Galgo News

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  • Galgos in training – Save the Galgo

    Injured pup 170The plight of the galgos has, it seems to me, been worse this year than ever before, and still, all through this summer, volunteers are rescuing starving and injured galgos. A volunteer says, ‘in a month and a half the hunting season with galgos starts again and already the galgueros are training their dogs like crazy to get condition on them, to get stronger muscles, more speed, only to leave them behind later in the fields or perreras if they don´t hunt as they want.

    Please, adopt a galgo because there are still many left everywhere from the last season, all in need of a loving family and a forever home! For the end of the hunting with galgos in Spain!!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6nvLZ_USYQ&feature=share
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9OuZS61jVs&feature=relmfu (Olivenza is a privately owned killing station in Badajoz, Extremadura, you can read about it in my book From Heaven to Hell, The Story of the Spanish Galgo)

  • Zaragoza – Sol, a deaf galgo searching for his forever family

    Sol deaf galgo Ines 200 6 2012Sol as the sun .. beautiful. Male galgo, white and black, adoption search! He’s deaf, but this is not a handicap … but is certainly more reason to love him..he need serenity and the right to live. He’s very good with everyone, animals and people. Not tested with cats.
    He’s in Spain.. Zaragoza …contact: julianarg@gmail.com

  • Marching in Strasbourg for the Galgos & Podencos June 2012

    David Strasbourg 2012 250 003My galgas Carmela and Sahara (with hubbie David) arriving at the European Parliament. I’m delighted to report that the Manifestation in Strasbourg organised by CREL had tremendous support from groups across Europe – over 1,000 people marching, with their galgos and podencos – and a borzoi and afghan. Just shows the strength of feeling against the Spanish hunters and their barbaric treatment they perpetrate on their hunting dogs, primarily galgos and podencos. Many hounds there bore the scars – where they had been cut up, beaten, burned, injured in road accidents, caught in snares – all walking on behalf of their ‘cousins’ still in Spain and still suffering. They came in family groups too, and one lady brought all 6 of her rescued galgos.

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  • A never ending story – more Galgos in Mairena

    Mairena Tatewaki 190 5 2012A never ending story, new Galgos in Mairena perrera – urgent in here is Dakota (748), brindle, as she is positive on Leishmania and needs treatment which is impossible in the perrera. So a cry for a foster home at least for the period of treatment……Tatewaki(cream), Ranma, Ryoga (in order of pix)

    but Idaho is saved, Arkansas is reserved

    Contact: adopcionsosas@gmail.com acogidasosas@gmail.com ayudaperrosmairena@hotmail.com

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  • Educating the younger generation – Spanish associations at work.

    Charl classroom 2 250 4 2012Educating the younger generations is one of the ways of trying to change the attitude of the spanish towards animal care – that cruelty to animals is not acceptable. Several associations work towards this end, DDEVIDA and Pro-Galgo to name just two. A third one is 112carlotagalgos. You can read more about their visit to a local school on this link. Read the latest news about Greta longnose, a beautiful galga which we fostered for 4 months before she travelled to her forever home.

  • Huesca perrera, Spain – the killing starts next week.

    Ty are going to start killing the Huesca dogs next week….

  • A bird’s eye view on Spain, animals and owners!

    Prohitited_to_Abandon_250 PosterI’ve received this thought-provoking article on a view of life in Spain at the moment.

    Spain is a country which is on now its knees. It’s gone from dictatorship, to good presidency and bringing a country up on form and being recognised as a good place to be. From there, the previous government to the current one (voted in December 2011) brought bad practices into its own when they took over. The country became run down, the people suffer, but as always, the politicians walk away with clean hands and a tidy pension until death. To compound the negative results of that government’s actions, Spain was hit with the Global crisis.

    Read the full article here

  • Urgent – galga and babies in Seville perrera – galga & galgo in Jerez

    Galga and puppies 250 Seville 3 2012Heart wrenching, galga and her puppies in Seville perrera!

    CONTACTO ADOPCIONES: perrosurgentes@hotmail.com
    CONTACTO ACOGIDAS: monicasilvan@hotmail.com
    CONTACTO PARA AMADRINAR: mariajomeana@hotmail.com

    And here are a terrified galga and galgo in Jerez, contact: maribeljerezsos2@gmail.com 605637101 Maribel de 9 a 5 tarde

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  • Why Spain does not act against animal abuse.

    I thought you might be interested to read this piece by Oscar van Gastel which he has posted on Animal Welfare Support Murcia on facebook. Although it refers to bull fighting, it could also apply to all animals used in fiestas, plus the Spanish hunting dogs.

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  • Letters to write – please join my campaign – write now!

    Letters 200It’s time to run another letter-writing campaign to the Spanish national and provincial governments. Thank you to Dioni del Rio for this translation. Please copy and paste the letter into a word document and post. This link takes you to the list of addresses for the recipients – the national government – Prime Minister, Ministers of Tourism, Environment, Sport, Interior, all in Madrid, Andalucia, Murcia, Extremadura, Castilla la Mancha, Castilla y Leon, Balearics, Canary Islands, Valencia, Basque. The relevant addresses are highlighted in bold. You’ll need 15 copies of the letter if you write to them all. I’m beginning to get replies to my letters, so someone is reading them! Please join in, the galgos and podencos desperately need your help.

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