Category: Regional news

This has been sent to me by one of my American readers. She suggested it might be an idea for the Spanish government, and regional councils, to take on board – so that the volunteers who work so hard in the refuges and shelters full of abandoned dogs – galgos especially – could get a load of free help.

It is an amusing read, after the appeals and horror reports posted recently, but I think we should import the ideas to pretty well every European country!

Subject: SHERIFF JOE IS AT IT AGAIN!

You all remember Sheriff Joe Arpaio ofArizona , who painted
the jail cells pink and made the inmates wear pink prison garb.
Well………

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This poor galga is in Estepona. A lady has been feeding her for 6 weeks, but cannot get near her, she is so terrified, and looks as though she has a wound on her back.

Can anyone help catch her? Charl is going to check her out, but will need help. Email Charl if you can help. comdelrio@hotmail.com

Lucena perrera, Cordoba – death row this week. And these are just the galgos – and puppies! And look at the size of the cage – with 6 dogs in it!

If you can help, here are the contacts

nuria32r@hotmail.com

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Here are four of the beautiful dogs on death row at Cadiz Perrera. The perrera is full, there is no more space. Besides galgos and podencos, there are even crossed huskies. I never understand how a Husky can live in the heat of the Mediterranean!

Contact is nelebana80@hotmail.com

This is a plea for donations of things which can be used for the puppies, such as an old fruit box, blankets, towels, anything to keep these puppies warm till help arrives for them. Some have already died from the cold.

Please contact
nuriasv1977@gmail.com 0034 (0)647,132,505 and 856,211,553

Starving galga in a terrible state on the streets of Seville; very frightened and only approaches food when the person leaving it for her goes away; she won’t survive much longer. This person cannot afford to feed the dog and askes for an association to catch her. Please help.

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Charl’s latest update on the white galgo with baler twine round its neck and now an injured hind leg.

14/02/2010 ‘I am frantic about the galgo, more since he has the bailing twine around his neck. I hope he comes back now the workers have gone. Vera who helped out with the galgas brindles… and took the light brown one, the others went to Silvia with a podenco I think, well she lives not too far away, she has gone when I can’t go so the hours are covered, but theres no sign of him in the last few days. Lets keep praying!

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I hope many of you have supported my letter writing campaigns to the European Commission. In a letter dated 2nd February 2010, Mmme Andrea Gavinelli, Head of the Unit of Animal Health and Welfare has advised me of the following:

‘In accordance with the objectives of the Community Action Plan on the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2006-2010, the Commission is working continuously in order to increase awareness on animal welfare issues among European citizens. To this effect, the Commission will organise the first International Conference on Education and Animal Welfare on 1 & 2 October 2010.’

I wonder if any of the rescue associations are aware and would like to contact Mme Gavinelli about it. Commission Europeenne, B-1049 Bruxelles, Belgium.

A couple of days ago I posted about our friend Charl in Malaga desperately trying to rescue a terrified galgo with a cord round his neck. This is the latest news from her.

‘I have been out the past few days and evenings pacing looking for the white galgo. He keeps coming back to the same location, however there are workmen fumigating and he has been put off. It appears that they are fumigating the palm trees so the liquid goes directly into the tree. I hope that is all they are doing since any other fumigation is dangerous for our galgo.

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Since Christmas, we’ve had a lot of snow and freezing conditions in our part of France, so I was praying we wouldn’t encounter the same problems as we prepared for our journey to Madrid to bring home our cargo of rescued galgos.

Suzette is a new volunteer to the team, and she has a big van, so I was looking forward to having a lot of dogs for company on the return journey. She had done an absolutely amazing job of collecting donations for the poor shelters which L’Europe de Levriers (EDL) helps, and from which it takes the galgos for rehoming in France. If I tell you that, by the time we reached the French border, the van was absolutely full to the roof, it is no word of a lie!

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