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  • Appache in Chella, Valencia – working on educating the locals

    Isla on arrival crop 400 2 2017Maureen lives in a small village in the Valencia region called Chella. Here she writes about becoming yet another failed fosterer!

    ‘In the village is a fabulous group of Spanish ladies who I have joined to help with the protection of animals. The group is called Appache , it is a not for profit organisaion. They operate on a foster home basis and take any animal in need into their care. The organisation is only 2 years old and they are doing a fabulous job in an area where fund raising is challenging. They have welcomed me into the group and I was the first non Spanish person to join and have now recruited some of my mates too.

    I was checking the Appache facebook page one afternoon when I saw a request for a foster home for a little black galga who had been abandoned. She was underweight by around 5 kilos and was sick with Leishmanosisi and ehrlichiosis.

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  • DeAnimals – fighting the corner for animal cruelty in Spain

    Raquel4 170I’d like to introduce you to Senora Raquel Lopez Teruel, a Lawyer specialising and working solely in animal law (animal rights and welfare). Raquel’s law firm, DEANIMALS (DEFENCE OF ANIMALS) is based in Murcia, but she handles cases in various cities around Spain.

    Raquel’s role involves liaison with the police, welfare associations and animal professionals in general, and she has undergone considerable specialist training for this role, which encompasses all types of legal situations, including:

    • Denuncias against pet owners
    • Defence of animal welfare associations
    • Legal advisor on animal law to owners, animal welfare associations, police, administration, etc.
    • Specialist in Denuncias in respect of abused animals

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  • Why have a dog?

    Galgo Post 250 1 15 11 2015Can you imagine the bad luck this poor boy has had in his 2 year life?! Angie Robinson tells his story.

    ‘This is POST. We’ve seen him before in the Valencia perrera municipal….. He was found wandering last year and picked up by the dog catchers, and then later retrieved by the owner. He was found again, last week, wandering alone with a broken chain still around his neck where he had broken free. We understand that he was kept on a plot of land chained up, living outside. This time, the owner has signed him over with permission to sacrifice. POST is CESE – this means that when a kill list is drawn up, the CESE dogs that are entered by owner will be at the top of the sacrifice list.

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  • Mia Galga. seeking a special person

    Rosemary McD Mia 250 7 2015A beautiful galga needing a special forever home. Rosemary explains.

    ‘This is Mia, she is with us in a very small family run kennels. However she has come as far as she will there and needs to move into foster where she will get more one to one attention and bring her on the rest of the way It would be better if she went to someone with experience of dogs that are nervous? All her costs are covered, she is very good with other dogs.’

    Contact Rosemary, near Valencia