on her and so they do not have the space nor the time to give Duke the time and space needed to heal him. Ines explains his story and their appeal for him.
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ACTIN/AWSM galgos for adoption
This is Ky, who I recently met with the rest of the ACTIN/Animal Welfare Support Murcia Galgos Aysha, Rubio and Donna – who’s only a year old. They all have a tale to tell of cruelty and suffering at the hands of the galgueros but are now safe in foster and waiting for their forever homes. They’ve been waiting quite a long time, there must be someone out there who has space in their hearts and homes for these beautiful galgos.
Ky is black and white, Aysha is a stunning chocolate brown, Rubio is tan and Donna is in the bottom pix lying on the sofa! You can also see me below with little Podenca mum Bonny, also looking for a forever home, and their foster mom Sherlie. If you can’t adopt one, please consider sponsoring one – they all need to eat, why not sponsor a galgo for a month or more.
Please contact ACTIN if you wish to sponsor adopt one. admin@actin-spain.com