Galgo News

Category: In the media

  • Escaping hell – 16 galgos from Rota, Cadiz to Murcia

    Bev Grubba 16 galgos 400 1 12 2018
    A situation has arisen where a Galguero is getting rid of his Galgos. Bev Grubba has arranged that 16 of them are going to Galgos del Sol in Murcia. It’s a 6 hour drive so 16 of them will be safe…not turned out on the street as the Galguero threatened!! That’s 16 arriving that need to be blood tested, vaccinated, sterilised etc and reports of some with broken legs. Galgos del Sol have no news on their health but just to prepare the basics will run into thousands. Can you make a paypal donation to finish off the year and help us?

    Bev Grubba arranged the transport from Rota (Cadiz) to the shelter in Murcia. To donate to the transport, paypal bevgrubba@hotmail.com marking it galgos.

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  • Galgos and greyhounds in South America

    Galgos Uruguay Argentina 400 17 12 2018
    The more you delve, the more you find out about the appalling scale of exploitative abuse and downright cruelty perpetrated against greyhounds, galgos and other sighthounds around the world – in the US, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Uruguay, South Africa, China, Canada…

    “Greyhounds’ racing careers end by the time they reach five years old, sometimes due to age, but often because excessive training has led to injuries judged ‘not worth’ fixing. Dogs that outlive their ‘usefulness’ are either forced to breed, abandoned, hanged, or found dead at roadsides. At the end of the day, for galgueros, dog racing is a business and galgos are simply machines, a means to achieve an end. When the machine breaks, it is just thrown away.”

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  • Christmas & New Year Wishes from Galgo News

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    Wishing all of my readers a peaceful and joyous Christmas and a healthy, happy and prosperous 2019. Thank you all for continuing to read the News and supporting the appeals to help need hounds.

  • Yo Galgo – new video

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    video from Yo Galgo.

    This is Yeray Lopez Portillo and extended family – he is the director/producer of the damning new documentary on the plight of the Galgos in Spain:

    “Galgos, also called Spanish sighthounds, have been praised in tales and myths for centuries, they were respected figures and cared for, almost gods for some cultures, but today they suffer what might be considered a genocide. Yes, it is a big word, I know. But what can you say when between 50.000 and 100.000 galgos are killed or abandoned every year after the hunting season? Every year healthy galgos are killed, beaten to death, drowned or abandoned when they no longer live up to their owners’ expectations. The breeders, the so called galgueros, breed hoping to end up with the fastest dog to compete and hunt the hare, but overbreeding leads to the “throwing out” of thousands and thousands of galgos every year.”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KF_HXXgb5E

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  • Scooby to the rescue again – galga on the run for a year

    Success! Finally it has been possible to capture this mommy galguita who has been wandering around Medina about a year with her daughter (the most white) she has raised on the street…Mommy is scared but not so much, she has realized fast that in Scooby all the people she finds treat her well, the little one is more fearful, probably has not had direct contact with humans so she will need more patience,
    They are in adoption both and deserve a great family that wants them, will it be yours?
    seguimientos@scoobymedina.org

    if you can’t adopt but you want to help us keep saving and changing lives, you can do it in the following

    join the teaming for 1 € / month: http://bit.ly/2teaming
    become a partner (from 3 € per month): https://bit.ly/2lyMhBi

    donations:
    Paypal-Edwin@scoobymedina.com
    Bank: es6101280212510103853927

    Solidarity Shop https://bit.ly/2MzSatv

    https://www.facebook.com/spascooby/videos/2210571172326491/

  • Dumped in a perrera with broken legs – Galgos 112 to the rescue!

    Galgos112 shattered 400 13 12 2018
    Galgos112 to the rescue again.

    ‘Serena was more than a week with this fracture. Waiting in a kennel for the day of her death to arrive and with it the end of her agony. But this time luck was there and someone crossed her path, saving her life.
    She has another brutal knife fracture that has shattered her muscles and tendons…We run out of words to so much suffering.’

    We can keep saving lives but it will always be the tip of the iceberg. How many more like Serena are there right now? We must fight for real laws of protection and animal defense. It’s our obligation to change things and you have to start by not looking the other way. Reporting, educating and raising awareness is fundamental.’

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  • Galga Candela in Portugal – looking for a forever home

    Read all about her on this link – contact Dogs of Portugal direct if you are interested in adopting her.

  • Protectora de Scooby – always there for the hounds

    From Scooby – they are always there for the galgos.

    ‘We keep rescuing galgos and unfortunately not everyone comes to the shelter in good condition.
    This handsome boy must have been hit by a vehicle and he has a broken leg, so soon he will be operated on.
    It’s the third surgery we have to face in just a month, and the expenses outnumber us.
    Please, we need your help to keep saving and changing lives.

    adopt https://bit.ly/2JPw3P8
    join the teaming for 1 € / month: http://bit.ly/2teaming
    become a partner (from 3 € per month): https://bit.ly/2lyMhBi

    donations:
    Paypal-Edwin@scoobymedina.com
    Bank: es6101280212510103853927
    Solidarity Shop https://bit.ly/2MzSatv

    https://www.facebook.com/spascooby/videos/379908616112595/

  • Galgos 112 Christmas campaign this weekend

    Galgos112 christmas stands 400 12 2018
    From Galgos 112 This weekend we will be in many points:

    – Mataró, we will be this Saturday December 15th at the riera 46, in hours from 10 to 20 h. At 12 pm we will take a walk around the city.

    – Olesa De Montserrat, we will be this Saturday December 15th at the “Fira De Nadal” located in the plaça de Les Fonts. With schedule from 10 to 22 h.

    – Elche, we will be this Saturday, December 15, 11 to 20.30 h in tiendanimal de elche in the “Christmas Solidarity event”.

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  • SOS Galgos against the Galgueros

    Youtube video to watch. Any Spanish readers who can give an English translation of the commentary, please?