Introducing Romero. He was born in the wild in Murcia, no one knows what happened to his mother and siblings. Only 4 months old, he appeared one day with a badly injured hind leg, near a house. Food and water were put down for him, which he consumed after dark, when no humans were about. In terror and considerable pain, he survived in this way. One day he collapsed and was taken by Gaynor to her vet, who had to amputate his badly injured and infected hind leg.
Tag: Murcia
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Spanish galgo Romero, a survivor looking for his forever home
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Galgos del Sol – Sponsor a Kennel and donate to rescued galgos
Galgos del Sol is a new association in Murcia, founded by Tina Solera and her friend Gaynor. 5 Kennels are currently nearly completed – free labour, donated materials. These kennels will house the galgos which Tina is rescuing – everywhere she drives, there seems to be an abandoned galgo! Funds are desperately needed to pay for microchipping, vaccinating, castrating and feeding these galgos – donations to buy food especially needed at the moment.
Sponsor a Kennel is a scheme set up by Tina to help with running costs. From just 3 euros a month – more if you can afford it – you will get an update on the galgos in your particular kennel, their progress and efforts to rehome. We’re all feeling the pinch in the recession, rescued animals most of all. If you can help, please email Tina direct for information on how to Sponsor a Kennel.
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Update on Jerez Galgos – some still wait on death row in Cadiz – please help
Work has been going on ‘behind the scenes’ at GN to help rescue the current Jerez Galgos. I am pleased to tell you that 8 of them have already travelled to Valencia to Galgo Connection Spain and all are negative for the Mediterranean diseases.
Another 4 will be coming out on 24th December to Malaga and Asociacion para la Proteccion del Galgo Espanol – Charl del Rio. They will be going into a local kennels. These 4 need microchipping, vaccinating, castrating and blood testing, plus rent for the kennel.
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Help Galgos del Sol – shop via Easyfundraising and raise funds for galgos
If you shop online, here’s a new way to raise money and donate to save galgos. Tina Solera of Galgos del Sol explains.
‘Hello, Like to shop online and want to raise funds for Galgos del Sol at the same time, then this is how!
Just visit the Easyfundraising website using this link and register as a user. Easyfundraising provide links to the individual websites of over 2000 Brand retailers in the UK, all of whom are prepared to offer a donation to the charity of your choice when you link to their site via Easyfundraising and purchase online. The participating retailers include most well-known UK high street names like M&S, John Lewis, Debenhams and Boots, as well as Amazon, Argos and ebay plus a host of insurance and phone companies and supermarkets.
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Galgo Dino, 3 months old, in the care of El Arca de Noe Cordoba
This is Dino, 3 months old, abandoned in the street with an injured leg.
El Arca de Noe explain. ‘I present to you Dino, a beautiful galgo puppy that instead of worrying about eating, playing and sleeping like any baby is concerned with survival, with only 3 legs and one badly injured, abandoned in a very dangerous town in Cordoba.
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Animal Protection Service launched in Alicante, Spain
Just had this news in about an animal protection service launched in the Alicante area. It’s to be hoped they will have some ‘clout’ and be able to prosecute animal maltreatment cases. But it’s the problem of abandoned dogs with their microchips cut out which will be a difficult one to police. Still, it’s a start. Let’s wish them every success.
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Galga Twiggy, leg broken, shot by an air gun, saved by Pepis Refuge, Spain
This galga had her leg broken and was shot with an air rifle. She is being cared for at Pepis Refuge. This is her story.
‘The galga we have called Twiggy was found at Sado park hotel, Mollina, Malaga. She is 18mth old with a fantastic nature. She had her leg broken so it made it easier to shoot her with an air rifle, one pellet is deep into her stomach which cannot be removed as as an operation is too dangerous. The two pellets in her leg have been removed though the op has left a very large hole in her back leg. We are told she may never walk properly again.
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Lomas, Ulises and Jerez galgos – Silvia is their guardian angel in Valencia
This is Lomas, a handsome galgo picked up by Tina Solera. He has been to the vet, is now with Silvia in Valencia for treatment for filaria. He was full of ticks too, but the vet thinks, as he is muscular, that he has been running up until recently. He is in a foster home and, when the filaria test is negative, he will be looking for his forever home.
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Spanish Galgos Ulises, Maisey, Luna from El Paraiso – please donate to vet fees
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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El Paraiso Galgos – please help!
The news is bad…..these 14 galgos will be euthanaised any day now! The associations who were supposed to be taking some haven’t turned up! Charl del Rio is heading there now to collect a couple but she can’t take more – can’t anyone out there help. I know the refuges and shelters are full to bursting, but please can’t someone get the galgos out? And I know, there will be dozens of other needy dogs in there, on death row. But on GN it’s the galgos and podencos we want to save. Other associations are there to take care of rescuing other breeds. And my heart bleeds for all the mixed breed dogs who don’t stand any chance of being saved.
Please, someone help these galgos. Contact Charl del Rio Vera T R
UPDATE 27 11 2010
I now know that 8 of these galgos have been rescued from being killed, unconfirmed that possibly all of them have been.