Galgo News

Tag: puppy

  • Seville – galgo puppy with gangrene! The abuse continues!

    Galgo rotten bottom 1 11 02 2011 250 We’ve already had puppy Marisol, rescued and nursed back to health by Baas Galgo, now we have this poor little puppy, starving, wounds to his eyes, and gangrene in his rear end! Here’s his story.

    ‘TIGRE, 5 month old galgo, suffering wounds and gangrene to his rear end and tail. Another story from Seville! Some boys in my village told me about him, very ill, and I could not believe his rear end. The tail ws completely rotten and infection had already reache the top of the tail to his spine, his anus and anal passage was inflamed and infected, wounds all over his body.

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  • Galgo Dino, 3 months old, in the care of El Arca de Noe Cordoba

    Maribel puppy 3 18 12 2010 250 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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  • 4 month old galgo puppy – help Baas Galgo with her recovery

    Marisol 2 Sandra Bas 12 2010 250 This is Marisol, the latest victim of cruelty and abandon taken in by the BaasGalgo Association. Weep with me for the suffering of this little creature and for the courage of Leticia who has her in her care.

    ‘Marisol is only four months old and already she is suffering from severe rickets, scabies, mange, malnutrition, bone problems, and to top it all she has a bad fever and her condition is critical. Marisol was found on the morning of the 9th of December in front of the entrance to the LIDL supermarket in Torrijos (Toledo).

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  • Galgo puppy saved from hanging in Spain – educating the young is one answer

    Diana, an erstwhile fundraiser for Scooby Medina, has just returned from another trip to the centre. She has posted this story on her blog, about a young girl who rescued a galgo puppy from being hung. The low life Spaniard who was about to hang the dog is the type who would have killed the dog whatever its breed, and unfortunately there are tens of thousands of these men all over the world who would kill a dog without a second thought.

    It’s nice to be able to post a positive story, illustrating how educating the younger generations in every country that animal cruelty is not acceptable is a positive step.

  • Galgo puppy Peritas, now Ulisses, living in Madrid

    Do you remember the little puppy Peritas, saved by Tina Solera. He was rehomed in Madrid. Here is a delightful video of him. How I wish all galgo puppies could have such a wonderful life away from the horrors of life with a Spanish galguero.

  • Podenca Minerva in Seville looking for a forever home

    Minerva6-150x150 250 And another gorgeous podenca rescued last month and looking for her forever home.

    Minerva in Roman mythology, among other things, goddess of wisdom. And our podenquita proved to be very wise when she decided that she should continue to the door of the house of Angel and his girlfriend. Somehow she knew they would take her.

    Our kids spent hours and hours ridding her of a lot of parasites, they gave her a bath and after a hearty meal, Minerva, as a baby calm and confident, fell asleep. On waking we have found a sweetheart.

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