I recently reported about professional British photographer Martin Usborne visiting Malaga to learn about the plight of the galgos. He is there again this week, visiting shelters in the Seville area, to photograph galgos for an exhibition later in the year. See Ebro walking here!
Tag: adopt a podenco
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League Against Cruel Sports – letter to write to them for the Galgos
Earlier in the year I was contact by a someone who had made contact with the League Against Cruel Sports in the UK, to ask if I could write to them about the plight of the galgos. As you will all know, it has been a terrible year for the Spanish hunting dogs, worse than ever, so time has been very short for me.
Natalie Osborne very kindly offered to compose a letter to send, and so I am asking you all to please print off the letter below – copy and paste it into a Word document, and then print and post – to see if the League will help to try and make a change for the galgos.
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Urgent help needed for podencas in Jaen, Cordoba and Hellin Perrera
Urgent appeals for help for three podencos.
Please, Can anyone help us save this podenca Clara in Hellin perrera? Only 2 yrs old. Or if anyone can contribute to kennel fees, they can get her out into kennels. Contact: linaortu@gmail.com vicfisioperros@hotmail.com tel : (Spain) 618 89 71 82 (from 10 to 13 h)
This poor podenca is on the streets of Jaen.
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Don’t forget the Podencos – have you room for one?
If your home isn’t suitable for a galgo, why not consider a podenco, there are several different types from small ones to big ones. And at the moment there are dozens waiting in the hope that someone will take them into their heart and home. Look on Podenco Post and read about them.
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Dogs out, dogs in – busy time at Association 112carlotagalgos
It’s a busy time at the moment at 112carlotagalgos in Malaga. Two of their rescued and rehabilitated galgos Bruno and Halo have now headed off to Belgium and forever homes, Polyana and Gandalf are settling into their new homes in the UK, and podenca Angela Angelica heads off to the USA tomorrow (28th May) and her forever family. But 3-legged beauty Ana is still waiting – surely there is a place in someone’s heart for this stunning podenca.
The latest two new arrivals are podenco Apolo and galga Marci and you can read their stories on this link. If you can donate towards their vet fees, Paypal comdelrio@hotmail.com
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L’Europe des Levriers – saving galgos from Jerez and Bullas, Murcia
Beatrice Monnet, President of L’Europe des Levriers in France, has been working in galgo and podenco rescue from Spain for about a decade. In 2006 she founded EDL and it has since gone from strength to strength. I have been on many rescues with her and what I saw and learnt provided much information for my book. Here is a video of the dogs rescued in February 2012, some of them you will see are galgos in Jerez perrera which were featured on Galgo News. One poor boy lost his paw, caught in a viscious snare; two of them had filaria (heartworm) but have responded really well to treatment.
Where it says ‘accueil’, that means the dog is in foster and available for adoption. The two white galgos live near me in France, and I will see them next month for my 3rd Dog Walk.
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Pro-Galgo and their Bullas dogs
Pro-Galgo took 8 of the Bullas dogs, see their story and pictures here. Contact Pro-Galgo if you want to adopt.
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4 galgos, 1 podenco, more survivors of the Murcia gypsy camp
5 more form the orginal 74 dogs in the gypsie camp in Murcia, one heavily pregnant just about to drop, the others covered in terrible wounds. Once again Galgos del Sol are being supported by Andrea Animalas Rescue and the Henrietta Foundation who did the transport for them, otherwise they could not have got the dogs.
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Holidays in Toledo – hotels in Toledo……
You may remember Caramelo, dying underneath a tree in a village near Toledo. Rescued by Baas Galgo and now transforming into the beautiful galgo he is. This is another one found in the same village outside Toledo. He’s been named Sugus. Here’s what Baas Galgo say.
‘Cursed is the man who has deny you his support during the days that you are in these conditions. Leticia has stopped the car and has picked you up, you were walking this morning under a downpour, you were shivering, frightened, killed by the pain, wandering aimlessly…….. bastard who threw you away!
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120 galgos/podencos in Murcia – Pro-Setter organise the rescue
This video shows the conditions in which the dogs were kept; you will see some chained to walls, holes in the ground where they sleep, puppies….
Tina Solera of Galgos del Sol says, ‘Pro-Setter Spain is co-ordinating the rescue. On 2nd March La Fortaleza, GdS, Andreas Animal Rescue & The Henrietta Foundation joined forces to rescue some of these dogs. Between us we took 14 out. The Henrietta Foundation has been a real rock to GdS throughout this rescue and the camp rescue. We could not do it without them. Pro-setter are co-ordinating this rescue, please contact them if you can take any dogs. They are doing a great job.’