Galgo News

Category: Regional news

  • The Spanish nightmare continues – 180,000 dogs killed in the past year…

    El Arca de Noe Albacete 250 7 2013There’s been no let up in the number of galgos abandoned and dumped in the perreras. So many that I simply can’t post them all – 19 in one just one perrera recently, multiply that by the hundreds of perreras in Spain…and that’s just galgos. The figure quoted for dogs killed in perreras in the last year is 180,000! That’s 493 dogs every day, 206 dogs every hour, or 1 dog per minute.

    The pressure on the refuges, the volunteers, the fosterers is tremendous – and the national and provincial governments STILL do nothing to implement a mass sterilization programme and educate people not to let their dogs mate.

    One example of the pressure on the refuges is an appeal this week from Cristina of Arca de Noe of Albacete.

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  • A worldwide epidemic – we must continue to fight it!

    Does he bite etc 250Does he bite?

    No, he lies, fights, destroys, contaminates, kills….

    Is he on his way to the perrera?!

    How I wish!

  • D-day – David’s jumping today – don’t forget to sponsor him!

    David’s parachute jump today – here’s what it’s for and how to sponsor him.

  • The hung galgos of Fuensilada, Toledo – update on the court case

    Baas Galgo court case poster 190 7 2013You may remember the case of the two galgos in Toledo who had been hung by their owner. Their microchips had not been removed and he was traced. Associacion Baas Galgo took him to court. Here is the update from Sandra Baas.

    ‘On October 9th, a court trial will take place at Juzgado n1 de lo Penal de Toledo for the man who murdered his two galgos by ways of hanging. Two years ago, the corpses of the two young dogs (one was 22 months old, the other was 5 years old) were found in the Fuensalida, Toledo location. The dogs had been hung and killed. One of the dogs, had a microchip which identified their owner, who confessed to the massacre and told the judge that he was not aware that hanging his dogs was considered illegal and that he did so because they were deemed “ineffective” since they were not successful hunting dogs.

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  • 3 days to go – Why David’s jumping out of an aeroplane!

    David and dogs in meadowWHY am I jumping out of an aeroplane over the sea? I’ll tell you why………

    I’ve loved dogs for as long as I can remember. My love of Greyhounds, and subsequently Levriers and Galgos started in England when an abandoned greyhound turned up at our home early one morning, and never left.

    I’m passionate about anything to do with dogs and their welfare, and when my wife Beryl started “Galgo News” in November 2007, and later “Podenco Post” I was happy to support her work any way I could. Inevitably my support was largely passive as she built a vast network of global contacts trying to make a difference to the plight of the poor dogs of Spain.

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  • Spanish Galgo puppy Silencio – Galgos del Sur, Cordoba, to the rescue

    Galgos del Sur galguito head 250 7 2013This poor little soul is with Galgos del Sur. Here is his story.

    ‘We were given notice that a galguito was under a car in a marginal area of Cordoba. When we got there, the galguito was losing fluids from many parts of his body and we carried him to our car and went directly to the vet hospital.

    His diagnosis is not serious, but the care and hospitalization he needs will be expensive.His body is full of all kinds of parasites, has anaplasma, low hematocrit, has almost no power to move and is malnourished and dehydrated. We’ve called him Silence, because he crawled under the car to die in silence. The photos say it all.

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  • 9 days to go and counting down – please sponsor David

    9 days to go and counting down – please sponsor David for his parachute jump on 23rd July over La Rochelle, Western France in memory of dear friend Charlie Brannan who was going to do one in September on his 80th birthday but sadly passed away in February. You can donate in any currency with YouCaring.

  • Portugal Dog Rescue – picking them up off the streets

    Pantufa standing 250Regular readers will remember Estrela and Joy, two galgos rescued from terrible conditions in Portugal. Both happily rehomed. But these two little dogs have now been taken off the streets into the caring hands of Teresa and her team at Portugal Dog Rescue. They aren’t galgos or podencos, The vet bills will be enormous. If you can spare a little towards the cost, please donate to Portugal Dog Rescue. Paypal donations here

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  • And another – meet galgo Ebro, the walking miracle

    Ebro was rescued from Badajoz perrera in December 2012 by 112carlotagalgos. Both his front legs were badly broken. He has spent months with both legs in metal braces, undergoing enormously complicated veterinary treatment, and how he’s out for a walk with Charl. Another galgo showing their strong will to live.

    Here’s he’s at the vet clinic, not allowed to walk for months!

    Ebro vets 250 13.3.2013

  • A Galgo’s will to live…

    This is Nemo. Someone drove out with him in a boat and then dropped him overboard. Being a galgo, Nemo had a strong will to live and beat the bastard!

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