Galgo News

Category: Profiles

  • Galgo Bono with Galgos 112 – hoping for a forever home

    From Galgos 112

    Hi I’m Bono! I’m one and a half years old and they say I’m very friendly and loving. Still hard to believe what happened to me. I lived with my other galgo friends, we shared games and food in a pen. Every once in a while our owner would take us for a run in the middle of the olives, he would get very pleased if we chased the rabbits.

    But one day, when I saw him coming to the pen, I thought it was time to go out to chase rabbits, as always I climbed a jump into the trunk of the car but it took longer to arrive than usual, my owner stopped the engine, as other times he opened the trunk and I jumped outside, but that day there was something strange, my owner, without looking at me, got back in the car, started and left leaving me there alone. I didn’t understand anything.

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  • Galgo Roque with Galgos 112 – on the road to recovery

    A couple of weeks ago I published about Galgo Roque, rescued by Galgos 112 in a terrible state.

    Here’s the latest update, he’s doing ok.

    Roque is getting better! Little by little and thanks to Lola his foster mom Roque is recovering, he takes a liver diet and as soon as the analyzes indicate that liver values recover, the treatment for Lehismania will begin. With the medicinal baths, the shells are falling off and he feels very relieved. Thank you Lola for taking care of him so well.

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  • Galgos Rescue Almeria – how it all started

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    The origin of Galgos Rescue Almería

    What started as an idea to open a dog boarding kennel on a piece of land in Cuevas del Almanzora, grew into a safe haven for the most vulnerable souls.

    The idea of ​​a dog boarding kennel soon took a completely different turn, one that would change the lives of many dogs.

    On August 13, 2017, an urgent request came in: whether we could help with a heavily pregnant galgo. Of course, we said yes.

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  • Stomach cancer in dogs

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    Living with a stomach tumour

    Not a galgo but our blind podenco Bo (Bocelli) who we adopted in 2022. In 2023 he had a small tumour removed from his stomach. We were warned it could return. He is the third of our Spanish hounds to suffer from stomach cancer. Galga Sahara had an inoperable one many years ago and galgo Bracken had one in 2021, not long after our return to the UK after living in France for 19 years.

    In February 2025, 2 years later after diagnosis. Bo’s stomach started to swell again. A scan at the vets confirmed our worst fears – the tumour had returned and this time it was judged inoperable, as it could be attached to either the spleen or the liver.

    In himself, Bo was his usual happy cheeky self, eating normally, playing with our other podenco. But as his stomach swelled, he hadn’t the energy to go on the long walks of previous years.

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  • The Chinese Sighthound – Shadong-xigou

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    Candy Cane International Rescue saves greyhounds and whippets from the Chinese meat trade and bring them back to the UK and USA for foster and rehoming. They have two, Lady already homed in the UK and the other Merlin now safe in their China kennels.

    Kerry says ‘We’ve been researching Merlin’s breed, and we believe he belongs to one of the rarest breeds in the world! We’ve had a couple of these incredible dogs, including Lady, who arrived in the UK two years ago. I spoke with her owner and she still hasn’t found another of the same breed in the UK.

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  • The Ghosts of Spain by Travis Patenaude

    They move in silence, shadows slipping between olive groves and abandoned buildings, forgotten by those who once used them. Their ribs press against thin skin, their eyes—if they survive long enough—turn dull with despair. The ghosts of Spain are not myths or legends; they are the souls of the Galgos and Podencos discarded each year after the hunting season, their suffering woven into the landscape like an unspoken curse.

    Some are left to starve, wandering until their bodies give out. Others meet a crueler fate—hanged, drowned, tossed aside as if their lives meant nothing. Yet, if you listen, you can still hear them. In the quiet of an empty field, in the distant echo of paws that once ran with joy, in the wind that carries their unspoken pleas for mercy.

    But ghosts don’t have to remain ghosts. Rescue gives them form again—flesh, warmth, love. Awareness gives them voices. And action gives them justice.

    Don’t let them fade. Speak for them. Fight for them. Give Spain’s forgotten souls the ending they deserve. #Galgos #Podencos

    #TheGhostsOfSpain

  • Galgo Salvador – Project Galgo & Fundacion Benjamin Mehnert couldn’t save him

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    Some of you may have known but many didn’t.

    Salvador was named by one of our adopters and was so honoured to be that one. He was found in a hellish state having been attacked by the Galguero’s other dogs and left to rot. For everything that followed, Fundación Benjamín Mehnert words will hit you very hard. We send strength, love and eternal thanks to everyone there. He will never ever be forgotten. His name is etched in our hearts forevermore.

    It is heartbreaking for us, but for them, it goes beyond..

    www.projectgalgo.com

    Open letter from Fundacion Benjamin Mehnert

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  • British greyhounds rescued from the dog meat trade in China

    Video of some of the dogs rescued from the dog meat trade in China. Candy Cane International saves the British ex-racing greyhounds and finds forever homes back in the UK and the US for them.The meat trade. Not just Spanish galgos who have a hellish life end if not rescued. Kerry is now working on saving greyhounds who end up in Vietnam. At least the galgos don’t end up in the Far East.

  • PACMA – need politicians to fight for animal rights in Spain

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    From PACMA we want to inform you that we are going to file a criminal complaint following the regrettable events that occurred on Friday 03/01/25 at the Granada Royal Herald parade, where a man kneed an ox in the face in front of dozens of children.

    Many people have asked us how it is possible that there are still so many animals involved in these shows: the answer, although painful, is that the new animal protection law excludes practically all animals that are not dogs, cats or ferrets and as long as they are not for hunting or work. This excludes oxen, camels, horses, sheep, cows and other animals unfairly called “production animals”.

    We need politicians committed to animals

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  • Galgos Rescue Almeria – looking back on 2024

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    Epiphany, Three Kings Day, the end of the Christmas period and the day to look back for the last time and close 2024.

    First of all, we would like to thank all our partners for the wonderful collaborations. Thanks to joined forces, some 163 sweethearts were able to leave the shelter and start their new lives. New or renewed collaborations were also established with Italy, Lithuania, England and Germany.

    In February we were able to pick up our GRA van that was fully sponsored by Greyhounds in Need 🇬🇧 for which a huge thank you.

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