Category: Regional news

This is Lady Carla, and this is the start of her story, as told by Sandra Baas of Baas Galgo.

‘A little over two weeks ago Baas Galgo received calls saying that some kind people had rescued a Galga who had been hit by cars on the M40 in Madrid. They had seen that the greyhound was badly injured, stretched out on the hard shoulder and that no-one else had stopped to help her so they stopped their vehicle in the middle of the motorway so as to protect the dog from further injury. Thanks to Idoia, the Galga was very gently put into her car and immediately transported to the veterinary clinic of our dear friend and Honorary President of Baas Galgo, Carlos Rodriguez where she was treated straightaway.’

Read the rest of her story here, and donate if you can to pay the veterinary fees, over 1,000 euros already, towards her care. Paypal and credit cards, or bank transfer.

Due to be killed 18th June! These two poor dogs have been incarcerated in a Cadiz perrera for 2 years during a court case against their owner. Now they are to be sacrificed, euthanased tomorrow. And that will be a painful agonising death for them. Can anyone save them?

Contact susigarcia1980@hotmail.com / maribeljerezsos2@gmail.com / Susana (0034) 690 089 092

UPDATE: Silvia tells me that these two dogs and a German shepherd were owned by a man who has now been sentenced to serve time in prison. However, she reserved them and hopes to get them today. Fingers crossed they have been saved.

Great Hounds In Need is a galgo rescue and rehoming association in the Czech Republic. Here’s a link to their English website. They are appealing for help for two male galgos in the killing station of Cuenca. This is what they say about them.

‘These are two No Name Galgos.

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Galga bitch and 7 puppies in the killing station in Seville. Silvia needs foster homes to help save them. Anyone who can help, email her.

UPDATE – 18th June – Silvia has now found a foster home for the bitch and the puppies. Wonderful news!

Please can anyone help catch this poor podenco. Discovered on 12th June by a housing development near Olocau, Valencia. Starving, wounds all over his body, terrified of people. The contact is desperate for anyone who can help her catch this poor pitiful podenco.

Contact Pamela

0034 0665312423

Email nephrops@hotmail.com

This is Peritas, now renamed Ulises. After visiting the Los Infiernos vet, he was adopted and is now living in Madrid. He has problems with his hind legs, possibly a result of having had meningitis, or alternatively being hit when running loose on the road. His new adoptants are taking veterinary advice to enable the little chap to live a full and fit life. Just look at the size of those feet!

Thank you to Tina for saving him.

Here’s a link to a website in the Czech Republic, devoted to greyhounds, lurchers and podencos.

Pro-Galgo saved a podenca called Resu.

Mo Swatek, President of Pro-Galgo, says. ‘She arrived with here weighing 18kg, now she weighs over 25kg. She was found heavely pregnant, starving and with a badly broken leg. She was totaly bloated because of the accident, the puppies had died in her womb and she was already suffering the consequences of a septicemia. During the emergency ceasarian, her heart stopped 3 times but the vets managed to bring her back to life. She was called RESU from resurection. WHAT A FIGHTER, OUR PODENCO GIRL!’

A while ago I appealed for help to pay the ongoing medical costs which Joanna Simm is bearing for two galgos she has been fostering for a couple of years, and which no one wanted to adopt.

Here is a message from Joanna. ‘Please can you add a big thank on Galgo News to a lovely lady from Tailends, who kindly sent me loads of the heart meds for Quijote (aka Luiz). I think it is amazing that the help came from a charity who do such demanding and incredible work themselves. Bless them! love joanna x’

Thank you to Suzie Scott and Tailends, for helping Joanna. And the poor old boys will continued to need medication for the rest of their lives. If you can help, please help Joanna.

Latest update on Sofie, the galga which some Spanish bastard smashed her jaw and seriously broke it! And here you will see her eating on her own – albeit with her jaw clamped by metal rods – with her friend podenca Rosie trying to taste some too.

Silvia says ‘A short video of Sofie and Rosi :-)) Sofie has better character now, she is nice when crazy Rosi is jumping around or trying to take her food, she doesn`t try to bite anymore :-)). Sofie is thin but gaining a little weight, she starts to eat dry food alone. She needs to be in the clinic till they can take the “metal” out.’

GRIN still desperately need donations to pay for all the veterinary care for Sofie, as she is still, many weeks after being rescued, residing in the vet’s clinic. Donate viat the GRIN website, Paypal.