Galgo News

Category: In the media

  • Greyhound racing in Vietnam – protest

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    Global Justice For Greyhounds & All Dogs

    Please share protest and write emails to the Vietnamese Government Consulate and Embassies to stop a further 30 yrs licence on Greyhound Racing there has been no rehoming for 30yrs and countless greyhounds have been murdered.
    Details to contact the Government and Consulates can be found on

    https://www.globaljusticeforgreyhoundsalldogs.com/bangrey

    Greyhounds/Dogs from cradle to the Grave.

    #BanGreyhoundRacing #Vietnam #Southkorea #SouthEAsia #Worldwide

    #BanDogRacing

    #BanGreyhoundExportsWithExceptionOfRescue

    #GreyhoundsArePetsNotBets

    #GreyhoundAdoption

    #GreyhoundProtection

    #donotrenewgreyhoundliscencevietnam

  • Alternative therapies for dogs

    Many prescription medications have side effects. Many natural remedies can provide a safer alternative. This link takes you to an article discussing the subject. Aalthough it’s American, the weblinks therein are very interesting.

    My galgo Polar had a damaged hind knee and I was able to find a canine physiotherapist who use the same treatment on him as I had after my broken shoulder operation. I also used CBD oil for pain relief for him instead of Metacam.

  • Galgos Rescue Almeria – 11 more new arrivals

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    From Sandy at Galgos Rescue Almeria

    ‘These 11 new faces arrived at GRA in the last week. For these fragile darlings, a new life can begin, a life without fear, without hunger and deprivation.

    We can make a difference for a lot of innocent souls through the help and cooperation with Friends of Mazarrón Animals, thank you.

    Also a word of thanks to Dave, José, Val & Falk and Trevor & Fred who brought these 11 safely to us.

    “Together we can achieve more for those who need our help”.

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  • Hunting ends in Spain – 150 galgos arrive at Protectora Scooby in January!

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    End of the hunting season in Spain. So some 150 new galgos arrived just this month January in Scooby Medina, a number of them came to Scooby residencia from which a few you can see on these pictures. Many of them very skinny, with wounds, scared but above all: hungry!

    cannot do without your help to feed them all and cover all the medical costs that also comes with them.

    Please help us to help them by making a donation and/or adopting, they deserve it so much after their life from mistreatment, abuse, humiliation etc. Thanks!

    Join teaming for €1/month: http://bit.ly/2teaming

    Sponsor a dog (from €3 per month): https://bit.ly/2lyMhBi

    Donations: Paypal – Edwin@scoobymedina.com

    Bank: ES8400495219542216459780

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  • Marching for the Hunting Dogs of Spain – Sunday 6th February

    This link will give you the list of all the Spanish cities for marching, plus many European countries. Join in if you can.

  • Spain 6th February – marching for the hunting dogs

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    We, PFF, are going to march on the 6th of February in Málaga. At 11:30 am is meeting time on Plaza de Marina in Málaga. Please come and join us and support the couse of the galgos and podencos, as well as our group.
    We march together with our spanish friends in 30 spanish citys. Together we are stronger!
    NO A LA CAZA!

    Be there if you can!

  • Spain – Animal Law, Insincere Promises and Broken Contracts – An horrendous day for animal life in Spain

    From Yo Galgo.

    Today is the last day to present objections to a law that will redefine hunting as a cultural asset in Spain, and change the protection of wildlife forever.

    Read the full article here…scroll down to find the English translation.

  • Fundacion Benjamin Mehnert – never giving up on the galgos

    ‘A NEW MIRACLE CALLED RENEE. She was found half buried. As a result her hind legs didn’t respond…x-rays and other tests showed no injury to her spine or legs. But Renee couldn’t walk… Still we never gave up, and we set out to rehabilitate her paws and make her walk.

    A miracle, an achievement of the whole team, and their enormous spirit of overcoming have made Renee able to walk today. We can call it a miracle, because it certainly is. But it has also been the result of intense and hard work by especially her veterinarian Mariana and her physiotherapist Elena who never threw in the towel, and from all of us who have always encouraged her and helped her achieve it.

    Tears of happiness to see her and tears of sadness to know that this is her last day with us…Renee is now adopted, and this is our tribute. The video of the evolution of an authentic warrior.

    We’re beyond proud of you, and you don’t know how much we’re going to miss you. Enjoy your new life, and be happy because your happiness is ours.

    🇬🇧 A NEW MIRACLE CALLED RENEE

    Video of Renee’s story

  • Dia de Galgo – still we all fight on for the galgos

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  • Living with a blind dog

    I’ve written this article on my Podenco Post blog but I want to share it with you because the situation with our podenco could just as easily be written about a galgo.

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    Bo (Bocelli) is a blind podenco we recently adopted from life on a chain in Lorca, Spain. Having both had dogs for all our seven decades of life, we have never had a blind dog. So it is a new experience for us. He has now been with us for a couple of months and is settling in very well. He can now find his way out of the kitchen into the garden to the toilet, and back again. Luckily we have a ramp at our back door rather than steps, which is much easier for him. He hasn’t so far ventured into the rest of the bungalow but no doubt he will do it one day, in his own time.

    He shares his home with Rosely, a sighted podenca, and very often shares his bed with her. She wears a bell on her collar so he always knows where she is. He is at the stage of wanting to play with her in the garden, but after 6 years shut in a shed breeding babies, Rosely doesn’t know how to play. Her main interest is her stuffed toys, baby substitutes I suspect.

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