Galgo News

Category: Fund raising

  • Floods in Cordoba – Nightmare for animal refuges!

    Villa del Rio 4 250 21 05 2011 Message from Sandra Baas of Baas Galgo (website offline at the moment due to a bloody hacker!)

    Dear Friends

    I never thought that I would have to write to you in this way, but we are so desperate and we so badly need your help; that we have no other choice.

    Last Wednesday, May 18th, a terrible flood completely destroyed the BaasGalgo shelter in Villa del Rio in southern Spain. Consequently, 100 Galgos who were in the refuge have been left without anywhere to live. All the facilities have been destroyed by the flooding. The situation is extremely serious. We can without exaggeration say that we lost absolutely everything!

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  • Galga Esperanza – from rubbish skip to veterinary hospital

    Esperanca head 250 Update on Esperanza, the galga beaten and left for dead in a rubbish bin. Click on ‘Translate’ on the righthand side and click ‘English’ or your native tongue for a translation. El Albergue are very grateful to everyone who has donated towards the veterinary care for this galga fighting for life. Herewith photos of her injuries.

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  • Life in the fast lane in Cadiz – not if you’re an injured galgo

    Cadiz galgo injured 1 250 16 05 2011 And another example of how so many Spaniards turn away from injured and abandoned animals. This galgo is injured,(right hind leg) very frightened, lying in a car park, just metres away from a hotel/restaurant. No one goes to help him. Can anyone find room for me to take him? mariavazquez.cadiz @ gmail.com

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  • A week in the life of an animal rescuer in Spain – could you hack it?!

    Ali's_rope Tina 10 05 2011 250 Regular readers will know that wherever possible I praise the fantastic volunteers in Spain who give so much of their time and emotional and physical effort in helping the abandoned and mistreated animals, often at great cost to themselves.

    So many stories continue to arrive in my Inbox, not just for help for galgos and podencos but other dogs as well. As I speak, efforts are being made by volunteers to catch a family of podencos, other galgos loose on the streets of several towns…..it is never ending.

    This story is one example of a week in the life of a volunteer.

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  • ‘Mooie bange ogen’ – the story of a Spanish galga in Holland

    Lisa Janssen Mooie-bange-ogen 220-front[1] Lisa Janssen is Dutch and passionate about galgos. She has already written the story of the adoption of her galga Milly, and is proud to announce the publication of her second book. Here’s what she says.

    ‘I am proud and happy to announce publication of my second book.

    Author: Elisabeth Janssen
    Title: Mooie bange ogen
    Language: Dutch
    Publisher: Boekenbent
    ISBN: 978-90-8570-823-0
    Price: 17,95 euro, shipping not included.
    Part of the proceeds from the book will benefit the galgo in Spain.

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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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  • 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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  • Art Auction in aid of the galgos – 6 – 16th May – please support

    Log kunstengalgos Holland 250 Please support this Auction for the galgos and podencos. It starts on Friday,6th May 2011 at 1200 and runs until 16th May 2011 at 1800. There are several organizations who have donated art for the auction. Greyhound Friends, Galgovrienden, Straydogs from Belgium, Residencia Scooby in Valladolid (Spain) and probably Greyhound Foundation. There are more than 60 items for the auction, from cheap to expensive art so something for everybody.
    Kind regards,
    Mieke van Erp www.kunstengalgos.nl

  • Galgos del Sol – catching the abandoned galgos in Murcia

    Galgos del Sol is a small association formed in October 2010 by Tina Solera, who had spent the previous few years saving galgos and podencos which ended up in Los Infiernos dog shelter. In the past 7 months GdS have rescued and rehomed 53 galgos and podencos. But as with all associations, they exist on donations and fundraising. Here are four of the latest galgos to be rescued – from the side of a motorway, in the middle of a lorry transport area, terrified loose on the campo. Vet fees are mounting, please donate if you can help them.

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  • Update from El Albergue on galga dumped in a rubbish bin

    Update on the galgo dumped in a rubbish bin. ‘It is a female galga, and is very serious, especially from a strong blow to the head but still alive. We are waiting to see how it evolves and will soon need a CT scan (scanner) of the head. She is now hospitalized at a veterinary clinic. Please, if you know who wants to help with veterinary expenses let us know, because in our humble association we can do no more, but the cases that come to us are so desperate that we can not ignore them and look the other way. A hug and thank you very much for your interest.’

    To donate, click on Donar on the website.