Galgo News

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  • Protectora Scooby Newsletter 4 – Kennel Renovations – we need funds and builders

    From Fermin Perez.

    Kennel Renovations

    You may recall from our autumn bulletin we appealed for financial help towards kennel repairs. We have not been able to do the work because we failed to raise the funds. In addition there is a lack of available, skilled bricklayers in our area. It is pretty much impossible to find labour to do the job and within a reasonable estimate (€5k).

    Our appeal remains and if you are able to donate towards it, we’d be very grateful. We’d love to complete the renovations in the spring when it is less rainy. We desperately need to repair brickwork, smooth the floor area to make cleaning easier
    and safer.

    And now a rehoming story – not a galgo but an example of the work Scooby does.

    Elsie: Has Family At Last

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  • Protectora Scooby Newsletter 3 – laws and laws! Not for hunting dogs

    From Fermin Perez.

    Hunting Season In Full Swing

    The hunting season began in earnest in the autumn and this brings with it more animal abuse, deaths, neglect and exploitation of dogs who are later rejected. The poor souls are either surrendered directly to Scooby or dumped in the countryside straying and fending for themselves, running the risk of starvation and injury in a road traffic accident. Some hunters, in various locations near to each other, corral their dogs and ask us to take them. The calls from local villagers about loose dogs have already started. We drive to pick them up, bring them to our clinic and kennels where they are vaccinated, castrated, and treated for injury and illness. We keep them safe until we can home them in Spain or via our international support groups.

    The weather so far has been very wet and this has made hunting difficult. It remains to be seen how the season continues, whether or not it is impeded by soggy winter weather, and how many dogs are discarded into the Spanish shelters.

    #MismosPerrosMismaLey     : “No Discrimination For Dogs In Law”

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  • Galga Carlotta and her best friend – with Protectora Scooby

    Cobie Carlotta and friend 400 12 2022
    This sweet photo of galga Carlotta and her best friend mix Millie is from Cobie Steketee at Scooby Residencia Valladolid.

  • Puntanimals – Galga Kayla comfy, warm and safe

    Puntanimals Kayla 400 12 2022
    Taken from a post on my Galgo facebook page.

    ‘I think there’s no doubt that she doesn’t miss her previous life.
    Bet you never been tucked in and been this warm.
    They sure haven’t put you in a soft and comfortable place to lay down.
    Bet they never showed you love and that you mattered.

    Kayla has been lucky enough to be with the pack and have Puntanimals take care of her. I wish everyone was as lucky as she has been.

    For this

    1 if you can foster
    2 if you can’t foster you can sponsor
    3 you can team up with just one euro a month
    4 you can donate food,medicine,cleaning supplies,coats,blankets etc. Anything you think sure is useful
    5 If you are certain of all that comes with it, ADOPT responsibly

    Your help is welcome in any way you can

  • New Year Resolution

    Nellie Doodles kindness love 400 12 2022
    From the amazing pen of Nellie Doodles.

    ‘A smile & a few kind words can really change someone’s day
    Kind words are like sugar, the more you put in, the sweeter the day.
    Be kind, always.’

  • Galga Eden – ready for a forever home atlast

    Eden after ticks 400 12 2022
    Regular readers will remember the story of the galga starving and covered heavily in ticks, who luckily went into the care of Galgos Rescue Almeria. Sandy Galgoslover now give an update.

    ‘Galgo’s Rescue Almeria is feeling emotional.

    Being born as a galgo in Spain means a life of deprivation, neglect, abuse, humiliation…..

    We can try to repair the damage and prepare them to integrate in a world unknown to them. After a period of rehabilitation, many can build a new and different life, although some carry permanent mental damage.

    How Eden’s life began we will never know, what we do know is how it goes from the day she was freed. There were rumors, stories circulated, but we never imagined that there was a place worse than hell where animals were left to their fate in a horrific way. The date August 4, 2022 is etched in our brains as a day we will never forget. Anger, emotions….. so many feelings haunted our minds when we rescued Eden from this place. It was terrible to see, when we arrived at the vet everyone was shocked. They had never seen anything like it.

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  • Happy Christmas to all volunteers working in animal rescue

    Happy Christmas to all rescues and rescuers 400

  • Protectora Scooby Newsletter 1

    Scooby logo 400
    Unfortunately Protectora Scooby no longer have their volunteer posting their English blog. So I have copied their December newsletter and I’ll be publishing installments over the courts of the next couple of weeks. Here’s No 1 from Fermin.

    Thank you very much to everyone who has helped Scooby over the last year. We are grateful to those who donated in aid of our rescue and rehabilitation work; offered a permanent or foster home to one of our dogs or cats; worked as a volunteer with our animals; and have raised funds in their community and amongst friends. We are thankful to the lawyers who have helped us prepare for cruelty cases going to court. Thanks are also due to a small number of volunteer, support groups to home dogs and cats in
    Spain and internationally. This is crucial for the animals, the adopters and our shelter. Without adoptions
    making kennel space, we cannot rescue more animals.

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  • Dogs – nail trimming

    Like our own nails, our dog’s claws also grow. We’re always nervous about taking too much off but our dogs don’t go to the vet often enough to ask them to do it – at a cost! Rosie gets walk enough that her claws are worn down naturally but Bo – being blind – doesn’t like walking on tarmac and concrete so he needs his claws clipping.

    Here’s an article on the subject.

  • Tasmania – fighting dog racing

    Here’s the weblink to another of the Lawmaker Spotlighs by grey2kusa – this time about a criminal lawyer fighting greyhound racing in Tasmania.