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  • Scooby rescues 50 more hunting dogs in Castilla-la Mancha, Spain

    50 Greyhounds and hounds from Castilla La Mancha…

    In a few weeks the hunting season with galgos will come to an end and that means that now already shelters and perreras are completely full with galgos, discarded by their owner who just considers them a bad working tool and nothing more…
    Scooby will take the next couple weeks hundreds of galgos and podencos in to save them from being killed in a perrera or waiting for years and years in shelters because nobody adopts them.

    Sunday the 10th. of January we had to go to pick up some 50 galgos and podencos in a shelter in Tomelloso were every day a few galgos are brought in by their loving owners or mostly, are just thrown over the fence.

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  • DeAnimals – fighting the corner for animal cruelty in Spain

    Raquel4 170I’d like to introduce you to Senora Raquel Lopez Teruel, a Lawyer specialising and working solely in animal law (animal rights and welfare). Raquel’s law firm, DEANIMALS (DEFENCE OF ANIMALS) is based in Murcia, but she handles cases in various cities around Spain.

    Raquel’s role involves liaison with the police, welfare associations and animal professionals in general, and she has undergone considerable specialist training for this role, which encompasses all types of legal situations, including:

    • Denuncias against pet owners
    • Defence of animal welfare associations
    • Legal advisor on animal law to owners, animal welfare associations, police, administration, etc.
    • Specialist in Denuncias in respect of abused animals

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  • Scooby Medina – sharing Fermin’s private feelings

    Scooby Medina del Campo shelter is probably the largest one and also one of the first ones. They have hundreds of dogs, dozens of horses, goats, poultry, ferrets. They rely totally on donations. Please read these words from Fermin, and help if you can.

  • Scooby – saving souls in Spain

    Scooby Valladolid galgos 250 22 1 2014This week Scooby added 3 more galgos to the hundreds they have waiting for forever homes. Here’s what Cobie writes.

    ‘Cobie Steketee

    So, at last all the surviving dogs from the shit hole perrera from Mairena have been taken out of that hell. From what I understand it was a big chaos, somebody opened doors from cages and with an open gate at that time, some 30 dogs escaped, it seems that still some galgos are running free there in the neighbourhood.

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  • Albacete perrera, two galgo pups on death row – anyone help?

    Albacete perrera galga pup Dama 1a 05 04 2011 250 Two galgo pups, a bitch and a dog, about 2 months old, in Albacete perrera. The little bitch has been painted in red! Please if anyone has room to rescue them, contact below if anyone can help.
    vicfisioperros@hotmail.com
    linaortu@hotmail.com
    ruth_perez30@hotmail.com
    tfno 618897182

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