Galgo News

Category: Regional news

  • Sponsor a kennel, sponsor a piece of fencing, sponsor a bag of cement! 112carlotagalgos appeals

    Finca Bonita prison 190Many of the Spanish refuges and associations are very small, existing from month to month on donations, the local councils turning a blind eye to the problem of abandonment of dogs, even though by law they should provide a dog pound.

    112carlotagalgos is one such small association in Malaga. Charl del Rio has been working on behalf of the galgos and podencos in Spain for many years, latterly caring for traumatised, injured and sick dogs prior to rehoming. She’s also given talks in local schools about the problem of abandonment of dogs. Her dream has been to have an educational centre where children can visit and learn to respect animals and care for them, especially dogs. Now she hopes her dream is about to come true. But she needs your help. Here’s the story.

    (more…)

  • Greyhounds in trouble in South Africa

    Interesting post on my Fb page Save the Galgo -SPCA Vereeniging confiscated 22 Greyhounds and the animals were in such a bad way that 7 were “humanely put to sleep” and the rest were GIVEN BACK to the owner!!!!! SPCA Vereeniging wrote that the owner who was caught in the act would be prosecuted. ‘When Greyhound Rescue SA asked questions ‘we were deleted from the wall of Vereeniging SPCA. https://www.facebook.com/spcaver?ref=stream
    They have also deleted all my posts and questions from the wall – We have a right to know what happened to those Greyhounds’. (I’ve asked the question myself – see if I get a response. )

  • Hunting with galgos in Spain – will it ever end?

    Scooby China 250 10 2012From Cobie at Scooby Residencia Valladolid. This poor little galga named China was brought to the Scooby residencia by a galguero because she is obviously very sick. Surely she has leishmaniosis, very much hairloss over her whole body, long nails on her feet which makes walking very painful for her, her eartips completely bare, her back and tail almost bare and a look in her eyes which makes you want to cry for feeling so sorry for her.

    The galguero injected her with all kinds of stuff and gave her tablets, God may know which ones, but of course, that did no good to her so he wanted to dispose her.

    (more…)

  • Voyka, galgo with Wobbler Syndrome – update

    Do you remember Voyka, the young galgo with Wobbler Syndrome. Lourdes is happy to report that he is now adopted in Cazorla near Jaen, walks every day in the mountains and lives happily with his family and their other dogs.

    (more…)

  • APDDA – working behind the scenes in Spain

    APDDA is a Spanish association taking up the initiative on behalf of the millions of Spanish who abhor animal cruelty in any form in Spain.

    What is it?

    (more…)

  • The magic of Seville motorways…

    Seville Galgo Vllm 1701 10 2012Is this dog dead? Has to be. In a ditch at the side of a Seville motorway. Or is it? What would you do? This is what a volunteer did. Apologies for the Google translation

    (more…)

  • Trip to Spain 3 – Malaga – 112carlotagalgos

    Malaga 1 200A long time ago, back in the 1960/70s, way before Spain went mad building huge concrete monstrosities alongside the beach road to places like Benalmadena, Torremolinos, Tossa del Mar, Estepona, my mother used to winter there rather than survive in the damp atmostphere of Northwest England. I always imagined these places as separate holiday towns along the Spanish coast.

    I was staggered to find that now they are all part of Malaga – province of Malaga to be exact.

    (more…)

  • Dumped by the galguero already – Galgos which won’t hunt

    Sombra galga 200 10 2012Hunting in Spain has barely started and already the galgueros are disposing of their hounds. This beauty is called Shadow, she isn’t interested in hunting, so the galguero won’t keep her ‘she’s useless’ he says. Previously he got ride of Capote and the volunteer found an association to take him for adoption.

    Now the hunter has another galgo, besides Shadow – how many will he chuck out? He’s given the volunteer a week to take the dogs…alomready a couple of days have gone! Contact is Gloria (Spain) 656672416 glorialaraneyra@hotmail.com

  • Spanish Galga – a survivor from a hellish life with a Spanish hunter

    Cornelia 250 2 10 2012Cornelia; this galga is 6 years old and her body shows what a very hard life she has suffered, battered body covered in scars from wounds, ears cut with scissors. She arrived so starved that it was uncertain if she would live. But she is a fighter with a strong will, she was not ready to give up! Now recovered and waiting for someone to adopt her and teach her what it is like to live in a home, with a comfy bed, plenty of food, receive love. In exchange she will devote the rest of her life to loving you. See her album .
    here Contact SOS ADOPTA PROTECTORA DE ANIMALES
    Adopciones: estherpadua@hotmail.com corinne: 699-43-46-24
    www.sosadopta.org

  • Greyhounds Rescue Holland – European Collective for Protection of Greyhounds & Galgos

    Together with several organisations, notably Galgos Ethique Europe and l”Arche de Levriers, Greyhounds Rescue Holland has worked on the foundation of the Collectif Europeen pour la protection des Levriers, in English known as the European Collective for the Protection of Hounds. Read on here.