Galgo News

Category: Regional news

  • Update on Estrela – one of the Portugal galgas

    Estrela free 250 1 12 2012This morning I had the most wonderful news! Do you remember the story of the Portugal galgas, producing puppies, owned by an alcoholic with a druggy wife? Teresa and Ines were desperately trying to save the galgas and puppies – the owner was busy drowning the puppies! You were all marvellous at donating to Teresa to purchase special food and milk for these hounds, whilst she worked patiently to get the dogs away from this living hell.

    Here’s Ines’ news – 8th December 2012!

    ‘Estrela was allowed to leave her hell-hole today, Teresa has just literally been to pick her up. I’ve attached a few pics taken 3 hours ago, tonight Estrela will have her first taste of freedom, will get more pics tomorrow when is light again.

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  • Treatment for Canine Leishmaniosis – Pro-Galgo shares

    Pro Galgo Resu 250 12 2012I recently received an email from a researcher at the Royal Veterinary College in London on the subject of leishmaniosis in stray dogs in Spain and Portugal. This is Mo Swatek’s galga Recu, who was treated for the disease, and she writes with information on the leishmaniosis treatment prescribed by the Pro-Galgo vet.

    ‘We have in our group of 23 rescue dogs, 7 positive with canine leishmaniasis.

    All of them receive 100mg allopurinol per 10kg of body weight 2 times a day. some have received the new LEISGUARD treatment, others the injections of glucantime if the liver and kidney allows it.

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  • Lebrija, Chipiona – injured galga needs rescue – anyone any room for her?

    Lebrija galga 170 2Here’s an appeal for an asso to help take an injured galga abandoned in Lebrija.
    Pilar writes. ‘

    A girl from Lebrija has sent this. ‘Please help, there is a white galga abandoned in Lebrija. She has been hit by a car and the front foot is bleeding, probably broken.. She’s also got bruising to the spine. It is in a field. I am putting food out.
    Unfortunately we have no site for all stray animals of Chipiona. Can someone help this galga please?

    CONTACT: pilarperezruiz@hotmail.com

    Asociación Protectora de Animales CHIPIDOG Teléfono: 722 29 68 92

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  • Conseja Andaluz de Proteccion de Animales de Compania proves to be empty shell

    Read the full article on Greyhounds Rescue Holland.

  • Gift your friend the gift of life this Christmas!

    Stuck for an idea for an Xmas present. Here’s a nice one.

    Click on this link, scroll down the webpage until you find ‘Gift your friend the gift of life this Christmas. By clicking the box and donating via PayPal (making your donation payable to comdelrio@hotmail.com), emailing the details of your friend’s address to info@112carlotagalgos.com they will receive a Greetings Card and a letter from 112 Carlota Galgos on behalf of you as their gift. This helps the Galgos in so many ways to pass a warmer, brighter Christmas this year.

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  • Galgos in Italy – SOS Levrieri and Adozioni Leverieri

    Having written about the problems some people cause with bad transportation of dogs from Spain to Italy, here are a couple of Italian galgo rescue associations who certainly take the utmost care of transporting their valuable cargo between Spain and Italy!

    http://www.soslevrieri.it/

    http://www.adozionilevrieri.it/

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVHfCz1QaN8

  • Seville & Huelva – galgas on the streets – in danger…

    Seville 250 11 2012Abandoned galgos and podencos everywhere, every year now it gets worse – there are thousands in the perreras already, due to be killed – or the galgueros say to volunteers, ‘take this dog or I will kill it’. How do the volunteers cope?!

    Here is a young galga abandoned in Seville province, in danger on the streets – or becoming pregnant! Contact ..CONTACT GEM…SEVILLE 679106878… THANK YOU!

    And this beauty too.

    She’s in a village in Huelva, she’s been there all summer. She had puppies which have disappeared – stolen, killed, who knows. She was very fearful but a person in the village has been feeding her and now it would be possible to catch her. But there is no where for her to go.

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  • Galgos Ethique Europe – Written declaration for Galgos all over Europe

    Logo-galgos-drapeau-europe-250The latest publication from Galgos Ethique Europe. Please sign up for their newsletter and keep abreast of their work.

    A written declaration for Hounds all over Europe

    Published 26 Novembre 2012 par Collectif Européen pour la Protection des Lévriers

    We have been quite busy this summer. Twice we have met with mrs. Michele Striffler, Member of the European Parliament and vice-president of the Eurogroup on the Welfare of Animals.

    Last July, via their attachés, we presented Mrs.Striffler and Mrs Durant the two questions that we still see as an option after the questions posed by Mrs. Durant in 2010, on request of Galgos Ethique Europe, and the question posed in October 2011 by Mrs. Kartika Liotard, on request of Greyhounds Rescue Holland. The last request was supported by a number of European organisations. A complaint on behalf of citizens is premature, given the subsidiarity principle with regards to domestic animals, especially dogs and cats, and the obstacles found in the Spain on this matter.

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  • HAPPY 5th BIRTHDAY Galgo News

    Saqhara Carmela bed 11 2012(My galgas Sahara & Carmela sharing a bed today!) Yes, it’s 5 years today since my webmaster Craig and I launched Galgo News. We’ve travelled a long way in those 5 years – published many different stories – happy stories, sad stories, rehomings, appeals, letter-writing campaigns – whatever has been sent to me, I’ve read and published most of it. I’ve only had to remove one post, where people commenting then launched a personal attack on two volunteers in Spain. I won’t countenance libel, so the post was removed. I still have it on file, as the subject matter is important, and one day it may raise its ugly head again.

    I’m grateful to all of you lovely readers who have bought copies of my book to learn more about the plight of the galgo; you’ve responded well to appeals for donations towards vet care for sick and injured galgos, and many of you have offered forever homes to hundreds of the galgos featured on Galgo News and associations I publicise. You are marvellous and I feel sure that the volunteers and associations feel the same.

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  • Too late for one – but 4 more lives saved from the streets of Sevilla

    Pro Galgo 4 dogs Seville 250 11 2012Mo Swatek of Pro-Galgo has sent the following appeal for help to pay vet bills for 4 dogs rescued off the streets of a village in Sevilla. They were too late to save one galga, with pneumonia and parvovirus, but the other galga, two podencos and a bodguero (like a Jack Russell) have been saved. You can read all about it here. You will find details of how to donate at the end of the story.