Heart wrenching, galga and her puppies in Seville perrera!
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And here are a terrified galga and galgo in Jerez, contact: maribeljerezsos2@gmail.com 605637101 Maribel de 9 a 5 tarde
Every day my inbox is filled with horror stories about the galgos and podencos of Spain – that just these two breeds, not counting all the other abandoned dogs. It’s hard to keep up with posting news about them all – I want to let you all know what is going on every day, what the volunteers cope with every day, and this is another story. I’ve translated it but it’s not perfect – but I’m sure you’ll get the gist of the report! Simply haven’t time to correct it, sorry!
Little Nana, a tiny galga pup, was found in this miserable state near Seville. She has very severe sarcoptic mange, totally anaemic, high fever and covered with infected wounds all over her little body…. GLORIA an animal lover asked Pro-Galgo for help and they redirected her to their friend and collaborator, vet FATIMA in Seville. Little NANA is on a drip, will have a blood transfusion from another galgo and will stay at least overnight in the clinic. Barely 6 months old, she is fighting for her life. Everyone hopes she will make it. If you can donate to her vet fees, please contact Pro-Galgo.
Here’s the story of yet another abandoned galgo; it’s typical of the hundreds across Spain, now dumped and abandoned by the hunters to whatever fate befalls them – the hunters have no mercy, they don’t care.
Polyana – a brindle galga walking the streets in Sevilla, lost and alone.
Thrown out as trash and unwanted purpose with a story to tell of being a galga in Spain. Beaten down and feeling low, she wanders and begs, sneaking food where she can. Empty bins may have spilt a crumb, gravel on the floor may just have a grain, its not much to keep going but it could ease the pain.
These are a few photos of a pack of dogs living together in an industrial estate in Seville, surrounded by private warehouses and services. The dogs have been here for more than 2 years. The leader of the group is only about 3 years old, he’s the big brindle. There are bitches with pups, and you’ll see from the last pix that they even live amongst the bodies of their friends who didn’t make it.
There have been denuncias to the police, and also appeals to Mairena Perrera (Protection Society of Mairena – Haha!) Still nothing has been done. This volunteer is asking any groups or associations to help her get them off the street as soon as possible. Rocio Sanchez Lobera nefertiri15_6@hotmail.com
Trueno is a beautiful black-grey Lurcher approx 5 years old. Rescued off the streets of Sevilla and adopted, through no fault of his own he is now needing another home.
Castrated, vaccinated, chipped, negative in Leishmania,erlichia, filaria. Cannot live with cats. CAN YOU OFFER TRUENO A HOME Contact 112carlotagalgos
Écija is a city 85kn east of the city of Seville, in the region of Andalucia, one of the 5 regions of Spain where hunting with galgos is legal. It is also the city where this young galga was found. This is the face of Spain which should be transmitted around the world, to combat the claim of the galgueros that they are not cruel to their dogs!
Natalia tells the story. ‘This young galga we have named Isha, a galguita we collected a few days ago near Ecija. You can see she cannot walk, she has no muscles, suffering from severe malnutrition and high leishmania; we have had to hospitalize her to save her life.
Appeal from Seville, a Galguera (female hunter) wants to get rid of these two young galgas, as they are no good for hunting?! Doesn’t look like they have had a decent meal in a while! They are two years old, have their vaccines and cards (EU passport). Not much time left to save them before she takes them to the perrera.
In previous years I’ve featured galgos and podencos dumped in the Mairena killing station (obviously there are thousands of other types of dogs dumped there too which suffer the same horrendous end to their lives). Because of the bad publicity, volunteers were banned from going in to photo the dogs.
There is now an on-line petition to close the place down. This is the link. The petition is in Spanish and a translation is below. You have to register with the petition website, here are the instructions by on-line translator:
This beautiful galga is Reka. You will see her terrible injuries below. She was found a week ago, the injuries were not fresh, and smelled, it was not known how long she had been suffering like this. She was exhausted, hungry and ready to give up when found.
Ana from Gran Familia tells the story. ‘She had to be anaesthetised in order to clean up and sew these ugly wounds, the leg muscle has been joined from behind but possibly she will be left with a slight limp. She had some internal bleeding and a torn vulva, which would intimate she was pregnant. It is difficult to imagine how these injuries happened but Reka has had to stay in the vet clinic to have her wounds treated.
