Galgo News

Category: Campaign

  • URGENT – protect the dogs of Los Infiernos Protectora, Lorca – send a letter now!

    Lorca Volunteer 400 10 2024
    This is tragic. Please send an email even if you aren’t an animal person. Read to the end for the email addresses.

    I’ve asked for a Spanish translation and as soon as it is available I will publish here. Maybe best to write in Spanish.

    From Los Infiernos Protectora Supporters
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    Dear Lorca Town Hall ( Ayuntamiento de Lorca )

    I am one of the volunteers at Los Infiernos Protectora and have been volunteering with the dogs there for eight years now, not as long as some people, but it’s been a while. I’ve seen volunteers come and go. It happens, it’s not for everyone. I can honestly say, the volunteer group we have now is the very best team we have ever had. We have people working so hard in the background, it’s not all about showing up and walking the dogs and feeding the cats, although we are very good and dedicated in doing that.

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  • National Adopt a Black Dog Day

    Scooby black galgo 400 10 7 2019
    Read about it here.

  • Protectora Scooby – summer newsletter – CMA UK look at extortionate vet costs

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    From Fermin

    ‘We participated in an on-line meeting of the UK All All-party Parliamentary Dog Advisory Welfare Group about foreign dog
    adoptions a few years ago. For us one of the vets hit the nail on the head in the discussion. She rightly said adopters adopt with the best intention. They want a pet dog, not a project. And this makes total sense. It is a challenge in a refuge environment to discern completely accurately how shelter behaviour translates into a home but that is our aim: To present families with adoptable companions, rewarding for them and the dog, with appropriate rescue back-up.

    Talking to our network, it seems that costs have a role to play. We don’t actually fully cover our costs when asking for an adoption fee to support our work. If we reflected the actual expense, we would home very few dogs and cats. We try to keep the costs to a minimum.

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  • Greyt news for British greyhounds

    Working to end gambling on greyhound racing. Read the story here.

  • Protectora Scooby – summer newsletter – costs of running the shelter

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    From Fermin – Scooby Shelter Running Costs: Veterinary

    We have a number of running costs to keep the Scooby shelter perational and thought it would be worth focussing on different
    internal cost groups to demonstrate how much we rely on your donations and how we spend the money you give us. In this
    newsletter we highlight our veterinary costs.

    We are fortunate to have our onsite clinic and our own vets. Our vets are salaried and we can present them with most of the medical conditions we come across as well as all of our spays and castrations. Sometimes we have to refer veterinary work to specialists or off-site vets but generally we rely on the skill of our Scooby vets.

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  • Scooby – Adopt a Senior Galgo

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    From Scooby

    ‘We have quite a few senior greyhounds at the moment at Scooby, for example this super sweet girl Sinchy. She’s already 8 years old and luckily her galguero doesn’t want her anymore and so she has the chance of a better and dignified life as she deserves.

    She’s quite fragile and a little shy and that’s why she’s looking for a calm family, with one or two other dogs because they give them confidence and gets along very well with all other dogs.

    For more information email adopciones@scoobymedina.org Sinchy your chip: 1654.’

  • ‘Greyhound racing’ in India – horrendous!

    India greyhound racing 400 8 2024
    Many greyhounds from Ireland and England are shipped out to Pakistan and India, as well as China. This is a petition to support stopping this practice in India of racubg greyhounds against motorbikes!

    You need an address in America to sign the petition.

  • Tripods – amazing galgos on 3 legs

    Tripod Greta 400 8 2024
    Sadly some galgos end up losing a leg through being abandoned and then injured on the road. I have met a few in my 17 years involved in galgo rescue, and they are amazing – especially they can run as fast on 3 legs are on 4 – just cornering that can be a problem! Here’s a lovely tripod hoping for a forever home, with SOS Galgos in Barcelona.

    ‘Greta, happily adopted. Tro, waiting for his turn. They both share a peculiarity, they only have three legs. That makes them even more special, their power of overcoming never ceases to amaze us. Tro doesn’t need any special care, he’s six years old and he’s developing completely normal. Run, play, jump, climb stairs and everything with the joy that characterizes him so much.

    If you want to meet Tro email us at adopta@sosgalgos.org if you can’t adopt, spread the word to give him visibility and you’ll be helping him find a home.

    www.sosgalgos.org

    Paypal: sosgalgos@sosgalgos.org

    Teaming: www.teaming.net and search SOS GALGOS magnifying glass to donate €1 a month

  • Spanish magazine on trial for slandering Galgos del Sur

    Galgos del Sur rescue galgo magazine pic 400 8 2024
    [CORDOBA]

    Open oral trial against the magazine Jara and Sedal for crimes of insults and slander against Asociación Galgos del Sur.

    The case is about a hunting galga that had been found wandering alone on a road in Cordoba, without identification by a microchip, and was picked up by this association at their premises.

    The Court has required the defendants to give bail in excess of €35,000.

    News: https://goo.su/7p9K5

    #NoAlaCaza

    (Any bets the magazine staff and owners are bloody galgueros?!!)

  • Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands – protest against hunting with podencos and galgos

    Plataforma NAC protest Canary Islands 400 8 2024
    August 2024 – No To Hunting Demonstration 2024

    The NAC Platform (No To Hunting) fights hunting in all its modalities and has an immediate goal to end dog hunting. For this reason, since 2010 we have organized a demonstration every February that has reached an international scale.

    In addition, we conduct and collaborate on all kinds of events aimed at raising citizens awareness about animal exploitation and abuse in its broader sense. We are a non-profit apartheid, non-profit anti-species association.

    JOIN US AND SHARE!

    Follow us on our social networks: https://linktr.ee/plataformanac #NoAlaCaza