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  • Stunning Young Galgo in UK waiting for his forever home

    Reilly 190 1 2 2015This beautiful boy is Reilly. As a small puppy, he was left tied by a piece of wire to the gate of Pepis Dog Refuge two years ago and named Phantom because one half of his face is white and one half brown. He was a playmate with my boy Polar, they were pups together. Adopted in the UK and renamed Reilly, sadly due to circumstances beyond his control, he is now in foster in England and waiting for a forever family again.

    He is 2 years old, full Pet Passport, no hangups, perfect with other dogs, ready to slot straight into another home.

    If you have room for him in your home and your heart, here’s the contact.

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  • Reality of life for a Spanish Galgo

    Charl dead galgo 250 8 1 2015Two galgos found, one already dead. Charl del Rio tells the story.

    A shameful existence of pain and horror. This poor poor couple of galgos… life is hard, dark, and cold .. this is the reality faced by many many many thousands of galgos. How many are out there tonight? Under the cold cold night and cold cold hands. Souls frozen .. owned by the devil himself.

    This is the story of reality. This is why we must all stand together and be strong. Be stronger. Firmer hand in hand we must fight and we must must win. For every soul out there needs protection and a voice.

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  • 112carlotagalgos is on the move

    Dioni 250Charl and I have been good friends since 2007 when I founded Galgo News and Charl wrote publicity articles for Inland Trader and other journals, about the plight of the galgos. I’ve been pleased to support her along her journey to the stables where her first rescues were housed, to the finca in Alhaurin. We even rescued her horse Bailey together, saved from the cruel hands of a gitano. An incredible journey and a story of total devotion to the galgos, and some podencos.

    The lease contract on the finca is now coming to an end and 112carlotagalgos has been lucky to be able to take on a long-term rental on a finca just down the lane from the current one.

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  • Letter to Senior Galguero – from a survivor

    Charl Noella 250 12 20143 more galgos have arrived at 112carlotagalgos finca. This is a piece of writing by Charl del Rio about Noella.

    Sr.Galguero

    So you thought you would break me. Did you think I’d return?

    I have stood alone, so alone, but I made it!

    You left me in the cold.. sooo sooo cold. Hungry. Sooooo hungry. Have you ever been that cold sr..galguero ? Sooo cold??? Sooo hungry? Have you ever. Ever been so so hungry?

    But you didn’t break me. I made it. I held on.. I fought. I Starved .. but I didn’t let go!

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  • Cadiz galga Kiara arrives at finca 112carlotagalgos

    15/8/2914 Update on Kiara from Charl.

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  • Emergency appeal for donations for injured galga in Cadiz

    Charl Cadiz galga 250Charl del Rio of 112carlotagalgos received an urgent call today from a young woman in a village near Cadiz where she found this young galga with an horrendous back wound. The girl is staying with the galga whilst Charl organises for her to go straight to her vet in Malaga. Here’s what Charl says.

    ‘The rescue train has begun. Confirmed a female but bleeding a lot. So we have been in touch with a contact in Cadiz who has offered to go quickly and pick her up and bring her. We will meet up and head to the clinic. This is a nasty nasty wound which doesn’t look too old but in 40 degree heat infection and fever can set in very quickly. The girl who caught her tells me shes plagued with flies naturally and cooked flesh is not an easy thing to heal in this heat. So a little blind on whats coming in but we will do our absolute best.

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  • A Safe Haven for Galgos in Malaga

    Read the story, no need to say more.

  • Galga Zoe, left for dead – now in her forever home

    Charl Zoe 250Tribute to Zoe – by Charlotte del Rio

    Dear Sr.Galguero

    I was sitting here with my thoughts, looking back over time.
    Just a mere girl I was at your feet, the foot that booted me regularly. I wondered when the day would be, when I’d be free from the shame I felt.

    I wandered by your side Sr.Galguero as a good galga should and on many occasion I know you thought you broke me. You almost did!

    At just a year old I’d been born into hell, I knew nothing more than the life I led. Shamed, doomed, and hollow. Fear striking me at every move. How I lived on my nerves .. Oh how I did.

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  • Gypsy galgos – finding a safe haven at 112carlotagalgos

    112carlotagalgos was recently asked to take 8 galgos in a poor state from a gypsy camp. There were also podencos there, which Bev Farmer in Murcia has taken in. Charl’s thoughts as she prepared the night before husband Dioni set off to collect the galgos. Duke, to whom she refers, was saved by Portugal Dog Rescue and is with Charl for rehabilitation and learning that life can be good.

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  • Chained galga starving to death – now fighting to live

    Charl Adina carrying 250 12 2013This is galga Adina – chained up, no food, no water, left to starve to death. Rescued and taken immediately to the vet and kept in the clinic for a few days to monitor. Now she is safe with 112carlotagalgos. Charl tells the story – briefly

    ‘I now introduce you to Princess Adina!

    Survival is her wish. Her longing to live through the darker days held her… brought her to this.. home.

    At the moment we’re not testing her .. everything seems to be working ok for the moment. Bowels and urine. But she will be watched. Tests of the usual would only be false at this time. So recuperation is what she needs. Rest. Food. Rest. Food.

    She longed to live.. here she is. Welcome to finca 112 Carlotagalgos special girl.

    Embraced by chains.. you have been released. We have prayed for you. For strength to see a new day.. It’s yours to take now.. day by day. Little by little.. you will see your forever.’

    Vet fees are already mounting, plus special food costs – please donate by paypal to comdelrio@hotmail.com.

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