Galgo News

Category: Profiles

  • Galga Renata – her journey to a forever home

    This is a story about galga Renata, but it could be about thousands of galgos in Spain.

    Last winter she was found in agony with a cord around her neck. Luckily volunteers of Fondation Benjamin Mehnert in Seville took her in and, with the help of their vet, she was nursed back to health. She was taken by the French association Levriers sans Frontiere (Galgos without Borders) into foster, and the family very quickly decided to adopt her!

    All year LSF work to help the galgos but so many of them end up in perreras, in misery, with little water and food, the symbol of their suffering, in silence, anonymous…

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  • UPROMA – working on animal welfare in Murcia, Spain

    Pedro-José-Moratalla-Moratalla 250A report on 2 more of the speakers at the PAES International Conference in Murcia in October 2015.

    Pedro José Moratalla Moratalla has a degree in Computer Systems Engineering. He is involved in environmental and animal welfare issues, issues on which he has received training over time and has continually joined different national and international volunteering programmes.

    Pedro joined the Local Police of Castellón de la Plana in September 1997 and since then he has developed different positions at the Police Units of Traffic, Public Safety and Emergency Service. In 2012 he presented a draft project proposal to set up a specialised unit on environmental and animal welfare issues which was approved. The new unit, initially called Blue Patrol (now UPROMA – Environmental & Animal Welfare Protection Unit), under Pedro’s management, started working at the very beginning of January 2013 and he remains at its head today.

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  • November 2015 – Domestic Violence Awareness Month – linked to Animal Abuse

    PAES Dr Nuria 250Dr Nuria Querol i Vinas spoke at the PAES conference on the subject of Animal Abuse and Interpersonal Violence and often it can also be linked with psychological problems too – abusers will maltreat those weaker than themselves. Abusers may use animals as a lever in situations where a woman (and children) have escaped him (it’s usually a man in Spain) and they are threatened – if you don’t return, I will kill your dog/cat.

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  • Animal lover – moving to Spain?

    Here’s a lovely story about Maz Bailey, one of Spain’s expat heroines. It’s impossible to be an animal lover, move to Spain and ignore the plight of the thousands of abandoned dogs.

  • Tribute to a Scooby Volunteer

    Tribute to a Scooby volunteer

  • Sponsors needed for a Spanish animal lawyer

    Please read about this amazing Spanish lawyer who takes on animal cruelty cases over and above her other legal work. Like everyone, she needs to live and eat. Here’s what Fermin says about her. Donate

  • Djimba in France and the story of blind galgo Maik

    Djimba Maik blind galgo 250 1 2 2014This is the story of Maik, a blind galgo who arrived at Djimba, Betty’s sanctuary Djimba in France. Here she tells his story as far as is known.

    ‘We think he has been used as a hunting dog till he got problems with his eyes. He was dumped on the streets, but somehow managed to survive till some brave ladies caught him (the video is here).

    He went into a fosterhome and they went to a vet for his eyes. On one eye he is completely blind, on the other he has 10% “sight” (shadows), he needs special care 4x a day to treat his eyes. (They make no tears) eventually he will loose sight in this eye too.

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  • Bionic Vet – Fitzpatrick Referral Clinic, Surrey

    One of the vet clinics which it has been suggested I consult with regard to Polar and his joint problem is the Fitzpatrick referral clinic in Surrey, UK. You can read about their work here. Dr Migaud has referred Polar and we have been asked to send a CT scan. The rough estimate for operating on Polar is nearly 5 figures……

  • Eva Andrews of Scooby North America – helping the galgos

    I’ve known Eva Andrews for several years – indeed we worked together on saving Estrella, the podenca who had been left behind in the cell she had shared with 3 galgos rescued by GRIN. Here is her story.

  • Polar’s Diary – visits to the bone specialist vets – Update 12 June 2013

    Today we visited a bone specialist vet linked to the Poitiers university veterinary department, for a second opinion on Polar’s leg. Polar didn’t go alone, his playmate Bracken went with him.

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