Galgo News

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  • Canicross in Murcia – Tina and galgo Guapo over the finishing line!

    Start line! 250 Tina’s done it – she’s run her first Canicross today. Here’s what she says.

    ‘We have done the canicross. We had a great day although was almost a non starter for us when the race organisers thought it was a good idea to let off a few cannons……. yep, clever stuff as the dogs went crazy and Guapo pulled me over on a bank he was so scared and then spent 1/2hr shivering. Well we got to the start line and once we were off, he really enjoyed it. We came 12th overall but not sure out of how many, I will wait for results! Thanks for all the sponsors!

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  • Greyhounds in Nood Belgium – helping the galgos

    Please take time to read this news from Greyhounds in Nood Belgium, another group who work tirelessly with volunteers in Spain to help the galgos. Regular trips are made by the team to work in the refuges and bring back dogs for rehoming. You will be horrified to see, towards the end, pictures of two galgos, burned alive on wasteground in Madrid, discovered shortly after gitanos had moved out.

  • 6 more galgos, saved by Pro-Galgo, fly to the US to their forever homes

    Mo Swatek of Pro-Galgo has had 2 visitors from Spain this week. A couple from America have today, 5th November, taken half a dozen galgos back to the US to new homes. Check out the pix on the Pro-Galgo website.

  • 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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  • Live in the UK? Please support this Early Day Motion to save racehorses

    I have been passionate about dogs and horses all my life. I still have two horses at my home in France; we have a lovely network of lanes and tracks to ride during the cool months of autumn, winter and spring – too much heat and too many flies in the summer!

    My home in Suffolk was a mere 25 miles from the world centre of horseracing – Newmarket. I have always been sickened by the overbreeding of racehorses and I absolutely hate horse racing – especially ‘over sticks’ as jump racing is called.

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  • Another petition for the galgos

    Here is another petition about the galgos. I am posting the link, but I have doubts about the accusation that dogs in perreras are clubbed to death. If anyone has any proof of this, I will be interested to receive it.

    http://www.thepetitionsite.com/180/please-help-to-save-the-galgos-in-spain