ACTIN are working hard to change the attitude of rural Spanish towards their dogs. Please watch these two videos and support them in their work, which will help the galgos and podencos too.
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4th April 2013 – Happy Belated Birthday DutchGalgoLobby
Apologies that this news is a little late. I’m currently in the UK for a funeral and flat clearing and have restricted access to a computer.
Happy 2nd Birthday DutchGalgoLobby on 4th April 2013
On April 4th, DutchGalgoLobby celebrates her 2nd birthday. In her relatively short existence, DutchGalgoLobby has achieved quite a lot. Dutch Politics are now well aware of the Galgo mistreatment in Spain and one of the parties even set up a resolution to ask the Dutch government to take action. Regretfully this resolution did not get enough votes to pass because they still think it is an internal Spanish problem, to be solved by Spain. (Subsidiarity principle)
Therefore we approached the European Parliament which is in progress but takes time. European parliament is rather sluggish!
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Scooby takes the El Galgo Senior galgos after Pat tragically dies.
After a tragic accident, El Galgo Senior association in Alicante lost their president Pat. Scooby have stepped in to take over 100 galgos from their shelter. Scooby now needs the funds to transport the galgos from Alicante to Medina del Campo, so please donate if you can help. Even better, off to adopt one! contact Scooby direct at www.scoobymedina.com.
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Rescued from the gitanos on the Costa Blanca – looking for forever families
These three beautiful galgos were taken from the Gypsies. Romeo, his wife Juliet & daughter ‘Star’ were abused & locked up in a tiny ramshackle kennel. Romeo and Juliet are soul mates really need to be homed together. Romeo (the rough haired galgo) is very nervous, but soon comes around after he’s got to know you. Juliet and Star (the white one) are both very friendly. For more information and if you can offer these lovely dogs a home, please contact Paradise Kennels.
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Galgos del Sol – saving yet more abandoned galgos in Murcia
– Yes, there’s a galga dumped in there! You will remember the rescue of the Bullas dogs in Operation Rehala in January and then the Mazarron dogs from the gypsy in Murcia as well. Galgos del Sol have been very involved in these operations, taking many dogs into their care. This week they have rescued another half dozen abandoned galgos, one of whom had been dumped in a skip! – Luckily he has not been beaten almost to death- like esperanza a couple of years ago – just injured and terrified.
Here’s the story so far.
‘It’s impossible to try and holiday when you live in Murcia. Galgos del Sol gets a call and goes out again and what do we find..?? A galga trapped in the rubbish dumpster and 3 galgos living on the rubbish tip. The galga trapped was very difficult because she was scared so we she would become aggresive when we tried to climb in, and the others were not so easy either.
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Mario – Alicante to the UK – a great journey
Another great survivor of the galgo hell in Spain. Mario
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Catching a galga and puppies – volunteers face this all the time
This is the story in pictures of the capture of galgo Zoe and her pups, out in the wilds of Murcia. It took a week to catch her, adn then only by using a tranquiliser dart. Thanks to the incredible team of Tina and Gill of Galgos del Sol and to Antonio with his dart gun.
And you can also read about Leanne; they’ve been trying for 18 months to catch her!
It’s another example of what so many of the rescue associations and volunteers cope with, the strain of what they live with, and how long it can take to catch a frightened galga. If you would like to donate towards the vet fees for microchips, vaccinations, blood tests etc. please click on the link.