Galgo News

Category: Regional news

  • Dogs out, dogs in – busy time at Association 112carlotagalgos

    Ana sofa 250 5 2012It’s a busy time at the moment at 112carlotagalgos in Malaga. Two of their rescued and rehabilitated galgos Bruno and Halo have now headed off to Belgium and forever homes, Polyana and Gandalf are settling into their new homes in the UK, and podenca Angela Angelica heads off to the USA tomorrow (28th May) and her forever family. But 3-legged beauty Ana is still waiting – surely there is a place in someone’s heart for this stunning podenca.

    The latest two new arrivals are podenco Apolo and galga Marci and you can read their stories on this link. If you can donate towards their vet fees, Paypal comdelrio@hotmail.com

  • Saving galgos and podencos in Seville – Macu, Argos, Galgos 112

    Macu Seville pup 2 250 5 2012Macu lives in Seville and works tirelessly to rescue galgos and podencos from a gypsy settlement. Here are the latest ones, for which she needs help, both financial and adoptions. She says that soon life in the settlement for the dogs will be hell, as temperatures in the summer heat will reach 50 degrees and those dogs kept inside buildings will surely die. This galgo puppy was left at the settlement. Macu has saved her and has her in a kennels for the time being.

    To contact and donate to Macu by Paypal or donate to the associations which have taken the dogs, via their weblinks

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  • Galgos on death row in Cordoba perrera

    Galgos on death row in Cordoba perrera, all only 1 or 2 years old! Numbers of dogs in order of photos. 42, 72, 92 Contact patitasdecordoba.jimdo.es ; c_azahara@hotmail.com ; lilianapatitasdecordoba@hotmail.com

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  • Please help save this Romanian dog shelter

    Romanian dog rescue founder 190 2012Although GN is for the galgos, I couldn’t refuse this appeal.

    Please could you just look at the website – www.ourfriendsdogrescue.org.uk
    In brief, the lady who started this rescue shelter in Romania has died and there is notice to quit the land in June 2012. There is obviously a very cruel attitude to stray dogs in Romaina – they are picked up in appalling condition and shut in without food and water in the pound and just left to die. There is a chance to buy land and the person who is trying to raise the money to keep the shelter open – Carla McBride in Manchester – has been involved for 5 years.

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  • Mazarron galgos and podencos – 17 more to save urgently

    Galgos del Sol urgently need help getting another 17 galgos and podencos out of the Mazarron gypsy camp.They have nowhere to put them and need help from other associations and foster homes.They will pay for rabies shots and transport to associations. The guardia have again visited the owner and said he is not allowed to own any dogs again. They need to get them out quickly. Contact GdS

  • Manifestation Strasbourg 9th June 2012 – Contact CREL

    If you want to know more about the Manifestation in Strasbourg on 9th June 2012, contact your nearest delegate on the CREL website.

  • Galgo Calendar Competition – deadline 31st May 2012 – hurry!

    Blue Greyhound hamper 250 2012The Blue Greyhound is putting together a fantastic calendar for 2013 to raise funds for Pepis Dog Refuge based in Pedrera, near Seville in Spain. We would love you to submit your pictures of your galgos for the calendar. There needs to be a good selection of galgos sleeping (should be easy!), playing, having fun on holidays, fun in the snow and Christmas pictures. Each picture you submit for the competition costs £1. These pictures need to be in high resolution please.

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  • Cuenca Dog Pound – Urgent appeal – 100 dogs need saving

    Urgent appeal to save the lives of 100 dogs. Oscar writes from Cuenca;

    ‘Milagros from the Cuenca Dog Pound just informed me that the Inspection has been at the pound and that they “counted” 100 dogs too many. Therefore it is extremely urgent to get 100 (ONE HUNDRED) dogs out of there. Please could you notify ANY dog shelters, fosterplaces, whomever. The dogs are chipped, vacunated against rabies and are FREE OF CHARGE, they do not cost anything = 0.00 € !!
    The only thing to pay for is the transport wherever. Please help me to spread this awful news around. THANKS

    People can E-mail me in English, German, French, Dutch (Nederlans/Vlaams) or Spanish : cuenca@marmenor.eu
    Web : www.arcoairis.com
    Tlf. : (0034) 630 881 560

  • Arca, Seville – a volunteer tells her story

    Carmen of Arca Seville 200 4 2012A Spanish volunteer tells her story.

    “My name is Carmen and I grew up in a village close to Seville in the South of Spain. I always liked animals (when I was a child I always wanted to have a cat). However, I never got any because “animals are not for homes but for the countryside”. I remember seeing galgueros riding a motorbike and pulling 5 or 6 galgos behind for training. This was a familiar picture, so it looked normal to me. I never asked myself why there were always different galgos from season to season. I cannot remember having wondered about the fate of those galgos I did not see anymore.’

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  • Fundacion Benjamin Mehnert – saving galgos

    A documentary about the work of Fundacion Benjamin Mehnert. It is in Spanish but the pictures tell the tale anyway. Some of the photos of hung galgos are old ones, some are in my book, but the film of the galgos in the hands of the hunter, the fear, the conditions, etc, illustrate just how little these men care for the dogs they have. It also illustrates the rehabilitation work done by the association.