Nice story about two lucky galgo pups saved from the El Paraiso perrera at Malaga, now in the US. April Lamb, mentioned in the article, has been working hard with Danielle Hart to try and persuade National Geographic magazine to publicise the plight of the galgos. Join in the letter-writing campaign published yesterday.
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The Galguero and his hounds – the story of of two galgos
Another piece of emotive writing from Charl del Rio of 112carlotagalgos, this time about two new arrivals at the shelter in December.
‘The count down is done and the galgos are free, chasing the chase of the hare who runs free. Whoever said that this was a sport, for a sport is something that two should play, who asked the hare if he wanted to die today?
It’s here that these galgueros walk back empty handed, not all but some who have decided that their galgos just don’t make the grade. Some having traded out, thinking others have beter dogs. A galgo is flesh at the end of the day to these galgueros, not a living creature who has feelings, a concept which only they have as consolation to such cruelty.
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Gift your friend the gift of life this Christmas!
Stuck for an idea for an Xmas present. Here’s a nice one.
Click on this link, scroll down the webpage until you find ‘Gift your friend the gift of life this Christmas. By clicking the box and donating via PayPal (making your donation payable to comdelrio@hotmail.com), emailing the details of your friend’s address to info@112carlotagalgos.com they will receive a Greetings Card and a letter from 112 Carlota Galgos on behalf of you as their gift. This helps the Galgos in so many ways to pass a warmer, brighter Christmas this year.
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Malaga galga – foster home urgently needed
This young galga, about 6-8 months old, was picked up at a petrol station at Montoro (Cordoba) on the Madrid/Seville motorway! She was looking for food, hanging around the restaurant, whose staff confirmed it had been hanging around for a couple of weeks. She was very thin and, since being rescued, has spent a day and a half eating and sleeping! She’s in a foster home in Malaga but can’t stay there as the parents of the fosterer have said they will not have a dog in the apartment. So it’s urgent to find her a foster home and a forever family. She’s friendly and gaining in confidence. Please contact the fosterer Jesus. Tel. 608 590 685 and mail: ereduim 1@hotmail.com or Adela keu8@hotmail.com (Associations only)
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Galga baby Jessica – hoping for a forever home for Christmas
Catching up on news about galgos and podencos, after being on holiday for a week with my son and family. Starting off with this delightful little lady, Jessie. She’s a galgo puppy in the safe hands of 112carlotagalgos in Malaga, waiting for her forever family. Read her story here. (This pic was when she was rescued, she’s grown some more now)
It’s a hard life for the galgos, as they continue to be dumped in the perreras for killing…so many details coming in that I can’t keep up with them, but luckily many people are publicising them on Save the Galgo on Facebook. And the news gets worse, as a couple of leading lights in galgo rescue in Spain have been forced to close their doors…it doesn’t bear thinking about what will happen to the galgos in their areas now.
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Sponsor a kennel, sponsor a piece of fencing, sponsor a bag of cement! 112carlotagalgos appeals
Many of the Spanish refuges and associations are very small, existing from month to month on donations, the local councils turning a blind eye to the problem of abandonment of dogs, even though by law they should provide a dog pound.
112carlotagalgos is one such small association in Malaga. Charl del Rio has been working on behalf of the galgos and podencos in Spain for many years, latterly caring for traumatised, injured and sick dogs prior to rehoming. She’s also given talks in local schools about the problem of abandonment of dogs. Her dream has been to have an educational centre where children can visit and learn to respect animals and care for them, especially dogs. Now she hopes her dream is about to come true. But she needs your help. Here’s the story.
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Trip to Spain 3 – Malaga – 112carlotagalgos
A long time ago, back in the 1960/70s, way before Spain went mad building huge concrete monstrosities alongside the beach road to places like Benalmadena, Torremolinos, Tossa del Mar, Estepona, my mother used to winter there rather than survive in the damp atmostphere of Northwest England. I always imagined these places as separate holiday towns along the Spanish coast.
I was staggered to find that now they are all part of Malaga – province of Malaga to be exact.
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Help the Aged – adopt an older galgo –
Some galgos are lucky enough – if you can call it lucky to survive several years at the hands of a galguero – to reach 7 or even 10 years of age. They desperately need to live out the rest of their lives in the comfort of a loving home, and here are three.
Elsa and Maika are particularly sad stories and an example of the hypocrisy of the Spanish authorities. Siblings, rescued at 3 yrs by a lady and taken into her home, 7 years later they find themselves in a shelter. With so many abandoned dogs living on the streets of Spain, it’s hard not to want to help them, and this is the situation in which Elsa and Maika’s Mom found herself.
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Galga Ginny – fighting against the odds – please help
Maribel Jerez does a marvellous job of circulating appeals on behalf of dogs on death row in Spain’s perreras, chiefly in Jerez and Gesser in Cadiz. One recent one which circulated was a photo of a sad galga, no one came forward to take her, so Charl of 112carlotagalgos stepped in to save her. The perrera has now decided to spay dogs before they can leave, so Ginny, as she has been named, was spayed. It was only when she was collected from the perrera that it became obvious that Ginny was not in the best of health. Here’s her story.
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Ana & Rey – 112carlotagalgos hounds with happy endings
Regular readers will have followed the stories of podenca Ana and galgo Rey, rescued and given into the care of 112carlotagalgos. Their stories cover many months and include amazing work by Paco the association vet, the volunteers involved in their rehabilitation and a foster family. Read their incredible stories of survival with happy endings here. And if you can offer a home to one of their galgos or podencos or donate to their vet fees etc. read here.