The Mairena perrera rears its ugly head again. Podencos and galgos amongst the poor souls dumped there to be killed, even a puppy, also a black and white spaniel; living in horrendous conditions. It’s cold, wet, dirty – they are starving – why feed a dog when it’s going to be killed! Cry for these poor souls. If any one can help save them from a miserable death.
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For many years Rick and Lesley Beauchamp in the UK have been helping rehomed podencos rescued by SARA Lanzarote; virtually the only chance of a loving forever home is on mainland Europe. Thanks to Ed of Podencoworld for forwarding this clip of a BBC interview with Lesley. Please contact Ed or SARA Lanzarote if you are interested in helping these fabulous hounds.
Thanks to a Galgo News reader for sending in these links. Translation into English herewith.
El Seprona rescues 24 galgos in very poor hygienic and sanitary condition. Owner accused of falsifying their health cards and illegally vaccinating
The Service for the Protection of Nature of the Guardia Civil (Seprona) has rescued 24 dogs from a rural property in Parla that were in “very poor sanitary conditions, ” accusing the owner of the animals for falsifying the health files and vaccinated illegally.
Join this campaign, please send a letter to your MEP. Here are the links to find your MEP. List of MEP 1 List of MEP 2
Below is a translation of the letter into Spanish for writing to your Spanish MEP
Below also is a translation of the letter into Dutch for writing to your Dutch MEP. Please copy and paste and send either by email or post.
Thank you to Consuelo and Lisa for the translations.
At least 10 galgos, one injured on its neck, and 4 podencos are amongst the dozens of dogs due to be put down this week at Mairena. Dogs and cats, all with love to give to the kind hands extended to them – but where to take them, the shelters are full, foster homes full………. Contact elcitardelacortesana@hotmail.com
mabelea@hotmail.com
And another 11 in Jerez perrera – contact Maribel (0034) 0 605637101 Maribel de 9 a 5,30
Passionate about Podencos! Why didn’t I find this website before? Maybe because I haven’t had time to do so much research into podenco sites because the Galgo news always takes so much time, as did researching for my book! Have a look at this very interesting website, Podencoworld. This link should take you through to the English translation; if it doesn’t click on the Union Jack on the lefthand side.
With the hundreds of animals to care for, especially the lastest 130 galgos from Cadiz, Scooby is desperately needs to raise funds. Here’s a plea from Diane at Scooby.
Dear Friends,
The Scooby Shop at the shelter is in desperate need of fancy martingale collars. The shelter sells these collars to make money for the animals in the shelter. They are a huge hit at events and Scooby Open House Days as well as on adoption days. As you can imagine, they look beautiful on the Galgos!
A reader in the UK has taken up the plight of the galgos in Spain with her MEP. Derek Vaughan, one of the Labour MEP’s for Wales has replied that he ‘was very concerned about the problem and has tabled a Written Question to the Commission to bring it to wider attention and see what can be done to help end this unnecessary suffering’.
Derek Vaughan needs the support of as many other MEPs as possible. Please write to your MEP and ask them to support the Written Question. Below is a sample letter which is a variation of the one to the president of the European Commission already on Galgo News.
I’m putting out an appeal for podencos, for people to offer them forever homes. There are three at Galgos del Sol (scroll down to Anton and Freya, and Lucky is a new arrival today, 4 pages of them on the Galgos France website, Ibizan Hound Rescue has many deserving podencos, and let’s not forget SARA Lanzarote in the Canary Islands – poor Mozaga has never known life outside of the refuge. Podencos suffer terrible maltreatment on the Spanish Islands, both Canaries and Balearic. Mostly their only hope is to be rehomed on mainland Europe or in the UK. Pepis Refuge is another small British-run shelter with many delightful podencos among their dogs looking for forever homes. And Phoenix Association in Dordogne, France, has Roda and Mindy who arrived in November from SARA Lanzarote and who are looking for forever homes in France.
Please think of the podencos as well as the galgos.
Do you remember this story from a couple of years ago? Time and again I have tried to contact the Bright Eyes people to find out the result of the court case, with no success atall. Now the story has been found on GN by someone who worked in Ibiza when this was happening. Here’s what she says.
‘I remember this man very well. I was involved with animal rescue in Ibiza from 1997 – 2004. He used to have literally hundreds of podenco ibizencos living, breeding and dying all around his house and the surrounding forest. This man is certainly anything but mentally sick. In fact he offered to sell me two pups who were 4 weeks old at the time, taking them from the mother; disgrace and I told him so.
