Spain’s first canine lifeguard. Read the story here.
Category: In the media
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ACTIN – meet their Patron
ACTIN – you know I am always promoting the incredible work the ACTIN team do to try to change the laws in Spain with regard to animal welfare. Well, here’s a great announcement – they have a superb active patron. Read about him here. Go ACTIN go on behalf of the galgos, podencos and ALL other maltreated dogs in Spain!
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Latest fashion must-have for handicapped dogs!
Been sent this story – amazing what can be done for dogs these days.
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ACTIN – working to prevent animal cruelty in Spain
ACTIN do tremendous work on behalf of the abandoned and maltreated dogs in Spain. Their successes, when they come, will improve life for all dogs, including galgos and podencos. Please support ACTIN, become a member and share their work.
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Pro-Galgo – creating a special place for galgos and podencos
Pro-Galgo are moving their base to a finca where they will be creating a place for galgo and podenco owners and passionatas to visit and share time with these fabulous hounds. Read all about it here.
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ACTIN – giving Hope to a puppy left for dead
Not a galgo, but she could very well have been – stories similar to this happen to the galgos too. Read the miracle of HOPE, in the care of the ACTIN team.
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Rescue dogs from Europe – to rehome in the UK or not?
A week or so ago, I posted about the problems a friend was having trying to adopt a little black galga from Scooby, and was refused. President of Scooby Fermin Perez Martin replied, explaining that because there are so many English and Irish greyhounds needing forever homes in the UK, Scooby does not send galgos there. I concur with his view, although I feel that when an exceptional home is offered to a ‘hard-to-place’ dog, an exception should have been made.
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Pet Wash – do you have one near you?
Danielle Hart, who translated my book on the Spanish Galgo into French, recently sent me the following tale. Any of my readers had experience of a pet wash?
‘I’m translating a magazine for convenience store owners and there is an article on this carwash in Ontario, Canada, that added a “petwash” to its services. Not sure if that’s popular in Europe, but here it’s a growing trend. People can wash their dogs in those petwashes at their local carwash. The dog looks like a Galgo. I was startled to see him. Or perhaps it’s a Greyhound? Hard to tell… But I thought I’d share it with you.’
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Rescued from Bullas recently – along with galgos, horses and goats
Amongst the dozens of animals taken by Scooby on the latest Bullas rescue early this year were a lot of ferrets. To illustrate that construction work at Scooby never ends, here are some pix of the two houses they have built – one for the females and castrated ferrets and one for the whole males.
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Spanish Government and Hunting Federations – stop dumping dogs to breed!
What these poor bitches suffer, when dumped by humans…storm drains, large trees, rubbish tips, they have their babies anywhere and then struggle to find food for them.