Category: Regional news

Greyhounds in Need have sent this information about the petition they ran, which closed at the end of April. The petition received 16,738 signatures.

‘THANK YOU …………… we have been truly staggered by the worldwide support for our on-line petition to the Spanish Government. This has attracted signatures from over 40 countries and all the 50 US States. What encourages us most is the very large number of Spanish people who have signed and so often added impassioned messages calling for action by their Government. This shows us that there are many in Spain who have become aware of this problem and who really want to see improvements in their nation’s standards of animal care.’

We have to keep hammering away at the Spanish Government and the Racing and Hunting Federations. Anyone else with a petition needing signatures, send me the link. And if you haven’t already written to the federations, here’s the link to do so.

Mo Swatek of Pro Galgo has sent out this urgent appeal. Please help, either with transporting these Podenco Canarios from France to the UK, or donating towards the cost. Here’s what Mo says.

‘we need help to take our quarantaine podencos over the Channel from northern France to the UK, and also we still need money to cover the expenses of the preparation and the trip. We had not one single sponsor for our dogs this time – the crisis is hitting the animal world very hard.’

You can contact Mo on the link, both with offers of help and donations.

Look carefully at Polo; he was found on 28th April 2010 wandering the streets of a town near Seville. Look carefully at his neck! He is a survivor of hanging! For whatever sickening, senseless, stupid reason, this poor galgo had been hung. Presumably his weight broke the line, or he would be dead by now. I cannot believe people walked on by and ignored this poor dog!

Galgos112 tell the story of his rescue.

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This is what Silvia says. ‘Sofie is more active, she wants to eat by herself, and can manage it but, because the iron rod holding her lower jaw in place gets dirty, which could cause infection in her jaw, the vet has decided to feed her via her neck again. More trustful and sweet,Sofie is waiting for another operation; she needs a bone in the jaw which the vet will take from her ribs.’

What an amazingly brave galga, and what an amazing vet to be able to do all this work on her. But how tragic that it was completely unnecessary, if the b…..d who kicked her in the mouth had, instead, taken her to a shelter and place of safety.

Please donate towards the next operation, even just a small amount will be appreciated very much.

Update on Sofie – Silvia reports that on 2nd May, after two operations to repair her broken jaw, Sofie managed to drink on her own, and also ate a special dog food Recovery which she was fed by the vet! She even managed some ham. What great news! To donate towards the large vet bill for all this care, please contact Silvia.

Hello, Everyone!

First, I’d like to thank you all for your support — we’ve already done a lot of good this year, and we currently have a group of volunteers in Spain working at Scooby Medina! Unfortunately, they’re already bringing back as many dogs as they can, and there’s a sweet Galga named Angie that we’re trying to get back to the States as well.

We’re hoping that one of you might know someone who’s flying out of Madrid before May 15th who’d be willing to help get Angie here! We’ll take care of the costs, all arrangements after the flight lands, and any pre-flight arrangements.

If you know of anyone, please let us know as soon as possible!

Thanks so much! Best, Chris GRIN

UPDATE on Sofie, galga with the smashed mouth.

Telma Shaw from GRIN reports. ‘I am very worried about her as half her tongue is gone. I ask you, how did that happen? It is just devastating to hear that. She was easily caught once Isabel saw her in that condition, thank God. Was driven in personal cars to Valencia from Badajoz and is now at the clinic. She is being stabilized, radiographs taken, antibiotics given and we will see how she is today. Poor Silvia didn’t sleep for two days arranging all of this and sick with worry she was at the clinic at 2:00 am when Sofie arrived’.

Podenco Rescue has just released a story about 4 podencos travelling from Lanzarote to the UK by air. They will be in Dusseldorf where their UK carers will collect them. The appeal is for a couple of people to dog walk, so these beautiful podencos can stretch their legs out of their cages, and do toilet duties if necessary. If you can help, please contact Podenco Rescue direct.

Many people would love to adopt a galgo or podenco but can’t for whatever reason. So another way you can ‘own’ a galgo is if you sponsor one. Some of the associations offer this facility and here are two suggestions.

To sponsor a PRO-GALGO dog for one month costs just £10. Why not sponsor one as a present for a loved one. If you want to regularly sponsor the same dog you can pay £10 every month until it is rehomed, and then you will receive regular updates and photos of how he/she is progressing. Many of the sponsor dogs are also available for rehoming in the UK. If you require more information please email pro-galgo@hotmail.com

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I’d like to introduce you to Podenco Rescue. It’s a brand new website dedicated just to these fantastic dogs, who also suffer horrendously at the hands of the Spanish hunters, both on mainland Spain and the Spanish Islands.

It’s great news for the Podencos, hopefully they will get a much higher profile, and Podenco Rescue will be searching for homes for podencos in any shelter and with any association, wherever they are.

So if you want to know more, visit the website, they also have a Facebook page, and contact them if you either have a podenco looking for a home, can foster a podenco or even adopt one.

And you will find my foster dog Darin on the website. He’s an absolute poppet, a truly golden boy and really deserves a family who can give him the exercise and attention which is his due.