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  • Portugal Dog Rescue – galgo in a serious condition, please help

    Portugal Dog Rescue Foguete 250 1 9 12 2013First Estrela, then Duke (who travels to 112carlotagalgos today for rehabilitation prior to rehoming) and now FOGUETE, Estrela’s husband and Duke’s father. That completes the family for Portugal Dog Rescue. BHT Foguete is in a bad way and PDR desperately need help to pay for the specialist vet treatment he will need, if he survives. Read on.

    Foguete is Estrela’s ‘husband’ and Duke’s father, from the same obnoxious owner. He is an 8 year old galgo that Teresa has known for years, has always been abused by his owner and legally there was nothing we could prove. The scumbag he calls owner has called Teresa this morning (9/12/2013) to take the dog away as he was having a fit and he didn’t want the dog anymore.

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  • 1st Conference on the Welfare of Dogs and Cats in the EU

    Aanifeira had the privilege of attending the very 1st Conference on the Welfare of Dogs and Cats in the EU held on October 28th at the Charlemagne Building in Brussels. The conference, presented by the European Commission and the Lithuanian Presidency and supported by Eurogroup for Animals, The Federation of Veterinarians of Europe and VIER PFOTEN International is aimed at “Building a Europe that cares for companion animals”.

  • Urgent help needed – serious storm damage to kennels at Portugal Dog Rescue!

    Portugal Dog Rescue 250 3 10 2013Remember Estrela and more recently Duke? Saved by Portugal Dog Rescue. On 22nd October the very worst happened at the shelter – the ‘temporary’ roof came down at the shelter, sadly one dog had to be pts. You can read the full story below. The new kennels which were built after an appeal earlier in the year are fine, more now need to be built in place of the ‘temporary’ one so that this never happens again.

    Teresa does most of the rescuing and rehoming herself,looking after the dogs, plus having a job. An incredible lady who does not need the heartache of this happening. It costs 50 euros to build a new permanent kennel. Please help if you can, any amount helps buy some more bricks, tiles for the roof…here’s where you can donate.

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  • Portuguese galga Estrela – from Portuguese hell to English heaven!

    For those of you who followed the story of Portuguese galga Estrela, I thought you would love to see this fabulous photo of her living the life of luxury in Devon!

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  • Portugal Dog Rescue – Galga Estrela’s rescuers need help

    Portugal dog box 250 2 2013Do you remember the story of Estrela, the galga in Portugal suffering at the hands of an alcoholic an drug addict wife? Teresa de Sousa and her team did an incredible job rescuing Estrela, another galga, and their puppies. Teresa badly needs funds to build some kennels to keep sick dogs separate from the healthy ones. She needs 350 euros – not a fortune. Please help her achieve her goal. Here are the details, you can donate by Paypal or credit card.

    Update on Estrela. She is doing well in foster care, EU passport prepared, and it looks like she is going to come to me in France for temporary foster en route for her forever home in the UK. Teresa and Ines thank you all for your donations which helped them save the lives of the two galgas and their puppies.

  • Update on Estrela – one of the Portugal galgas

    Estrela free 250 1 12 2012This morning I had the most wonderful news! Do you remember the story of the Portugal galgas, producing puppies, owned by an alcoholic with a druggy wife? Teresa and Ines were desperately trying to save the galgas and puppies – the owner was busy drowning the puppies! You were all marvellous at donating to Teresa to purchase special food and milk for these hounds, whilst she worked patiently to get the dogs away from this living hell.

    Here’s Ines’ news – 8th December 2012!

    ‘Estrela was allowed to leave her hell-hole today, Teresa has just literally been to pick her up. I’ve attached a few pics taken 3 hours ago, tonight Estrela will have her first taste of freedom, will get more pics tomorrow when is light again.

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  • Latest news on galga Estrela – fighting the odds in Portugal

    Portugal Estrella 250 11.11.2012You will be upset to learn that Estrela, the Portuguese galga owned by an alcoholic, is still hanging onto life in horrendous conditions, suffering from pneumonia, but Teresa and Ines are able to feed her the high protein diet paid for by donations, and to feed her surviving puppies. They are still hoping to rescue the galga and save her.

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  • Portuguese galgos – update

    Portugal Estrela milk 250 5 11 2012Update on the Portuguese galgos. One hunter has been busy killing puppies before Teresa could save them. But here’s the news about the first galga Estrela. Ines reports. ‘regarding that horrible man getting rid of all pups but 2 :(. We are not exactly sure what happened, but apparently he killed them, but won’t give us any more details… we just can wait for Estrela to leave this place.

    Estrela is only mentally slighty better from the abuse she was given. She is on special high energy feed, plus a mix of raw green beef tripe and liver, and Anima-Strath supplements. She has also been wormed twice. Her owner has finally allowed us to take her to the vet this week, so she can get tests done to see why isn’t she putting more weight.

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  • Galgas in Portugal – a very hard life

    Portugal galga 2nd mom 250We’ve been following the story of galgos in Portugal – horrendous conditions in which they survive – and the team of faithful volunteers who work tirelessly to make the lives of these dogs better, against insurmountable odds.

    Ines explains the situation more fully.

    ‘I must clarify some details on this shelter, it is not a registered charity, it is simply Teresa, an animal lover that happens to help every stray dog she finds. She treats, neuters and vaccinates them and finds them good homes. Teresa has a brilliant record, this year alone she rehomed over 60 dogs by herself into loving families, so I and another 2 women volunteered to help her fundraise and look after the dogs.

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  • Update on the Portuguese Galga

    Portugal galga pup sleep 200 21 10 2012Portuguese galga – Ines updates 21/10/2012. ‘Today has been a good day.

    Estrela’s owner handed over another pup, a girl this time (24’s sister), because she was too small for his liking; she is being hand-reared by a volunteer and is doing fine (pics below). Thanks to your appeal in the galgo page, and generous donations, we have managed to buy the mum a 15Kg bag of Royal canin special lactating mother feed, which she desperately needed. Some people have offered to send milk as well, so that will be very helpful.

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