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  • Between Madrid & Valencia – Cuenca heartbreak for Pilar

    Logo Cuenca Refuge 200 .jpg-for-web-normalOne of the things which really angers me – and I know it angers the Spanish volunteers – is that the municipal councils really don’t care about the stray dog problem. They provide council killing stations, as well as the privately run ones like Olivenza in Badajoz. I’ve received a letter from a Dutch supporter, Anita, who recently spent a couple of weeks volunteering at the privately run shelter in Cuenca,in the middle of an area full of hunters, between Madrid and Valencia. Here’s what she wrote.

    ‘I volunteered in the Cuenca refuge for about 16 days and was really in shock the first days. There are so many dogs and they never come out of their kennels. Among the dogs are many many galgos, some of them are afraid but they are never aggressive.

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  • URGENT! MADRID! Temporary home before 25th July to save a galgo pup

    Ayira1 170Look at this! 3 months old, on the street with a broken leg! The association desperately need somewhere for her to go before Wednesday, in the Madrid area, where the traumatologist and volunteer foster are. The association will be responsible for all fees, adoption. It’s just a short-term temporary home. She’s called Ayira. Contact adopciones@ashaprotectora.es
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  • URGENT – special adoption home needed for Jaen galgo Voyka with Wobbler Syndrome

    You may remember earlier in the year I posted the story of Voyka a young galgo found abandoned, who had co-ordination problems with walking, possibly as a result of a blow to the head. This is an urgent appeal for an adoption for him, to save him going back to the kennels. There was an adoption application but, after extensive research, it was not deemed the right home for him. Because of his physical problems, he needs a really special home, with another dog, where his disability will not cause a problem. This is the report from Lourdes, who has him in her care.

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  • Protests in Spain 25rh March 2012 – Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Murcia and more

    Protest 1 250 25 3 2012 Galgos sin FronterasOn Sunday 25th Mawrch 2012 at 1800, animal rights campaigners took to the streets in towns and cities throughout Spain to protest against the cruelty inflicted on animals in the name of tradition and fiestas. Here’s a translation the story.

    Madrid, March 25 (EFE). – Citizens of 31 Spanish cities organized through social networks have come this evening simultaneously on the street with their pets to seek tougher penalties for animal cruelty under the Criminal Code referred to in the “Second People’s Initiative not to animal abuse.”

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  • Madrid – sights to see

    Madrid Aroa 2 250 3 2012White galgos were always considered the ultimate by the Spanish aristocracy, and here are two beauties in Madrid, needing forever homes. Kendra is stunning with her different coloured eyes, and little Aroa was found alone on the street! Here are their stories.

    AROA – the police took Aroa and her little brother Arati off the street in a village near Madrid where they had been wandering for several days, looking for food. She is in foster, good in the house, with children, with other dogs and cats and, being only 5 months old, playful.

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  • Las Nieves Shelter, Madrid – Cesar Milan meets the galgos

    Asociacion Las Nieves 250 Badajoz winter 09January 2012 Cesar Milan and singer Dani Martin visited Las Nieves shelter, near Madrid, and met their 90 galgos To Dani Martin the association ‘Las Nieves’ is a very special place because dogs do not live in cages but that their space is open and live all together. For Cesar, the reception wass a very special moment: “It’s been a dream, a chulada. See all of the galgos coming toward you … has been a magical moment’. All the galgos are waiting for their forever homes.

  • Accommodation in Madrid – any room available?

    Madrid galgos Akaru 250 2 2012Look at this beautiful face, those trusting eyes. This is Akaru, 8 yrs old. His hunter is going to take him to the perrera to be killed, because he’s got younger dogs now. What a betrayal. Akaru is one of 4 galgos in Madrid belonging to this hunter; he will take them all to the perrera to be killed, unless anyone can take them. Contact is vanessa.mascoteros@gmail.com

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  • Badajoz – galga on dearh row – Madrid – galga looking for a home

    Badajoz white galga 250 17 2 2012Two galgas desperately needing foster and forever families.

    Kena is a small white galga, about 3 years old. She was delivered to Badajoz perrera by a hunter, without a soul or heart. She is very sweet, kind and affectionate, desperate to love and be loved. Due to be killed on 23 February. Here’s a video of her

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  • Galgos on Spanish TV – Asociaion Baas Galgo speaks out

    Sandra Baas of Baas Asociacion was on the largest Spanish TV channel on 17th January, talking about the plight of the galgos and adoption. You can watch it here, but be prepared to wait about 19 minutes whilst there are other news items first. Well done, Sandra.

  • Federacion Espanola de Galgos – letter-writing campaign, write now!

    I have now composed a letter to the Federacion Espanola de Galgos, the ‘umbrella’ association in Spain to which the other galgo hunting federations belong, and invite you to send copies also. Thanks to Dioni Del Rio for the Spanish translation. (An English version is at the end). Please copy and paste, and post. Please ask as many of your friends and contacts to join in.

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