Galgo News

Tag: hunters

  • Pointer bitch hung up to die in Villacanas, Toledo, Spain – bastard hunters!

    Yeni hung pointer Seprona 18 10 2010 250 I have just received the most sickening photographs of a pointer bitch, 7 years old, called Yeni. She was hung from a metal electricity pylond in Villacanas, Toledo, discovered this week. She was hung from the neck, with her tail and hind legs well on the ground. I dread to think how many days it must have taken before this poor bitch died – starved, dehydrated, eaten by insects……. Loli of the Pedro Munoz refuge in Ciudad Real has denounced this action to the Guardia Civil (read about denuncios in my book). Loli says she is so full of sadness at having been unable to do anything for this poor bitch, except to denounce the barbarity of the man who did this!

    CIUDAD ANIMAL
    www.ciudadanimal.org
    ciudadanimal@gmail.com
    proapeloli@gmail.com

    Some of the pictures are posted here, if you wish to look. Otherwise, do not click on ‘Continue to read….’

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  • Saved from Spain, rehoming rescued galgos in the Czech Republic

    ALVI Y BENITA 1 Czech ass 10 2010 250 The story of the Galgo Espanol is spreading further afield, and one of the newer associations involved in rehoming galgos is in the Czech Republic. Here is the latest news from them.

    ‘Hello Beryl,

    It has been already a while since we sent you our last e-mail. In the mean time we were very busy, there are more happy endings and more happy dogs in families now. You can take look at their pictures here:
    or the same in English

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  • Cordoba pregnant galga, saved, with her six puppies – forever homes needed

    Do you remember the story of the very pregnant galga, loose on the streets of Cordoba, rescuers vainly trying to catch her before she got injured. Well, we’ve got good news.

    Look at the link below in facebook which was sent to me by a very good friend, Ainara. I am sorry it is in Spanish…but you can see the photos of where she had her puppies…Thanks to the fact she hid, Arca de Noe of Cordoba could rescue them. Well done for all the volunteers who participated for so long in trying to rescue her!

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  • Galgo T-shirts for sale with Pro-Galgo – raising funds to save the dogs

    Pro-Galgo have some wonderful T-shirts for sale, to raise funds for the galgos and podencos in their care. Have a look at them on the website, with details of sizes and ordering.

  • Abandoned galgo puppies in Seville – foster homes urgently needed, gypsies hovering

    Galgo puppies in Seville 2 Charl 09 2010 250 Urgent message for anyone in the Osun, Seville area – or anywhere!!! These are 9 galgo puppies existing in a railway yard at the side of a road – the gitanos (gypsies) are hovering. There is no sign of their mother. They need to be lifted to safety to foster homes for adoption. It is extremely urgent, hunting is due to start shortly.

    Contact AINOA.21@HOTMAIL.COM
    EN EL TUENTI EN NAZA AGUILAR LEDESMA EN WWW.PROCANI.ORG O EN EL (Spain) 699402423

  • Galga Sofie from Badajoz – latest news – on the road to recovery

    Sofie second operation 250 Fantastic news from GRIN – Sofie, the brindle galga abandoned on the streets of Badajoz, whose lower jaw was cruelly broken, had the steel rods holding her jaw together removed on 3rd September. Read the whole story, see the latest photo, here.

    At the end of September, Telma Shaw and Wally Lacy of GRIN fly to Spain and Sofie and Angie – the remaining dog from the Jaen 4 to be rehomed – will fly back to the US to begin their new lives.

    Wonderful news, and I add my thanks to those of GRIN.

  • From Heaven to Hell – The Story of the Galgo Espanol – readers’ comments

    Here are some comments; you are very welcome to send me yours, good or bad, and I will add them to the list.

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  • France 24 – Mo Swatek talks about the plight of the galgo – add a comment

    Valarie Wolf has just sent me this link to an interview with Mo Swatek, President of Pro-Galgo. Please add your comments to it.

  • Have you rehomed a galgo or podenco you saw on Galgo News?

    If so, I’m collecting stories of galgos and podencos which Galgo News readers have adopted through seeing appeals on the website, or via associations which they read about on Galgo News.

    It would be marvellous if you could write between 750-1,000 words about what you know of the dog’s background, how you found out about the dog, how the dog made the journey to you, and their character now they are with you.

    Don’t worry if it goes more than that, I can always precis. And thank you a million times for those of you who have taken into your home one of the innocents of the Spanish hunters. Email me on band@bbrennan.eu before the end of September 2010

  • Galga stolen from her garden in Madrid! Reward offered

    Kala stolen galga Madrid 07 2010 Charl 250 STOLEN FROM HER GARDEN IN MADRID!

    Kala was stolen from her owner’s garden. She has a heart problem The family is understandably distraught and offering a reward of 2,500 euros to anyone finding the dog and returning her. One dreads to think what will happen if she is in the hands of a gitano of galguero.

    Contact Bea on alprau@gmail.com

    In my book I explain that there is a ‘traffic’ in stealing companion galgos. The thieves know how distraught an owner will be, and may be prepared to go to any lengths to get the dog back. If you haven’t already ordered a copy of my book, do so now and learn more.