An appeal for help from L’Europe des Levriers. Floods are submerging Andaloucia; more than 1500 people have been evacuated from their houses. At Cordoba, the river Guadalquivir has burst its banks and Seville and Jaen are threatened. And the weather forecast is for more rain.
The refuge of our friend Alberto, near Cordoba is under 2 metres of water and he has had to evacuate all his dogs to a garage to keep them dry. The tempest Xynthia has caused serious flooding problems in Spain this year.
Castilla La Mancha in central Spain is one of the 5 main hell holes in which to be born a galgo or podenco. Cuenca is its capital city and has presented its candidacy to be European Cultural Capital 2016.
There is a dark side to the city which has not been presented to the EC. This has come from a supporter of CuencaAnimal association.
‘Since I have been in the world of the broadcasts I’ve seen many horrible images: dogs maimed, abused, abandoned in an extreme state of malnutrition, and of course, the indiscriminate killing in the kennels, the shame of Europe on the subject of animals.
Mo Swatek, president of Pro-Galgo, now has the full story about the Breton Spaniel found hung. Please, all associations, add your name to the Denuncio as, for once, the Guardia Civil are taking action.
There is also a report of 6 galgos being stolen from the Merida Dog Pound, suspected that gypsies are responsible. As is usually the case, the police are doing little to investigate.
DON’T ANYONE TELL ME THEY DON’T HANG DOGS IN SPAIN ANY MORE!!! JUST COME IN – FROM CATALUNA. AND UNUSUALLY IT’S NOT A GALGO.
This is the story. ‘In the precinct of a business located on the outskirts of Banyeres some employees observed a blue Nissan Terrano car. Inside they found a pedigree Breton spaniel dog which had been hung. The dog has a chip. The owner of the dog J. C. M indicates that he gage the dog to M. B. F.
We beg to all the Protecoras to be adhered to the accusation performed in the Civil Guard with nº of crammed: 2010-003192-00000023 Thanks to the management of the business that I denounce the facts!
Publicado por Inés en martes, febrero 23, 2010
Chiclana, the city where our Society is placed, in Cadiz, is one of the most affected cities by the storm in Spain. In Chiclana it goes on raining, it is continuously pouring.
Some weeks ago, Kimba asked you for help because our pets, under this cold and bad weather, did not have any dog coats or blankets left
And now because of the continuously rain, our “animal refuge building” is badly affected. The installations were completely flooded after the rainstorm, roofs are in a very bad condition, in the buildings our animals cannot be dry, they keep wet the whole day, installations are highly damage and we go from bad to worse, according to the forecast, it will go on raining hard.
Cordoba is a disaster area – terrible floods, people having to leave their homes, and hundreds of dogs imprisoned in the Villa del Rio refuge – this is the one where the hunters left 90 galgos a couple of weeks ago. Here’s a news link about it, in Spanish, but just use a translator for the page
Sandra Baas will send news updates as they come in.
Jose is at the perrera in Huesca. He cares about his dogs and the conditions in which they live – sadly not all perreras are like this. Hunting for hares, pigs and boars has finished and he is inundated with dumped dogs! Here are 4 galgos and 2 podenco andaluz which Jose is desperately trying to get out of the perrera – look how beautiful the galgos are, one looks just a puppy.
One of the first galgos we fostered was called Colate – we called him Chocolate Chip Dog – he was the most beautiful chocolate colour. Like my Sahara (only 18 months old when I got her) he had a grey face, and he was only 4 years old. This is a photo of him with his mate – he’s the one on the right. Great to see him looking so well.
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………
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
