After a tragic accident, El Galgo Senior association in Alicante lost their president Pat. Scooby have stepped in to take over 100 galgos from their shelter. Scooby now needs the funds to transport the galgos from Alicante to Medina del Campo, so please donate if you can help. Even better, off to adopt one! contact Scooby direct at www.scoobymedina.com.
Category: Fund raising
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Portuguese galga Estrela needs your help again
You remember the story of Estrela, the galga maltreated by an alcoholic and his heroin addict wife – many of you good people donated to pay for special milk feed for Estrela to be able to feed her pups, and have medication for pneumonia, and she was eventually allowed to be taken by Teresa to her shelter. Estrela now needs a foster or, even better, an adoption family. Here is what Ines says.
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Thank you to sponsors of the Paris Marathon
Caroline Grebbell ran in appalling weather in the Paris Marathon and we asked for sponsors for her. Here she reports to all those who were kind enough to do so.
‘My run in Paris raised £750 so that has gone to Greyhounds in Need. Can you please thank everyone who donated from Galgo News for me. I was very touched by the “kindness of strangers.’
Greyhounds in Need sponsor rescued galgos in two or three shelters in Spain, and rehome some of them in the UK. Thank you from me to Caroline and everyone who sponsored.
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The Galguero and his hounds – the story of of two galgos
Another piece of emotive writing from Charl del Rio of 112carlotagalgos, this time about two new arrivals at the shelter in December.
‘The count down is done and the galgos are free, chasing the chase of the hare who runs free. Whoever said that this was a sport, for a sport is something that two should play, who asked the hare if he wanted to die today?
It’s here that these galgueros walk back empty handed, not all but some who have decided that their galgos just don’t make the grade. Some having traded out, thinking others have beter dogs. A galgo is flesh at the end of the day to these galgueros, not a living creature who has feelings, a concept which only they have as consolation to such cruelty.
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Galga Jade in Huelva – can you spare 5 euros?
Marianne Murphy has sent this plea. ‘The killing station in Huelva has contacted Asociacion Naturalia, and asked them to take Jade. She is a galga of around 3 years. She was hit by a car and has a severe hip fracture. Asociacion Naturalia is loosing their shelter in less than a month, and are not able to take more galgos, even less paying for operations.
There is NO TIME to create an event and make an auction on Facebook. So I am asking you all – if there is any way that you can spare the cost of a a cup of coffee, walk today instead of driving, and spare the cost of that litre of gas, FOR JADE ♥
I will collect all the help I can for her during the next 4 days. Please if you can spare 5€ and deposit it in my PAYPAL: muffin_65@hotmail.com – marked “JADE”,and I will make sure, that help is on the way for her ♥
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Gesser Killing Station, Cadiz – due to die 20.12 so the staff can go on holiday!
These galgos are all in Gesser (Cadiz) killing station. They will be murdered before 20th December, because the staff there want to have a holiday over Xmas, and they don’t want to be bothered with seeing to dogs. What price life?!! If you can help, please contact Maribel. maribeljerezsos2@gmail.com (Spain 0034) 605637101 Maribel between 9-5 every day. You can pay a holding fee and sponsor a dog, which will then go into a kennels, and you pay for that until an association takes the dog to be adopted. Give the gift of life this Xmas, instead of your Xmas turkey and Xmas pud!
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Scooby visits Cuenca, Madrid and Valladolid – dozens of galgos given the chance of life!
Is anyone counting how many galgos have been saved by Scooby? Thee are over 600 animals at their centre in Medina del Campo, plus dozens more at the kennels in Valladolid. And now the Scooby team have been helping Pilar at Cuenca – too many galgos for the space there – read the amazing story of the saving of over 40 galgos and a podenco.
Please remember Scooby this Christmas – the team won’t have a day off – the dogs need cleaning and feeding and exercising, medication etc. And if you are kind enough to donate to them, please don’t be upset if you don’t get a personal ‘thank you’. Read here. Because the staff are just too busy seeing to the animals! Huh?
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Prodeanse, Seville – saving more galgos and podencos
Prodeanse was one of the small shelters in Seville which I visited in September. It’s in a terrible area for abandonment of dogs – and horses and mules on tethers day after day, no shelter from the weather – hot or cold. Here are two more souls now in the care of the Prodeanse team.
“MARY and PANDORA”
It hurts so much that we’d shout and scream, if thus we find peace and relief that we have never found because of many unfortunates… Mary and Pandora since they were born know first-hand the so-called “sack man” which is none other than a Hunter, galguero, rather bad guy, bastard, unfortunate… Although I would prefer to use another vocabulary!
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Update on Estrela – one of the Portugal galgas
This morning I had the most wonderful news! Do you remember the story of the Portugal galgas, producing puppies, owned by an alcoholic with a druggy wife? Teresa and Ines were desperately trying to save the galgas and puppies – the owner was busy drowning the puppies! You were all marvellous at donating to Teresa to purchase special food and milk for these hounds, whilst she worked patiently to get the dogs away from this living hell.
Here’s Ines’ news – 8th December 2012!
‘Estrela was allowed to leave her hell-hole today, Teresa has just literally been to pick her up. I’ve attached a few pics taken 3 hours ago, tonight Estrela will have her first taste of freedom, will get more pics tomorrow when is light again.
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Treatment for Canine Leishmaniosis – Pro-Galgo shares
I recently received an email from a researcher at the Royal Veterinary College in London on the subject of leishmaniosis in stray dogs in Spain and Portugal. This is Mo Swatek’s galga Recu, who was treated for the disease, and she writes with information on the leishmaniosis treatment prescribed by the Pro-Galgo vet.
‘We have in our group of 23 rescue dogs, 7 positive with canine leishmaniasis.
All of them receive 100mg allopurinol per 10kg of body weight 2 times a day. some have received the new LEISGUARD treatment, others the injections of glucantime if the liver and kidney allows it.