Galgo News

Category: Campaign

  • Update on Toledo hunter who hung his galgos – Baas Galgo contines the fight

    Here is the English translation of the statement of the hunter in Toledo accused of hanging and disposing of 3 galgos. Baas Galgo took out a denuncia and are pursuing the man through the court system. Fingers crossed that they win.

    ‘Madrid 25th of April; in the Torrijos Court (Toledo), this is the statement of the person who has been accused of hanging his galgos. He acknowledged in his Guard Civil´s statement that the two galgos with microchips belonged to him. Likewise, he acknowledged that he hung the galgos in his house and after he buried them in the place where they were found.

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  • Dumped in a rubbish bin – Spanish galga Esperanza’s fight for life

    Esperanza in surgery 250 08 05 2011 Latest update on Esperanza, the galga some bastard tried to kill and dumped in a rubbish bin. What an amazing fighter she is, hanging onto life, and what an amazing team of people are helping her.

    ‘Esperanza’s surgery has finished. She is alive but she needs intensive care. Surgery has not been easy. Vets put needles and surgical cement to rebuild her broken vertebra. There is reserved prognosis, at least, until a couple of days, because her life is still in danger. Her health condition is delicate. If everything is OK, a new period of ten days will start.

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  • Hunger Strike in Madrid – letters needed

    Beatriz Menchén is another dedicated fighter against the slaughter of dogs and cats in kennels in Spain and has worked helping animals for more than 15 years. She believes in protecting animals, not euthanasia, and has managed the animal shelter in Getafe, a large area of Madrid. The Council of Getafe has given shelter to an exterminator company that kills dogs. Many dogs have lost their lives in the hands of this company. Beatriz tried to stop these unnecessary deaths, but her words were not heeded, so she has now begun a hunger strike.

    If you want to support her,

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  • Two more lost souls on the streets of Badajoz, Spain

    Merida galga 2 05 2011 200 This beautiful galgo was roaming the streets of Merida, Badajoz, in terrible condition, without food, injured, very weak and very scared. A young woman has been feeding her, managed to get a collar on her, but she needs somewhere to go as the woman has too many animals already in her small appartment. If anyone has room for this beauty now named Mia, Please contact xana.50 @ hotmail.es Update – now in a shelter, needs a forever family. Wormed, microchipped and vaccinated. CONTACTO: asociacion_acudame@hotmail.com
    And another ….

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  • Beat the Spanish sandfly! Preventitive treatment for Leishmania – donate

    Leishmania is the third most important canine disease worldwide,caused by the bite of the sandfly. It is passed between dogs when the sandfly bites an infected dog and then bites another dog. Understandably it is rampant in the dog refuges of the Mediterranean countries. It is diagnosed by blood test and, if untreated, can be fatal. Scalibor collars are used by many rescue associations but these are expensive. Now there is a new cheaper treatment.

    Sighthound Welfare Trust have launched this appeal on behalf of Baas Galgo.

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  • 5 puppies dumped in rubbish bins – life is cheap in Seville

    Seville puppy 1 05 2011 250 As I said recently, I simply can’t keep up with the appeal emails coming into my inbox. And I have been away for the past couple of days, collecting our next foster dog who is bound for his forever home in the UK in September, so now there are even more appeals. This one is just translated from Spanish via Google Translate without corrections. Sorry. But I am sure you will get the gist of the stories, and it will sicken you.

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  • The reality of Spain – this is what makes the animal rescuers ashamed of their countrymen

    This is the reality of Spain. This is what the volunteers cope with, emotionally and physically. This is what makes them ashamed of the hunters and the dog breeders and those who give their country a bad name. The two associations involved in the rescue of these animals are Scooby Medina and Benjamin Menhert fondation.

  • Shelter in Seville closing, anyone room for these dogs?

    This shelter in Seville is due to close and the dogs will be taken to the perrera. Can anyone take any of the dogs – I see there is a podenco in there, and a cocker spaniel……

    From: ainoa.21@hotmail.com

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  • Dumped in a rubbish bin in Seville, rescued by El Albergue – pray for him

    Seville esperanzacara head 30 04 2011 I’m just one person sitting at my computer, trying to keep up with the news coming in from Spain and the Spanish Islands about galgos and podencos…..just this afternoon, whilst I took a couple of hours out to mow the lawn, 9 emails came in about galgos and podencos….on death row in killing stations in Seville, Merida, Cordoba, and on top of that there are the appeals from individuals about abandoned galgos in Malaga, Cadiz, elsewhere in Spain – can anyone in those areas help catch them? I do my best, but I can’t always post them all.

    This story from a volunteer with the El Albergue asso sums up the galguero attitude to his dog.

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  • Injured Galgo abandoned at service station, 100km from Malaga – anyone help?

    Galgo w broken leg 1 190 27 04 2011 An appeal for someone in the area to rescue this injured galgo, hanging around a restaurant at a service area.

    (Google translation) Restaurant is El Marques,96’7 km on Motorway A-92, 100 Km.de Malaga. Belongs to Aguadulce. People have been throwing the galgo food, the restaurant says he has been there for several days, he has an injured front leg, looks broken.
    Please is there anyone in the area who can rescue him. Phone no of restaurant 954816511

    www.hunde-aus-andalusien.de www.tierschutz-andalusien.de www.protectoradeayamonte.uphero.com
    http://adoptacuatropatas.es/ Association for the Protection of Animals and Plants Ayamonte

    Greyhound this baby is abandoned, we would like someone to adopt him and give him love him all the love it deserves because it has had to pass many calamities and is in the bones, found in Murcia