Please buy a galgo at Pepis Refuge a Christmas dinner, via the Blue Greyhound ebay shop. Details here.
Or buy a galgo at 112carlotagalgos a Christmas dinner, via the Blue Greyhound. Weblink here.
Category: Regional news
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Update on galga Tina, now back at Pepis Refuge
Update 8 11 2013 – Tina is home. She will be staying in the Vera care centre for some considerable time.
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Sighthounds for Life Auction for 112carlotagalgos – ends 10 November
Here’s the latest Sighthounds for Life auction. There are dozens of fabulous items, please have a look and get bidding. All proceeds to 112carlotagalgos.
In the last couple of months galgos have arrived at the finca desperately needing expensive operations and medical treatment. First there was Dante needing a leg operation; then Happy with no fur and swollen legs – a serious case of mange; then Kenya arrived with a deformed foreleg which previous operations had not repaired. Vet bills for these hounds alone run into four figures.
Add to that feeding all the dogs, microchip and vaccinations to prepare the dogs for adoption…money goes out faster than it comes in.
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Riddles of the Soul – another lovely story, raising funds for animals
Another book, only available as an ebook, to raise funds for animals in Australia.
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Irish Greyhounds being exported to Spain for racing
Greyhound Rescue Association Ireland (GRAI) has been informed that Spanish buyers were seen buying greyhounds two weeks ago at the Thurles Sales in Ireland. They bought 20 Greyhounds to take back to Spain for racing. The greyhounds are now kennelled somewhere in Co. Tipperary. We have been informed that when their passports are in order they will be transported to Southern Spain, either Andalucía or to Extremadura.
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Update on Galga Tina after her operation
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SOS Animals UK & Spain – Tania Coates tells her story
Tania Coates of SOS Animals UK & Spain does a marvellous job of rescuing and rehoming abandoned Spanish dogs. She’s now written a book about her adventures and how it all began. Order a copy of her book here.
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Perrera to forever home – it’s a long and expensive journey for every dog
The situation in Spain for the galgos and podencos remains desperate. Every day I receive appeals for help to get dogs out of perreras or abandoned and living on the streets. It seems to me that the galgueros are hanging fewer dogs and simply dumping them and expecting the refuges and rescue associations to take them in. They continue to dump their dogs at the gates of refuges too – tied up overnight for the volunteers to find the following day.
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Irish Greyhound Board sending greyhounds to Spain – MADNESS!
Horrendous news for Irish greyhounds. The Irish Greyhound Board will stop at nothing to make money! First of all they were going to send them to the Far East, now it’s Spain! Unbelievable, remembering that Anne Finch, SOS Galgos and others joined together to get the Barcelona racetrack closed down and the 700 greyhounds homed.
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Thundershirts – to help relieve anxiety in dogs
One of my readers has suggested the use of a Thundershirt to help a traumatised/stressed dog. I’d never heard of them so googled the word. Here’s a link to one firm for more information.