Galgo News

Tag: Murcia

  • Navarra perrera – podencos on death row – hunting dogs don’t deserve to die!

    Urgent – podencos, setters and other hunting dogs in the Navarra – can anyone save any?

  • GalgoConnectionSpain – help save Draco, a Jerez killing station survivor

    Draco 2 Silvia 02 2011 250 Jerez has two perreras, one municipal and one privately owned. This winter it has been difficult to keep up with the numbers of dogs in these places, especially galgos and some podencos. I haven’t been able to post them all on GN, but suffice to say that a few dozen have been taken out by rescue associations, before being killed. They range in age from a 5 month old podenca (Angela) to 1 and 2 year olds up to the mama breeding machines, 7 years upwards. Some of them are negative to diseases, others develope them after rescue and some are at the stage of simply wanting to give up on life.

    Draco is one poor boy, thin, sick and with a body covered in scars.

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  • Galgo Ken, surviving and fighting his way back to health – thanks Galgos del Sol

    Ken_rehab_3 18 02 2011 250 Yesterday I linked to an update on Nicholas, a great galgo survivor. Today I give you an update on Ken, another brave soul fighting to regain his health after being hit from behind by a vehicle. He has now been operated on and the vet is happy that there is now feeling in Ken’s back legs, and he is not in pain. Galgos del Sol continue to work closely with the vet and Ken – but it’s costly both in time, emotion and vet fees. If you can help with vet fees, donate by credit card to UK bank or Paypal to tinasolera@hotmail.co.uk.

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  • Podenca Angela – sadly did not survive.

    Sad news today – little podenca puppy Angela, rescued from the Jerez perrera, succumbed to parvo disease earlier in the week and died this morning. At least for the last month of her life, she knew the feel of caring hands, had regular meals, was loved and received the best of vet care. Thank you everyone for giving her a chance.

  • Galga Gaby finds her forever home

    LALI Tina Solera 250 Among the galgos rescued in Murcia at the end of the winter 2010 hunting season was a brindle bitch, living rough in a series of pipes. Tina Solera set out to catch her, but that was easier said than done. Over two weeks went by, the galga evading capture until one day she was spotted sharing a pizza with a little girl. Tina gave a collar and leash to the girl, who got the collar over the galga’s head, and at last she could be taken to the refuge.

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  • More galgos injured after abandonment – please help with operation costs

    Ken_001 10 02 2011 250 At the other end of the refuge spectrum from Scooby is Galgos del Sol, newly created although the team have been saving galgos for a while. Two galgos have just arrived, Ken, victim last night of a hit and run, and Jenny, with a broken leg. Here’s what Tina Solera says about them.

    This is Ken. He was hit by a car from behind. His spinal colum has crushed together and he needs a big operation…. 1000 euros. Also Jenny, with a broken leg. She needs an operation…..approx 600 euros.

    Galgos del Sol desperately need funds to pay for these operations. Please help and donate by Paypal to tinasolera@hotmail.co.uk or, if you live in the UK, to the association bank account – details on this link

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    UPDATE

    Ken has now been operated on, we wait to see how his recovery progresses. Please donate to the vet fees.

    Ken after op 11 02 2011 250

  • Zaragoza Killing Station – podencos need saving – please help

    Podenca Zaragoza 1 08 2011 250 The hunting season is now over and hunters are getting rid of their ‘4-footed tools’!
    These are the Perricos to be slaughtered in a few days at the Zaragoza perrera. This is the appeal I received

    ‘We are only two volunteers who have many dogs in kennels which we pay the fees and we can’t take any more dogs. We have all this responsibility on our shoulders and we desperately need adopters for the dogs in our care, and more so we need special people who can rescue these young podencos before they are sacrificed in a few days.

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  • Pleas on behalf of Podencos – hung, injured, starving, abandoned – Shame on the hunters!

    La Linea hanged with trap 1 02 2011 250 Here are some more podencos, abandoned, injured – one hung by a steel strap, another found with a metal collar, starving, needing help. Even two podenco puppies in a perrera in Seville! The hung podenco is at La Linea shelter in Cadiz, as is the old one abandoned at a petrol station. Adopt from La Linea through Podencoworld
    Contact here for the starving podenco at La Cazalla, 70km from Seville, and contact here for the puppies in the perrera in Seville. If anyone can help………..

    La Linea starving pod 1 02 2011 250

    Starving podenco 1 Seville 02 2011 250

    Seville perrera puppies 02 2011 250

  • Extremadura hunters – Fepaex says ‘take responsibility for your dogs!’

    Extremadura hunter fepaex.org 02 2011 250
    Podencos and galgos both suffer unimagineable cruelty at the hands of the Spanish hunters and gitanos – Spanish gypsies. Most publicity comes from the regions of Andalucia and Murcia, as well as the Spanish Islands Ibiza and the Canary Islands. However, the Spanish interior including the region of Extremadura is also hell on earth for galgos and podencos. Here is a report from Fepaex – Federacion de Protectoras de Animales de Extremadura.

    THE PROBLEM for HUNTING DOGS in EXTREMADURA = Irresponsible HUNTERS + passive and complicit

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  • Galgo in Seville perrera, curled up waiting to die – the real Seville!

    Seville perrera 1 02 2011 200 This poor galgo is in the Seville perrera. Contacts here if anyone can help, I know, everyone is full to bursting and with the latest threat from the bastard hunters, the situation won’t improve. But I have to appeal on his behalf.

    CONTACTO ACOGIDAS-ADOPCIONES: perrosurgentes@hotmail.com

    CONTACTO PARA AMADRINAR: mariajomeana@hotmail.com

    This boy is now saved. Hallelujah!