Galgo News

Category: Fund raising

  • Galgo Cate with a genital injury = more bills for Asociacion Somos Galgos

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    Today we introduce you to Cate. This cutie is a 4-year-old male and is already sick. We took him to the hospital today because, as you can see, he has a pretty serious genital injury.  For now, they have told us that we need to perform surgeries and give him a lot of medication for the infection and pain. Next week, if he gets better, we will have to operate on him.
    Summer is being tough, for them and for us. More bills and no definitive adoption.  You know we do what we can, but between veterinary, residency, and educators expenses, we can’t take on more dogs for now.
    WE CLOSE DOORS UNTIL RECOVERY
    Asociacion Somos Galgos email  somosgalgos1@gmail.com 
    If you want to adopt, contact through: https://linktr.ee/somos_galgos
    Bizum: NGO Code 01979
    Transfer: La Caixa ES89 2100 4991 6622 0027 0343.
    Every gesture counts. Thank you for helping them!

  • Starving and injured – rescued and safe with Asociacion Somos Galgos

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    This little girl is Galena. It means “healer” and we chose it so that her name gives her strength. We rescued her with a rescuer knowing she was going to be in very bad condition, but when we saw that what was on her face was not a simple wound but a gunshot… we had to act fast.
    We’ve taken her to the emergency room: we’ve been confirmed that the hole in her face is a gunshot, plus she has a huge loss of blood, dehydration, severe malnutrition, a pulmonary enphysema and pneumonia.
    For now they can’t operate it because they don’t think it’s past the anesthesia. Let’s start with antibiotics and wound cleanings.
    You know how this goes, we are not leaving the little one no way but we need help paying the bills….
    If you want to adopt contact via: https://linktr.ee/somos_galgos
    Bizum: Code ONG 01979
    Transfer: La Caixa ES89 2100 4991 6622 0027 0343.
    Every gesture counts. Thank you for helping them out!

  • Ex-racing galga – used, abused, injured – now safe with Galgos Rescue Almeria

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    Late week, our van headed to Los Gallardos to pick up a 2-year-old girl. She had been used for competitive racing, but due to injuries to her hind leg, she was no longer considered “useful.”  At the rescue center, she is now finally receiving the rest, care, and time she needs to recover. We will continue to monitor her progress closely and share more updates soon.
     PayPal: Galgosrescuealmeria@gmail.com
     banktransfer: IBAN BE10 0018 7407 9204
     banktransfer: IBAN ES92 3058 0062 2712 2001 9362

  • Fundacion Benjamin Mehnert in Seville – over 400 dogs need help

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    WE NEED HELP. NOW MORE THAN EVER.   There are times when a protector doesn’t need applause.  Today we have over 400 animals in our care. Over 400 lives that depend entirely on us to eat, receive veterinary care and have a chance at a future.  Among them are more than 40 animals with complex and serious veterinary treatments. Injured, sick dogs, recovering from surgeries, animals needing daily medication, tests, income and constant care. They are added to our cats and many other cases that require continuous attention.

    The reality is we don’t have public aid.  We don’t receive grants to cover this work.  Everything we do, every rescue, every operation, every thoughtbag, every medicine, every life saved, exists because of the people who decide to help us.  Thanks to you guys. (more…)

  • From Heaven to Hell – The Story of the Spanish Galgo

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    A must have definitive guide to the plight of the Spanish galgo book for everyone concerned for them.  Foreword by the late Ann Finch founder of Greyhounds In Need.  All sale proceeds donated to appeals for help from rescue associations.

  • Galgos Rescue Almeria – Still the galgos continue to arrive

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    Hunting with dogs in Spain finished 4 months ago and still the unwanted and abandoned galgos arrive at the shelters.  Here are 7 more arriving at Galgos Rescue Almeria.

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    And another galgo puppy handed in to join his mother and brothers.

  • Spain gives 4 million euros for animal shelters and feral cat colonies

    If you have spent time in Spanish towns or cities, you have probably seen them. Small groups of cats living around parks, plazas, alleyways, and empty lots. Usually there is a feeding station, sometimes a small shelter, and almost always a local volunteer quietly looking after them.
    The funding for local authorities is focused on managing these feral cat colonies in a humane way, as required under Spain’s Animal Welfare Law. This usually means trap-neuter-return programmes, maintaining colony records, and ensuring basic health monitoring.   Trap-neuter-return is the standard humane approach. Cats are captured, sterilised, and returned to their original colonies instead of being removed or culled. Over time, this stabilises populations, reduces disease, and allows cats to live safely in familiar environments with ongoing care.

    A good example of how this looks in practice comes from Alhendín in Granada, where the municipality recently opened a “Cat Hotel.” It is a repurposed recycling container adapted to give colony cats shelter from heat, cold, and rain. It is a small project, but it shows how local authorities can adapt creatively when resources exist. (more…)

  • Galgo puppies abandoned in a cave in Vera, Almeria, Spain! Now safe with Galgos Rescue Almeria

    Last Sunday, two tiny galgo puppies arrived at the rescue center. Only six to seven weeks old… far too young to already face the harsh reality of this world. At that moment, we could not share much information yet, because there were still other dogs in danger. Their safety had to come first before the truth could be revealed.

    But deep down, we already knew that terrible things were happening in the backstreets of Vera (a large commercial town near the coast in Almeria) — things no one should ever have to witness. Places where innocent animals are born into pure misery. Where a mother tries to raise her puppies surrounded by fear, filth, hunger, and abuse. It breaks your heart over and over again. (more…)

  • Fundacion Benjamin Mehnert to the rescue

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  • 6 more unwanted galgos dumped with Galgos Rescue Almeria

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    Help us save 6 galgos… they need us.  A few days ago, we received a request we simply couldn’t ignore…A plea to help 6 galgos. 6 souls who are still with their owner (a hunter) in the Extremadura region.  They have no voice. No choice. No certainty about what tomorrow will bring…We want to give them that chance. A life without fear. A warm bed. Care, love, and safety — things they’ve never truly known.
    But we can’t do this alone…
    To bring them to us, transport costs €70 per dog. And that’s only the beginning — they will need medical care, check-ups, vaccinations, everything required to finally give them a healthy start.  That’s why we are asking for your help.

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