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  • La Bienvenida, Ciudad Real – Stunning Galgo Hairo seeks forever home

    La Bienvenida Hairo 2 400My very first galga Karmel was from La Bienvenida refuge in Ciudad Real, 200km south of Madrid.  I travelled down with the team of L’Europe des Levriers to collect her, along with a dozen more.  I wrote about the trip for the Weekly Telegraph and that was also the birth of Galgo News.

    This stunning boy is at La Bienvenida now.  He’s Hairo, he was skeletal when rescued but is now looking much better.  Here is his story.

    Hairo arrivedon 30th Junhe at the shelter, it’s another waste more of the hunt among many so many. What can we say about him or his state that you can’t see in the video?
    Needless to say, he’s too thin, you can see the spine and all the ribs, he looks like a sack of bones.  He was full of ticks and very dirty, has some wounds but they are not serious. He soon had a nice bath and stayed on good and clean. The poor boy very much appreciated the attention and filled us with kisses. In spite of his state, is a young galgo,  very affectionate and happy.  He just wanted to eat and lots of cuddling.

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  • Spanish TV publicises the abandonment of galgos

    Translation of the piece on Madrid television about the abandonment of and cruelty to galgos.

    ‘Abandoned, abused, malnourished… So are many greyhounds when hunting season, now in February.  So protective of animals denounce it as Animal Rescue who see real atrocities committed with these dogs.  Some come with obvious signs of abuse and have even had cases of galgos who had started the chip of rennet to avoid being identified.

    Between February and June, almost 30% of dogs that are collected in the community of Madrid are galgos.’ 

    If you want to adopt or sponsor one of them, visit the Association’s website: www.animalrescuespain.com

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  • Scooby takes 50 Galgos & podencos from Castilla La Mancha…

    Scooby 50 Castilla la Mancha 1 2016 250From Fermin Perez Martin, president of Scooby refuge.

    ‘In a few weeks the hunting season with galgos will come to an end and that means that now already shelters and perreras are completely full with galgos, discarded by their owner who just considers them a bad working tool and nothing more…

    Scooby will take the next couple weeks hundreds of galgos and podencos in to save them from being killed in a perrera or waiting for years and years in shelters because nobody adopts them.

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  • Protesting against killing – sometimes we CAN make a difference

    Scooby fugitive galgos 250 12 2015A moving story of canine family love from Cobie at Scooby Residencia Valladolid.

    ‘This article appeared last week (12 2015) in the Spanish newspaper El Mundo and it´s about the 2 abandoned galgos from Langa (Avila) for which the mayor of that village gave permission to shoot them. It´s beautiful written and very emotional, to translate it is very hard because it´s very big. But in short it comes to this:

    The black and white galga you see in this picture which was taken the 25th of November 2012, is already roaming around for 3 years. After one and a half years she got company from an also abandoned male. People in that village know who they belonged to but they didn´t like to talk about that. Together they are like Bonny and Clyde because in the night they come down from the mountain where they live, to catch a chicken, not because they are agressive, no, just to survive and aparently the people there like more their chickens than abandoned galgos so they have chased them many times away or even gone up on `their` mountain to try to kill the galgos.

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  • Valladolid perrera – Scooby to the rescue

    Scooby 250 3 25 8 2015From Cobie at Scooby Residencia Valladolid.

    Meet puppy Joseph jr. rescued 25/8/2015 from the perrera in Valladolid by Scooby. Was he born with this or has he had 2 broken front legs without them being treated? Or maybe he was taken too soon from his mother, as usually, and is this because of malnutrition? We don´t know yet but if it can be fixed, Scooby will fix it and if not, we will find him a goodhearted family who is not looking for a `perfect`galgo but for one who needs a loving family because the heart is all that matters most!

    We took 2 other galgos at the same time.

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  • Spain – showing people DO care

    Madrid March Toro de la Vega 250 2014Last Saturday 13 September, 45,000 people marched in Madrid to protest about Toro de la Vega, this brutal killing of a magnificent black bull in the name of entertainment. Shows Spanish people are sick of animal cruelty, especially in fiestas. Will Spain ever move out of the dark ages?

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  • Madrid – cheap accommodation – book now!

    Protectora ALBA 1 250 9 2014More than 50 galgos have been rescued, including two litters of puppies, living in a garbage dump in Ontigola, Madrid province, covered in wounds, scabies and terrified. Thanks to a neighbour who denounced the situation, 6 rescue associations have taken the dogs. It took all afternoon to catch them and transport them to safety. They all need vet care, medication, blood analyses, castrations. Then they have to be rehabilitated in preparation for adoption.

    Associations involved ALBA. SOS GALGOS. ACURN. NOAH’S ARK. SPAPS. RIVAANIMAL

    Contact is carolalbaasociacion@gmail.com or hocicosyhuellas@live.com

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  • Ferria of 100 x 100 Mascotas (Pets) Madrid – SOS Perrera Badajoz speaks out

    Badajoz Queen Sofie 250 5 2014Her Majesty, Queen Sofia of Spain, visited the exhibition of IFEMA in Madrid where they were holding the Feria of 100 x 100 Mascotas (Pets) at the weekend.

    The Queen very kindly stopped at the stand of SOS Perrera Badajoz and listened attentively to the explanations of Jorge and Noemi, two of our volunteers, about our work and the situation with the dogs in the perrera.

    She was touched to hear about Dora’s case, who received lots of stroking from her, and at the end, she was interested in our claims against the Town Hall of Badajoz and took away with her a complete dossier and documentation about our denuncia.

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  • Madrid – help El Refugio achieve zero sacrifice

    Catherine Palmer has kindly translated this video from El Refugio in Asturias.

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  • Galga sick on the streets of Cuidad Real – now with Cuidad Animal

    Cuidad Real is a city 200 km south of Madrid. A bad place to be a galgo. This little angel was rescued on Saturday in a village in Ciudad Real. For months it was fed by a person who tried to find an association to take it, without success. Difficult to understand when she was quite obviously sick.

    She is now off the street with Loli, of Pedro Munoz refuge Cuidad Animal, where there are more than 150 dogs – plus others in her home. She was riddled with fleas which has now been treated and blood analysises are being done – it is possible she has scabies or mange.

    She’s been named Esperanza.

    Heartfelt thanks. (No paypal address for the moment.)

    SWIFT/BIC: CECAESMM105
    IBAN: ES19 2105 2012 01 1212026505
    Caja Castilla La Mancha Protectora Animals and Plants,
    C/Rafael Gasset 1. Pedro Muñoz.
    Recipient: PROPAPE