Even on Sundays, the rescue centre never rests. When the phone rings, we often already know what time it is. Once again, a call for help. A small galgo girl… no longer wanted. Discarded. Thanked for her work, then cast aside as if she no longer had any worth.
Our GRA van left immediately, as it so often does, heading to the agreed location. There she stood. Small and unsure. Her eyes said it all: she had had enough. Years of obedience, running until her body could no longer cope, enduring humiliations she never deserved. And yet, when we approached her gently, her tail gave a tiny wag. A spark of trust… despite everything. For this little girl, a new adventure begins today. (more…)
Galgo Project EU is a Dutch organisation dedicated to supporting, rescuing, and giving a voice to galgos and podencos. They work closely with Spanish shelters, help dogs find safe homes, and raise awareness about the structural mistreatment these dogs still suffer.
With Galgo Project EU, we’re gathering data, testimonies, and concrete evidence to build a detailed dossier for the European Parliament. Our goal is clear:
To hold Spain accountable for not applying Article 13 of the Lisbon Treaty, and to push for equal, EU-wide protection of all dogs, including galgos and podencos, without exceptions. (more…)
Recently we received a call about this girl. Unwanted… “no longer useful”… words no animal should ever have to hear. You can imagine the rest.
This sweet soul lives with a hunter. She has given her whole life: worked, obeyed, never complained. She endured humiliation, swallowed disappointment, and never understood why love for her had to be so scarce.(more…)
We count by thousands the hunting dogs found in unhealthy and inhumane conditions, in the field abandoned, dead in ditches, thrown in wells or hung in an olive tree.
These 78 hunting dogs were seized by Seprona taking over Huellas Puertollano
The Civil Guard caught them conducting hunts with greyhounds outside the closed season in a publicly owned hunting reserve
Six people between the ages of 33 and 63 have been brought before the courts after being caught by Civil Guard officers while they were illegally hunting with greyhounds in a publicly owned hunting reserve in the Arlanza region.
According to sources from the Civil Guard, a call was received a few days ago alerting them to the presence of a group of people with no apparent connection to the hunting reserve where they were located, carrying out hunts with greyhounds on the lands of the municipality.
Immediately, a patrol from the Covarrubias station went to the location and began a thorough inspection of the area in search of those responsible, with positive results since while examining a wooded area, a man was located who, upon noticing the police presence, tried to flee; however, he was found shortly afterwards hidden among the vegetation.
As a result of the police investigations carried out, it was learned that while these events were taking place, the rest of the members of the group were trying to leave the place in a car, so the Civil Guard intensified the search, which allowed them to locate the car in the vicinity while it was traveling along a road.
Given this evidence, all occupants were identified and, like the first individual already arrested, lacked the necessary permits and authorizations to engage in hunting. Simultaneously with the police investigation, the corresponding administrative reports were filed for the improper transport of the animals.
The six, in varying degrees of responsibility, have been brought before the court as alleged perpetrators of a crime against wildlife for poaching, and the proceedings have been handed over to the Court of Lerma.
We’re into July, still galgos arriving on in the perreras, but the danger is also in the refuges, many unmanned at night, when the Spanish gypsies and hunters look around to see what galgos are in there which they could steal for the next hunting season. They have no scruples – these dogs are just a tool.
Baeza refuge in Jaen is under pressure, there are a few of their galgos which are vulnerable to be stolen. They urgently need associations to take these galgos to safety, one a puppy of 5 months, rescued from the local dog pound where they kill the dogs. If they can move these hounds to safety, they can take some more from the Resur dog pound. Here are their details, all very young dogs..
The hunting season is now over and hunters are getting rid of their ‘4-footed tools’!
These are the Perricos to be slaughtered in a few days at the Zaragoza perrera. This is the appeal I received
‘We are only two volunteers who have many dogs in kennels which we pay the fees and we can’t take any more dogs. We have all this responsibility on our shoulders and we desperately need adopters for the dogs in our care, and more so we need special people who can rescue these young podencos before they are sacrificed in a few days.
