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Tag: abandoned dogs

  • Protectora ArcoAris, Cuenca – 150 dogs may be killed – please help!

    Protectora ArcoAiris de Cuenca 250Nightmare scenario in Cuenca! I feel sick in my heart to read this, thinking of all the animals who have been saved, who may now be killed. Here’s the story.

    The provincial perrera in Cuenca where they used to sacrifice every 3 months many, many dogs, has since January 2011 been a protectora where,since that time, not one dog was sacrificed. The president, Pilar, makes tremendous efforts to keep it this way but because they are just 1 year working as a shelter, they just don’t have enough associations who help them in finding adoption families for their dogs. This means they now have some 300 dogs instead of the 150 which is permitted. Of the 300 dogs there are at least 100 galgos.

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  • Closing down a bad perrera – creates more problems than it solves

    Mairena perrera death row 4 1109 250Closing down a perrera does not solve any problems, it simply creates more problems. Many perreras keep the dogs and cats on death row in reasonably clean conditions, with food and water. They are also happy to allow adoptions of the animals, to give them a second chance of life. Other perreras keep the animals in atrocious conditions, as we know from publicity on the Internet.

    At the end of the day, improving the conditions for animals in the bad perreras should be the priority, not closing them down. I posted a link to an appeal organised by a third party to close down Mairena perrera but stated that I did not agree with it. Comments further down the post also confirmed that other people agreed there are preferable solutions.

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  • Urgent – blinded galga needs a safe shelter for treatment – Toledo again!!

    Malita 250 1 15 2 2012And this poor beauty was also stumbling around the streets of Toledo. Here’s her story.

    ‘This morning when I was coming from the Talavera hospital, this galguita was in a service area. I have seen she is very, very weak and something happens to her in her eyes that they close and they weep a lot.

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  • Cordoba galgueros dump their dogs…..

    Galga Cordoba petrol station 250 1 2012This beautiful galga and her xbreed puppy have been abandoned at a Cordoba petrol station. Please contact salvadora if you can take them.

    And below the puppy are just two of 9 on death row in Cordoba perrera. Contact Natalia

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  • Irresponsible galgueros continue to dump their dogs – leaving the rest of the world to deal with the problems they cause!

    Gesse GALGAS 250HEMBRAS[1] 20 05 2011It’s something regular readers of Galgo News already know; the numbers of galgos dumped at the perreras and shelters because they won’t take responsibility for keeping them during the summer months when they can’t hunt. What selfish bastards – expecting everyone else to deal with the problem they cause. We WILL beat them one day, but in the meantime, here’s an article by Greyhounds Rescue Holland about the problem.

  • Pro-Galgo; who let the dogs out? What the rescuers cope with.

    Hi folks. Back in touch after a week in the UK looking after my mother in law, who had suffered a very mild stroke. And can you believe this news from Mo Swatek of Pro-Galgo. An example of what the Spanish volunteers and rescue workers have to cope with.

    Mo has already suffered flooding recently. Whilst she was out on Monday, someone broke into the house and let out all her dogs. Read the story here.

  • Cheap accommodation in Spain – Save this Toledo Galga and puppies from gitanos – urgent help needed to get them to safety

    Toledo galga 1 06 2011 250 This is the message received.

    ‘This case is very urgent and we need help for someone to take this abandoned galga, who has 8 puppies about 1 month old, hidden in a field by an industrial estate. Much danger as they are living near gitanos who will try and take them. They need help urgently to take them to safety, help of any kind (where you can rescue and protect them and find foster etc after. Please, please is very urgent. We need experienced people in such cases and especially a safe place to take them.

    Toledo galga 2 06 2011 250 I pray that someone heeds this call for help because the fate of this mother and her babies is very black if they are not rescued soon.

    Contact: Ena-692 230 565
    and Miriam miri_739@hotmail.com

  • Seville galgos – anyone any room?

    Seville perrera 1 06 2011 250 More galgos in the perrera as Seville – can anyone take them? There are several more besides these 3.

    LOLIDALO@HOTMAIL.COM
    MARIBELJEREZSOS2@GMAIL.COM

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  • Spanish police officer shoots dog

    This story is sadly an illustration of the contempt which many of the male law enforcement people have with animals – they treat them as trash. Not just Spain but throughout Europe and Asia – and also at the moment with Ireland!

  • Life is cheap on the streets of Cuenca – galga Emy needs help

    Emy Cuenca head 04 2011 190 What a beautiful face. Another gorgeous galga abandoned and injured on the streets of Cuenca. Here is her story.

    ‘Emy was brought to us this morning from Cuenca. Emilio picked her up last night, completely terrified with a large wound in her leg. She had been wandering for several days tghrough the town but no one had stopped to help, not uncommon in this country of savages.

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