This is Maxima, one of three beautiful galgo pups saved from death row in the local perrera, where they were suffering from dehydration and diahorea, now in foster in Aguilas. The tiger-stripe one (bottom pix) is Kate, who is the noisiest and bossiest! No name with the top one. Photos taken when they were 3 months, old, now they are 5 months. Contact Antoinette if you can offer them forever homes. http://www.sananimal.org/
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Aguilas, Spain – San Animal and Santuaro and Animal Hotel saving galgos
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El Galgo Espanol – from the heart
El Galgo Espanol
by Fiona Nicholson (copyright)Laughter and jeers pursue him
as starvation no longer responds.
His failure can’t be tolerated
in this land
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Closing down a bad perrera – creates more problems than it solves
Closing 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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Accommodation in Spain – fun holidays in Spain!
This is not the face of Spain that the Spanish people want to show the world, but this is the face of Spain which the galgueros show to the world. Sickening, senseless death and injury caused by irresponsible hunters who take no responsibility for the misery they cause. And now the streets, refuges and killing stations are overflowing with abandoned galgos, in their hundreds every week, across Spain. Only the other day I heard that some galgos had been hung in Murcia. Please publicise the problem far and wide; one day we have to shame Spain to take action to stop it.
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Badajoz Perrera, still more galgos dumped! Curse the heartless Spanish hunters
And more young galgos in the Badajoz perrera.
A volunteer reports. ‘This week is especially had with the arrival of many galgos and dogs that have been used for hunting and now already kicked out by the thugs of hunters. S.O.S KENNEL BADAJOZ! Curse the hunters and people close to them!
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Galga Salva, burnt with acid – Galgos del Norte update
You remember the story of Salva, the galga found in the perrera in Burgos, burned with acid, rescued by Galgos del Norte. Sadly she lost her fight for life. This is a translation from their website.
‘Salva has left us, dehydration from the burns affected all her internal organs and she not been able to continue fighting.
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Scooby Medina, Pro-Galgo – the truth about life in Spain
Pro-Galgo – illustrating life for a galgo in Spain, and still the hunters and politicians deny this happens every year. Where are their heads stuck? Up their backsides!
Tribute to Fermin Perez of Scooby Medina
Life in Scooby Medina – these galgos are still there – and now hunting has begun again. How many thousands more of these beautiful ‘disposable dogs’ have been born to compound the problem.
Don’t forget, Scooby really welcomes volunteers – make volunteering in a Spanish refuge your next holiday.
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Spanish galgos are already being stolen for hunting next month!
Everyone in Spain either working in shelters/refuges or who has adopted a galgo – be warned, there is news already of loose galgos in Murcia being taken by the gitanos/galgueros ready for hunting starting next month….galgos in unattended shelters -(the majority of shelters don’t have anyone there overnight) are particularly at risk – and if the thieves are challenged, they are likely to become aggressive.
Pray for every galgo, rescued or still on the streets.
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Palencia – sign the Spanish petition – Amigos de Milord
This is a Spanish petition raised by the association Amigos de Milord. This is the link to the petition. If you highlight the page and right click, then click on Translate, you can read it in English. If you then click on the weblink at the bottom of the page – this one – you can read about the association and the work it does in Palencia.
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Remember galga Ali with a cord round her neck?
It took months to catch Ali, a galga wandering the streets of Murcia with a cord round her neck. Galgos del Sol worked on gaining her trust and eventually she submitted to trusting herself into their care. She has now found a forever home in Slovenia, doeasn’t she look beautiful.