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  • Pointer bitch hung up to die in Villacanas, Toledo, Spain – bastard hunters!

    Yeni hung pointer Seprona 18 10 2010 250 I have just received the most sickening photographs of a pointer bitch, 7 years old, called Yeni. She was hung from a metal electricity pylond in Villacanas, Toledo, discovered this week. She was hung from the neck, with her tail and hind legs well on the ground. I dread to think how many days it must have taken before this poor bitch died – starved, dehydrated, eaten by insects……. Loli of the Pedro Munoz refuge in Ciudad Real has denounced this action to the Guardia Civil (read about denuncios in my book). Loli says she is so full of sadness at having been unable to do anything for this poor bitch, except to denounce the barbarity of the man who did this!

    CIUDAD ANIMAL
    www.ciudadanimal.org
    ciudadanimal@gmail.com
    proapeloli@gmail.com

    Some of the pictures are posted here, if you wish to look. Otherwise, do not click on ‘Continue to read….’

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  • Saved from Spain, rehoming rescued galgos in the Czech Republic

    ALVI Y BENITA 1 Czech ass 10 2010 250 The story of the Galgo Espanol is spreading further afield, and one of the newer associations involved in rehoming galgos is in the Czech Republic. Here is the latest news from them.

    ‘Hello Beryl,

    It has been already a while since we sent you our last e-mail. In the mean time we were very busy, there are more happy endings and more happy dogs in families now. You can take look at their pictures here:
    or the same in English

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  • Cordoba pregnant galga, saved, with her six puppies – forever homes needed

    Do you remember the story of the very pregnant galga, loose on the streets of Cordoba, rescuers vainly trying to catch her before she got injured. Well, we’ve got good news.

    Look at the link below in facebook which was sent to me by a very good friend, Ainara. I am sorry it is in Spanish…but you can see the photos of where she had her puppies…Thanks to the fact she hid, Arca de Noe of Cordoba could rescue them. Well done for all the volunteers who participated for so long in trying to rescue her!

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  • Galgo T-shirts for sale with Pro-Galgo – raising funds to save the dogs

    Pro-Galgo have some wonderful T-shirts for sale, to raise funds for the galgos and podencos in their care. Have a look at them on the website, with details of sizes and ordering.

  • Fiesta des Galgos 2010, American style! Galgos galore rehomed from Spain

    In support of Charl del Rio’s annual Fiesta des Galgos, held at the beginning of December, I organised my Fete des Galgos in France on 12th September (the weather’s better than in December!) and GRIN in America organised their Fiesta des Galgos picnic on 19th September. You can already see the pix of my Fun Dog Show for the event, and here’s a few pix of the American event. Check out Mr & Mrs Spain – it could only happen in America, bless them! As a result of this event, GRIN were able to send donations to help Silvia in Valencia pay for the veterinary treatment for the galgos and podencos in her care.

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  • Galga Sofie from Badajoz – latest news – on the road to recovery

    Sofie second operation 250 Fantastic news from GRIN – Sofie, the brindle galga abandoned on the streets of Badajoz, whose lower jaw was cruelly broken, had the steel rods holding her jaw together removed on 3rd September. Read the whole story, see the latest photo, here.

    At the end of September, Telma Shaw and Wally Lacy of GRIN fly to Spain and Sofie and Angie – the remaining dog from the Jaen 4 to be rehomed – will fly back to the US to begin their new lives.

    Wonderful news, and I add my thanks to those of GRIN.

  • From Heaven to Hell – The Story of the Galgo Espanol – readers’ comments

    Here are some comments; you are very welcome to send me yours, good or bad, and I will add them to the list.

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  • Have you rehomed a galgo or podenco you saw on Galgo News?

    If so, I’m collecting stories of galgos and podencos which Galgo News readers have adopted through seeing appeals on the website, or via associations which they read about on Galgo News.

    It would be marvellous if you could write between 750-1,000 words about what you know of the dog’s background, how you found out about the dog, how the dog made the journey to you, and their character now they are with you.

    Don’t worry if it goes more than that, I can always precis. And thank you a million times for those of you who have taken into your home one of the innocents of the Spanish hunters. Email me on band@bbrennan.eu before the end of September 2010

  • Galgo News Stands Neutral as far as the World Cup goes!

    Beryl & Galgas 3 250 Personally, as a Brit, the English football team were a joke. That’s nothing new. We introduced football, cricket, tennis, golf to the world. Whatever we introduce, we then are the losers. Andy Murray put up a good show in tennis, but the footballers – and when you consider what these males are paid????!!! – were pathetic. And why? Because there are so many foreign footballers in the UK football teams that the English team manager can’t find enough decent English players. I could go on further, but I won’t.

    Just to say that I support neither Holland nor Spain in the World Cup final. Why? Well, Holland has taken so many rescued galgos to its hearts and homes, but Spain is the home of the galgo, and I could never abandon support – even in the World Cup – for the amazing volunteers who work to rescue, and give shelter to, and rehome abroad, these beautiful innocents who suffer so at the hands of the bastard galgueros.

    So, Galgo News stands neutral. But hope you enjoyed the photos and comments from galgos in Holland and Spain!

  • Galga needs help between Lebrija and El Cuerva, Seville

    Galgui _p1 Silvia 250 July, and still the galgos are abandoned and loose. This one is at Irma Mykonos Road, between Lebrija and El Cuerva, Seville. She has a malformed front leg but can still walk, and her teeth are in a terrible state. Please help us before the gitanos take her for hunting again.

    El Amigo Fiel- Asociación protectora de animales El Cuervo

    Contact caballitodemar49@hotmail.com
    espirituperruno@hotmail.com
    www.elrincondelosgalgos.blogspot.com