Galgo News

Category: Campaign

  • Radio Programme on Galgos Thurs 8th December – please listen

    Last week, Tony highlighted the plight of the Podenco on his radio show with a great response from you listeners. Some of the response was from the UK. Tonight he is carrying on where he left off and including the beautiful and much maligned Galgo in his broadcast.

    Please listen in and hopefully try to take part. These dogs desperately need help and any publicity is good for them.

    His broadcast starts at 9pm (Spanish time) 8pm (UK time) and you can listen in by going to www.bigfm.es and then clicking on Listen Live Now. Any emails can be sent to info@bigfm.es and Tony will respond to you on air. His show is called Nightowls.

  • On death row in Zaragoza – inc galga, pedigree Sharpei, pointer, Breton spaniel, puppies

    Zaragoza perrera galgo 250 12 2011Zaragoza perrera, young dogs on death row, puppies, sick dogs, pedigree dogs, young dogs…..they are available for rescue, adoption etc. The young pointer with the tumour is very depressed; the Sharpei is only 3 years old; the puppy with an injured eye which requires treatment; young Breton spaniel, Sabu the old podenca, 12 yrs old, served her purpose as a breeding machine and now dumped.

    Contacts: 974340197 (perrera) o en el 620996790 (Sr. Jose) – Por favor
    Se pueden visitar en la perrera, de Lunes a Viernes de 9:30 a 13:00 h.
    Martes y Jueves de 16:00 a 18:00 h.
    jigusha@hotmail.com

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  • Mairena Killing Station – Petition to close it down

    Mairena 1 250In previous years I’ve featured galgos and podencos dumped in the Mairena killing station (obviously there are thousands of other types of dogs dumped there too which suffer the same horrendous end to their lives). Because of the bad publicity, volunteers were banned from going in to photo the dogs.

    There is now an on-line petition to close the place down. This is the link. The petition is in Spanish and a translation is below. You have to register with the petition website, here are the instructions by on-line translator:

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  • Irresponsible galgueros continue to dump their dogs – leaving the rest of the world to deal with the problems they cause!

    Gesse GALGAS 250HEMBRAS[1] 20 05 2011It’s something regular readers of Galgo News already know; the numbers of galgos dumped at the perreras and shelters because they won’t take responsibility for keeping them during the summer months when they can’t hunt. What selfish bastards – expecting everyone else to deal with the problem they cause. We WILL beat them one day, but in the meantime, here’s an article by Greyhounds Rescue Holland about the problem.

  • Hunters dumping their dogs in killing stations – time to STOP the massacre!

    Jerez 2 12 2011 250Emails coming in about the hunters dumping their galgos in Jerez, Gesser, Albacete, Hellin perreras, as well at shelters. Here are some of the 15 taken to death row in Jerez perrera this week, including this one with raw wounds on his body. Anyone wanting to save any, contact Maribel maribeljerezsos2@gmail.com 605637101 Maribel www.perreras.org en perrera 1

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  • Cesar Millan on Spanish TV, Friday, 2nd December 2011

    Cesar Millan Cesar's Way 2011 250As some of you may know, Cesar Millan adopted a galgo from Galgos 112. At the same time, he worked on a series of television programmes to highlight the plight of abandoned dogs in Spain. This is the link to see the article, and below is a translation.

    The famous trainer of dogs César Millán, known in Spain for his dog programmes, will return next Friday (2 December 2011) to the prime time on Channel 4 with the release of the Leader of the Pack.

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  • Spanish MEPs – Greyhounds Rescue Holland letter campaign updates

    Greyhounds Rescue Holland’s letter campaign to the EU is hotting up.

    Dear Galgofriends,

    On 15th November 2011, Kartika Liotard informed us about the Answer to the Written Question. Read herewith.

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  • SOS Animals, Fuengirola – shelter in crisis!

    SOS Animals logo 200SOS Animals is being evicted – they have until Friday to find somewhere else for all their rescued dogs. This is one of the pieces of news which always enrages me…the authorities are supposed to be responsible for all abandoned animals – we all know they turn a blind eye much of the time. And they penalise and make life difficult for the wonderful people who run refuges, fundraise, volunteers. Ohhhh, it makes me sooooo angry! Please put your hands together to pray that all these dogs and cats find room somewhere. SOS Animals, near Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol. Donate here to their relocation fund.

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  • Hunting with the Spanish Galgo – no other European country hunts with greyhounds

    Another video showing hunting with galgueros; note some of the horses have chopped tails – many of the Spanish take off manes and tails – read about the annual horse wrestling fiesta in Galicia – they don’t think the poor animals need to keep the flies off!

    And further remember, most of these men will dump their dogs at the end of January, if not before.

  • The Spanish Galgo in Seville 2011 – translation of TV programme

    This video features galgueros in Seville showing their dogs, heading off for the hunt, hunting itself. It illustrates the type of terrain where the dogs are used, the galgueros themselves, lost galgos, maltreated galgos, El Refugio in Seville where the volunteers pick up the pieces after these men have abandoned and dumped their dogs.

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