A few more words on the El Camino walk. Book before 31st January for 20% discount. And if you can’t do any of the walk, why not meet up with them en route.
Dear Friends,
We’ve got good news: El Camino 2011 is making progress!
Category: Fund raising
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Galgos saved from death – please donate to vet fees
The perreras in Spain are full to bursting with abandoned dogs, especially galgos now that the hunting season is drawing to a close. Despite all the ones rescued from Jerez perrera, Cadiz, there are still more than a couple of dozen there, awaiting a painful death. At El Paraiso perrera, they are feeding the galgos, hoping someone will rescue them. Several have been taken to foster homes already, and two more were taken out last weekend. White ones, which were once regarded as THE most important galgo to the Spanish aristocracy.
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Baas Galgo and Ginn art auction – raising funds for Villa del Rio Shelter, Cordoba
The Villa del Rio shelter in Cordoba is again suffering floods after the river burst its banks. To raise funds for the shelter, Baas Galgo in association with Ginn are organising an auction of artwork by Pam Emmerick. Click here to see the artwork and bid
Sandra and Leticia do marvellous work at this shelter, I can’t praise them enough for what they do. But the thing I can’t get my head round is that it is owned by a hunter who also breeds galgos and sells them to the galgueros; a rich man! I visited it in June 2009.
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Scooby needs collars to sell – can you help?
With the hundreds of animals to care for, especially the lastest 130 galgos from Cadiz, Scooby is desperately needs to raise funds. Here’s a plea from Diane at Scooby.
Dear Friends,
The Scooby Shop at the shelter is in desperate need of fancy martingale collars. The shelter sells these collars to make money for the animals in the shelter. They are a huge hit at events and Scooby Open House Days as well as on adoption days. As you can imagine, they look beautiful on the Galgos!
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Left to die by Spanish hunters – look at them now, thanks to Baas Galgo
Updates on a couple of galgos we’ve featured, left for dead by heartless huntersMarisol and Lady Carla. Lady Carla and her friend Canela will be rehomed in Belgium. And look at little pup Marisol now! Marvellous work by Baas Galgo and the team.
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Spanish galgo Nicolas, wounded and dying on the street – Baas Galgo to the rescue
How did you spend Xmas and the New Year? Thousands of galgos spent theirs either dumped in a killing station waiting to die, or abandoned, searching for food and shelter. The Spanish volunteers didn’t have time off. This is the story of Nicolas, rescued from pain and death by Rachel and Silvia on Christmas Eve, supported by Baas Galgo. To see the video of him at the vet surgery, scroll down to the bottom of the story and click on the YouTube link. Please donate to his veterinary care. He has a foster home in Madrid where he will receive the best possible care to help his recovery.
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Galgo pup Charlie, survivor of Jerez perrera – sadly Charlie has now died
The refuges and shelters are, as ever, swamped under the sheer volume of abandoned dogs, especially galgos – there’s been no let up all winter. And still the governments and authorities ignore the problem. Here’s another casualty of the galgueros. This is Charlie, 5 months old galgo pup, suffering from a viral infection in the Jerez killing station.
Update 8 01 2011 Sadly today Charlie gave up his fight for life. Thanks to everyone who donated to help the vet try and save him.
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Scooby saves galga Skinny from Seville – read her story
So many galgos are abandoned by the galgueros to take their chance on surviving as best they can. Hundreds of them starve, fearful of humans, their only chance of help being from someone who is able to catch them, before they are injured on the road. This is the story of Skinny, rescued and rehabilitated by Scooby Medina.
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Spanish Galgo Ruso – getting better with GRIN in America
Do you remember this boy? A rough-haired galgo badly injured in a road accident, taken to Los Infiernos refuge. He was left like this, in pain, for a few days and the owners of the refuge were going to have him euthanaised. Then Tina Solera found him (there’s 200 dogs at the refuge!) and immediately took him to the vet where he was operated on and went into foster care.
In November he travelled with two members of GRIN to the US where he is now in foster care, preparatory to him finding his forever home. He has a problem on his front elbows as a result of lying on concrete floors. They are called ‘hygromas’, and you will see the swellings in the photo.
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Cheap Spanish Holiday Accommodation in Malaga, Seville and Cadiz
Not such a happy time for these galgos, chucked aside by the heartless hunters to be killed – even the method of killing will not be kind. Terrified, confused, traumatised………….these gentle affectionate dogs do not deserve the life meted out to them by the hunters. They didn’t ask to be born.
There are more than a dozen galgos still in the Jerez perrera, contact Maribel; others here are in the Alhaurin Malaga perrera, contact Vera, and the ones behind bars are in the Seville perrera, contact Maribel