Have you checked out my other weblog, Podenco Post? Now live, it tells you about the different types of podenco, associations involved in helping them – especially on the Spanish Islands like Lanzarote, Gran Canaria and Ibiza. Support the Podencos too. They need your help.
Tag: donate to vet fees
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Sighthounds for Life Auction – bid now for beautiful things!
Sighthounds for Life are now running a mini-auction in aid of Galgos del Sol. There are lots of wonderful items, including some beautiful leather collars made by Toni Collard, paintings, jewellery. Please take a look and BID!
Just a word, you need to register with Sighthounds for Life before you can access the auction, but it only takes a minute.
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Galga Esperanza – from rubbish skip to veterinary hospital
Update on Esperanza, the galga beaten and left for dead in a rubbish bin. Click on ‘Translate’ on the righthand side and click ‘English’ or your native tongue for a translation. El Albergue are very grateful to everyone who has donated towards the veterinary care for this galga fighting for life. Herewith photos of her injuries.
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A week in the life of an animal rescuer in Spain – could you hack it?!
Regular readers will know that wherever possible I praise the fantastic volunteers in Spain who give so much of their time and emotional and physical effort in helping the abandoned and mistreated animals, often at great cost to themselves.
So many stories continue to arrive in my Inbox, not just for help for galgos and podencos but other dogs as well. As I speak, efforts are being made by volunteers to catch a family of podencos, other galgos loose on the streets of several towns…..it is never ending.
This story is one example of a week in the life of a volunteer.
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Life is cheap on the streets of Cuenca – galga Emy needs help
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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Galga Roma, another victim of injury on Spain’s roads
This beauty is Roma, a gentle galga, as they all are, who was found abandoned and injured in Cuenca, probably a victim of a road accident. Barbara LeFranc of Le Bulletin des Levriers tells her story.
‘As we all know, in Spain there are many injured and dead dogs by the roadside, victims of road traffic accidents, where most people treat them as they would a gnat squashed on their windscreen. This is known around the world.
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More galgos injured after abandonment – please help with operation costs
At the other end of the refuge spectrum from Scooby is Galgos del Sol, newly created although the team have been saving galgos for a while. Two galgos have just arrived, Ken, victim last night of a hit and run, and Jenny, with a broken leg. Here’s what Tina Solera says about them.
This is Ken. He was hit by a car from behind. His spinal colum has crushed together and he needs a big operation…. 1000 euros. Also Jenny, with a broken leg. She needs an operation…..approx 600 euros.
Galgos del Sol desperately need funds to pay for these operations. Please help and donate by Paypal to tinasolera@hotmail.co.uk or, if you live in the UK, to the association bank account – details on this link
UPDATE
Ken has now been operated on, we wait to see how his recovery progresses. Please donate to the vet fees.
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Galgo Dino, 3 months old, in the care of El Arca de Noe Cordoba
This is Dino, 3 months old, abandoned in the street with an injured leg.
El Arca de Noe explain. ‘I present to you Dino, a beautiful galgo puppy that instead of worrying about eating, playing and sleeping like any baby is concerned with survival, with only 3 legs and one badly injured, abandoned in a very dangerous town in Cordoba.