Category: Regional news

Faye Taylor from the north of England recently volunteered to work at PAWS refuge, on behalf of Ibizhan Hound Rescue. This is the story of her trip.

My trip to Paws.

I had discovered PAWS through a website, Sighthound Welfare, asking for volunteers. I love dogs and couldn’t wait to go. After enquiring, I booked my flight with Monarch, for the 27th June in February! Unfortunately I could only go for a week due to work commitments, but will have to go for longer next time as this is no where near enough time.

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This news is just in from Charl. Don’t turn away, please.

A few days ago GRIN received information about a Galgo abandoned on the streets in Puebla de Cazalla, Sevilla. The pictures are shocking, but we cannot turn our faces from what this poor creature has endured.

The rescue of this poor boy began with a lady named Macarena who spotted him in this village. The word went out and various rescuers, Lydia, Salva, Jero, MaCarmen and Maca got together and easily caught him due to his weakened and emaciated state.

Our friend Silvia in Valencia was informed and was the first to offer to bring him across Spain from Sevilla to Valencia to her vet. She began the urgent transportation link via private transports because of his delicate state of being. On Friday Aug. 7th Parchito arrived in Valencia and is safe now.

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A team of 7 vets from the Stitching Medogs Foundation in Holland visited Lanzarote and the SARA Shelter to help with their neutering campaign. During their 2-week stay, they neutered 86 animals and the SARA staff neutered 34 themselves. You can read about it on their website, click on News.

Also, just read this news on the Noah’s Arc website. Can anyone tell me more – does this now apply to galgos and too?

Prison sentence for abandoning or abusing an animal !

New laws just passed in Spain now make it a criminal offence to abandon or mistreat an animal.

Article 337 says “Those that ill-treat domestic animals with cruelty, causing the death or provoking injuries that produce serious physical damage will be punished by a sentence of prison from three months to one year”

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Not about galgos or podencos, just a desperate plea for anyone in the Isora area to please help these animals. Charl writes…..

This is a plea for help for animals in a finca in Isora there are several animals dying of heat and dehydration!!!! 20 have been taken by the person trying to get the animals out of there but many are left and they cannot take them all. If you can help call the number below, this is URGENT!

Charlotte & Ambo Ambasadog! http://112carlotagalgos.blogspot.com

LLAMEN AL MÓVIL 646-640-622

APANOT Protectora de Animales

Can anyone help Kerry and her podenco Spesh, an urgent solution needs to be found for helping them find a new home for him. This is their story.

‘I thought I would send you my story in case you could help or knew anyone who might want to adopt a podenco.

There is a quite a story behind him (as I am sure there is with most rescue dogs) but firstly, the basics facts are; he is a 5yr old castrated male with his recently acquired passport for travel and entry into the UK and is currently housed near Iznajar on the Cordoba/Malaga borders.

‘Spesh’ was one of a litter of 8 which we hand-reared when his stray Mum was to ill to feed them at 5 days old.

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Gail is a volunteer with Noah’s Arc association in Murcia. She recently became involved in saving several galgos which had been taken to a dog pound in Mairena to be put down. This is her story about saving the dogs.

‘I received an email from Lisbeth Monsted Larsen from Greyhound Action Denmark on Saturday 13th June 2009 showing an appeal to save Spanish Greyhounds – due to be put down. Of course once I had seen the photos of these beautiful dogs I felt I needed to see if we could do something. So I emailed Karmela to find out where they were and she said Mairena. I looked to see where that was in Spain and found there was a Mairena near to Granada and asked if that was where she was but she didn’t tell me where it was, just that she needed our help if possible and then how much it would cost to get them out of the pound.

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Last November we were all delighted with the news that nearly 200 galgos had been siezed by SEPRONA police who were trying to stop a ‘trade’ in galgos. The dogs were moved to a compound and the case proceeded through the legal system. As the months have gone by, word has come out of Spain that all was not well with these galgos. Some became ill, some died…………….and the last word was that the judge sitting in the case finally decided that, as the galgos were originally stolen, those which survived should be returned to their original owners! On my visit to Cordoba at the beginning of June, there remained only 2 galgos which were available for adoption.

This is the story of what has happened to the galgos, known as the ‘trafic galgos’, as explained to a member of a French rescue association by the owner of one of the refuges where some of the remaining galgos were taken after being removed from the original compound.

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For 3 months this poor galgo has been wandering the streets. He has suffered attacks by other dogs, he is now too weak to defend himself, and he is terrified of people. The only thing which will tempt him is if he is offered some food. He is suffering a slow and painful death from starvation.

There must be someone in the area who can catch this poor dog and find a space for him in a shelter. If you can help, contact helenamalia89@gmail.com // helenyeu@hotmail.com or
mara4849@hotmail.com

Charl has sent an appeal from ashaprotectora; they had word that this galgo is wandering in the zone of Illescas, near Toledo, very frightened, won’t let anyone approach. Food is being put out for it, in an attempt to catch it. Can anyone in the area help? Contact adopciones@ashaprotectora.es www.ashaprotectora.es