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.
Category: Profiles
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Sponsors needed for a Spanish animal lawyer
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Djimba in France and the story of blind galgo Maik
This 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……
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Eva Andrews of Scooby North America – helping the galgos
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Dogster tells the story of some rescued Galgos
Some publicity for the galgos on the Dogster website. Please share far and wide to help the galgos. Next on the list, podencos!
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Martin Usborne, photographer and author, visits the galgos of Malaga
Last summer I received the following email.
‘My name is Martin Usborne. I am a dog lover and professional photographer from London. I’ve recently decided to take a year out from earning to help animals, in particular dogs, and intend to write a book about my experience. I’ve just come back from India where I’ve been working with stray dogs. I want to ask the question: what happens if you drop everything and decide to follow your heart?
I can’t get the horrible pictures of the poor rejected galgos out of my head and wanted to double check if there was anything I could do as I believe January is the time of year when they suffer most. If you think I might be able to visit Spain on a short trip and write about the issue and if possible participate in some hands on rescue please let me know.’