Some of the galgos in the Villa del Rio are under the care and control of L’Europe des Levriers, the French association with whom I work closely and from whom I have adopted my 3 galgas, plus them helping me get my little Podenca Andaluz Bebe from Seville.
Some of their puppies in one bed died, but there are others – Noche, Jade, Scarlette, Pucca – Cristina, Vice President of EDL, went from Madrid down to Cordoba and brought back some of the dogs, who are now in kennels which need paying for.
This starving skeletal galgo is wandering the streets of Badajoz, next to a very busy highway; barely strength to stand; a volunteer is now taking him food and water but has nowhere to put him. Has anyone room foe him? xana.50@hotmail.es
UPDATE – FEPAEX have taken him in, he is no longer lost and on the street.
I was told a story by some friends who have been in Southern Spain for a few months. They were helping to catch a podenca living rough with her puppies at the side of a road, scavenging around rubbish bins to survive. It took over two weeks to catch them, the puppies first. Unfortunately during this time, one of the puppies got onto the road and was knocked down. The driver did not stop, but the car behind did, pulled into the side of the road and went to rescue the pup. Before he could, the Guardia Civil pulled up, told the young Dutch driver he couldn’t park, taken away and fined 200 euros. They weren’t interested in the injured puppy.
It managed somehow to draw itself off the road and hide and was eventually found and taken to the vet. Sadly it died.
Beatriz Menchén is another dedicated fighter against the slaughter of dogs and cats in kennels in Spain and has worked helping animals for more than 15 years. She believes in protecting animals, not euthanasia, and has managed the animal shelter in Getafe, a large area of Madrid. The Council of Getafe has given shelter to an exterminator company that kills dogs. Many dogs have lost their lives in the hands of this company. Beatriz tried to stop these unnecessary deaths, but her words were not heeded, so she has now begun a hunger strike.
If you want to support her,
What a beautiful face. Another gorgeous galga abandoned and injured on the streets of Cuenca. Here is her story.
‘Emy was brought to us this morning from Cuenca. Emilio picked her up last night, completely terrified with a large wound in her leg. She had been wandering for several days tghrough the town but no one had stopped to help, not uncommon in this country of savages.
Vanessa Luque has sent this appeal for homes for mother and daughter galgas which are currently in a refuge in Madrid, are becoming very introverted and withdrawn. Here’s what she says.
‘I usually publicise our dogs through my website and my Facebook profile … but there are now so many dogs in the kennels and it is causing problems. So I am appealing for these two galgas, an urgent rehoming case.
This is Phiby, 3 years old, very affectionate, great with other dogs and cats. Doesn’t like hunting! Has tested negative in leismania, erliquia, chipada and sterilized, comes with adoption contract and monitoring, is in foster in Madrid. Is there an association who has someone who would adopt him forever?
Every day I receive emails from Spain, galgos and podencos dumped, abandoned, injured, or hunters taking them to the perreras to be killed or to the shelters and threatening to kill the dogs if the volunteers don’t take them. Day in and day out, the pressure is never ending. I have lost count of how many dogs I have been told about in Jerez, Gesser, Mairena, Cordoba, Seville, Malaga perreras. Last weekend I drove down to the Spanish border and, along with a couple of other cars, brought back 20 galgos and a couple of podencos…many of them are now in foster and awaiting forever homes.
Here are a couple of the latest appeals
