Category: Regional news

Apanot is an animal refuge in Tenerife where Chugi is staying. With the horror stories coming out of mainland Spain, it is easy to overlook the Spanish islands. I’ve highlighted the sterling work of the SARA association on Lanzarote, now we learn about the plight of the podencos on Tenerife. There are dozens of them, many are females, shut in cages, volunteers struggling to help them, but NO ONE wants to adopt a podenca! And why? They are just as adorable as galgos, and make the most wonderful companions – I can speak from experience!

Apanot is desperate for adopters to come forward, or sponsors to travel to mainland Europe or Madrid. Please can you help these amazing volunteers who look after these wonderful dogs.

PLEASE HELP A PODENCA IN TENERIFE – Contact apanotenerife@hotmail.com
Bea:0034 (0)6 15 89 83 32 or Arantxa 0034 (0)6 36 73 51 56 www.perrosadoptar.es

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Although it is June now, there are still abandoned starving galgos loose on the streets of Spain, abandoned and cast out by the heartless galguerros at the end of January at the end of hunting. We have to all get together and DO something about this. However do the poor volunteers cope?

This is an appeal via my good friend Charl. Her contact has been notified of a galguita wandering around the town, food is chucked to her, but she is weak and scared. She needs rescuing before she becomes pregnant, but the4 vfolunteer has no room to take her, she is already paying out of her own pocket for veterinary care for others and fees for galgos in a perrera. Please can someone take her? Contact: natisabe@hotmail.com Tel Spain 0034 (0)6 39 25 69 49

PORFAVOR SI ALGUIEN TIENE HUECO POR ESTE GALGUITO EN LA CALLE, AUN QUE SEA ACOGEIDA SERIA GENIAL. TE MANDO FOTOS CUANDO LA TENGO, O EL EMAIL DE LA CHICA INTENTANDO DE COGER LO ESTA ABAJO.

PLEASE IF ANYONE HAS A PLACE FOR A WEAK GALGO WHICH IS STILL ON THE STREETS TRYING TO BE RESCUED, IF ONLY FOR A FOSTER HOME PLEASE CONTACT THE EMAIL BELOW OR MYSELF. HE IS MALE WHITE AND SCARED. PHOTOS TO FOLLOW. THANKYOU.

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

You may remember back in the autumn of 2008 that the Bright Eyes Society appealed for donations for a fighting fund to pay for the legal costs of bringing a Spanish hunter to court on Ibiza for unbelievable cruelty to his podencos. Read the original report.

Bright Eyes report the latest development.

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Refuge Kimba functions with the aid of volunteers; 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

And they would really like people to volunteer to help them, even if you can only give up a week or 2 weeks, they will really appreciate your input an d interest.

You don’t need anything other than a love of animals and a desire to help them.

If you are interested, email them at protectorakimba@hotmail.com.

Amigos de Los Galgos is urgently appealling for funds, adopters for their dogs, and/or dog food.

But also medications, bedding, dog coats, or would you purchase one of their beautiful dog collars – every dollar, cent, pound helps.

This is their appeal! URGENT,the refuges are full. We have need of you!

If you could help us with a donation – 2..,4..,10 or 20 euros or buy one of our dog collars, or collect bedding, dog food, medication – anything you have, just contact us by email.

The dogs which are offered for adoption on our website are already in refuges or foster homes, and so we know a little of their characters.

Some suffered physical abuse, others are marked psychologicaly. They have never known a hygenic environment, or correct feeding.

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In March 2009 I travelled with L’Europe des Levriers into Spain to bring out a dozen or so galgos and a couple of podencos for fostering and adoption in France.

One of the Spanish refuges which L’Europe des Levriers regularly use is Perrikus, and their volunteer Cristina da Luna.

Before my trip I had appealed on a couple of Franglais forums for donations of bedding, dog food, animal medicines, anything which the refuges could use, as they survive – struggle to survive is more like it – on donations.

I had the most amazing response and took a Volvo estate car full to bursting with goods for the refuge.

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Villatobas, near Toledo, could be renamed ‘The Killing Fields’ as it is where galgos have been ‘traditionally’ hung from trees to die. Just an excuse for the sadistic galguerros and gypsies to satisfy their sadistic natures. Scooby Medina are running the story on their home page,headed Baroness Thyssen asks for protection for the Galgos, April 2009.

I’ve previously carried the story of the plight of the greyhounds on the island paradise of Guam when the racetrack closed down. They were just abandoned to starve to death, be killed on the road………………

After veterinary care, six of them have now arrived at Chagrin Falls in Ohio – a journey of over 7,000 miles – in the care of Greyhound Adoption of Ohio.

This video includes some of these greyhounds on their journey.http://www.newsnet5.com/news/19266810/detail.html

Back home in France late last night after a 3-day round trip of 1800 kms to Madrid, which included delivering a car full of bedding, dog food, medicines, dog coats, which were very gratefully received by the small refuge, and returning with a car full of 6 galgos and a little podenca! And that was just my car! The other two vehicles were also full of galgos, and we brought back 16 in all.

They included the amazing Paca, very badly injured after being dragged behind a car. With the love and care she has received in her foster home, her injuries are healing well, although her foreleg is still giving cause for concern and will probably need an operation when she is stronger.

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