Galgo News

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  • Galgo News Christmas card now on sale.

    Card designs 003 250 All proceeds donated towards paying veterinary fees and medical care for injured galgos in Spain. Wording inside is ‘Merry Christmas’ in 6 languages

    Small card 106 mm x 138 mm
    4,00 euros pack of 5 incl envelopes
    Plus postage Europe – 2,00 euros up to 3 packs, Rest of World – 3,00 euros up to 3 packs

    Large card 150 mm x 138 mm
    4,00 euros pack of 3 incl envelopes
    Plus postage Europe 2,50 euros up to 3 packs, Rest of World – 3,50 euros up to 3 packs

    Add 1,00 euro postage for more than 3 packs

    ORDER HERE

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  • Happy 3rd birthday Galgo News!

    Yes, 3 years since Craig and I launched Galgo News. Time to reflect on the past year, both highs and lows.

    High has definitely got to be the completion of my book and its launch – to date we’ve done 2 print runs, selling over 100 copies of the printed book and 10 ebooks. And I haven’t even started the next phase of promotion! I’ve just changed my publisher and am waiting to take collection of the next print run. The book has also now been translated into Spanish – publishing will start in January 2011. And a French translation is currently under way.

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  • Baas Galgo – stories of Spanish galgos rescued and rehomed

    November news from Baas Galgo is about some lucky galgos who have found forever homes. Click here to read about them and see some beautiful pictures. Well done to the volunteers and the association for saving these beauties.

  • Spanish Galgos Ulises, Maisey, Luna from El Paraiso – please donate to vet fees

    Naisey after operation 24 11 2010 250 More abandoned and rescued galgos……from the perrera, from the countryside, urbanizations……….they are being abandoned everywhere, and it is only November – still the middle of the Spanish hunting season! One of the galgas rescued from El Paraiso could be pregnant, so an urgent spaying operation has now been carried out. And Maisey, an abandoned injured galga – sadly her leg could not be saved, so she is yet another one with an amputation. And the vet fees need paying!

    Ulises was a galgo who had been living rough for months, no one could get near him. Eventually he was so ill he could be caught. He has leishmania, ehrlichia, rickets, a skin condition, but he is a fighter, as are the other two…..he wants to live and experience a forever home.

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  • Galgo Support Holland and Baus, the great survivor of torture and drowning

    Baus 3 Galgo Support Holland 250 Introducing Baus. Anja Schot of Galgo Support Holland tells his story. ‘Baus was tortured and put in a septic tank to drown. His destroyed front leg sadly could not be saved, but because of the good care, love and respect of the volunteers from El Refugio Escuela, Baus decided to live! GSH appealed for help to pay for his operations. It was worth it! Despite the torture, all the pain he has been through, he has never stopped loving human beings. He always is happy and a very special dog. And here he is, at dog training, where he passed his first exams!’

  • Spanish Galga Lola – an expressive poem to share with you

    Rehoming Lola and Owen Jeminah Kunfeld 11 2010 200 I’d like to share this poem with you. Written by Lola, with a little help from her lifetime friend Owen Davis who adopted her, his wife works with Greyhounds in Nood Belgium. (Photo by Jemimah Kunfeld)

    LOLA’S POEM

    Spain is the land of the heartless.
    I don’t care about the mosque at Cordoba.
    I don’t care any more about Pablo Casals.
    Or what his cunning fingers did with the bow.
    The white Alhambra, abounding in cool shade,
    Singing fountains and sunlight,
    Is a story of long ago.
    Forget it.

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  • Galga shot in the head – saved by the vet – the true Spain!

    Galga shot in the head 15 11 2010 350 This galga has been shot in the head. I don’t know the story behind how she was found – I’m waiting for the details – but suffice to say she was still alive when taken to the vet, who at the time of my receiving the photo, was operating to save her.

    The hunters in France, where I live, are lethal in more than one way! Around our home and land, their shooting days are Thursdays and Sundays. We keep our cat and dogs shut in the house on those days; the cat is shut in all day, much to her disgust; the dogs are only let out in the courtyard.

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  • Dr Guillermo Couto, researching greyhound and galgo diseases

    Dr Couto, Ohio State University 11 2010 200 Photo of Guillermo Couto, professor at the Ohio State College of Veterinary Medicine, examines Cesca the greyhound on Oct. 11, while another greyhound, Aro, looks on.

    Last year I posted about a survey being carried out by Ohio State University into diseases in galgos. I contributed my experience with my galga Karmel and pemphigus foliaceous. Here’s a story by Sarah Pfledderer about Dr Guillermo Couto, whose department carried out the research.

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  • SOS Galgos Photo Competition – Night of the Galgos, Barcelona, 4th December

    Night of the Galgos – Barcelona – fundraiser for SOS Galgos

    Date: Saturday, December 4, 2010
    Place: City Hall – Rambla de Catalunya nº 4,Barcelona
    Time: 19.00 – 23.00 h

    There will be two events in one:

    1 art exhibition and then a Concert with Shakata and Tony Ronald

    Join in the photo competition, send a photo of your galgo by email; there are 5 categories:

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  • Galgo Gandalf, Podenca Mary, looking for their forever homes

    Read the latest news about Gandalf, a galgo x, rescued from being killed by Tina Solera, and podenca Mary, rescued by Charl del Rio at a petrol filling station. Gandalf is now in a foster home in Spain, Mary is being fostered by Galgos France. If you can offer either of these deserving dogs a forever home, contact Charl.

    Video of Gandalf in his foster home