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  • Christmas for a galgo

    Seville perrera galgo 250 4 12 2015Yet another heartless bastard galguero…this poor galgo being dragged by its owner in Seville perrera, peeing on the floor the entire way, so scared. What did you do to displease your owner poor Galgo? Maybe you did nothing wrong but there is just no room for you anymore. You are innocent, you are loyal but it does not matter.

    While we rightfully focus on the horrid cases of abuse and abandonment that fill the pages on the internet and their rescue, especially at this time of year, sadly the stark reality is that the vast, vast majority of Galgos and Podencos find this as their final fate. If they are not taken care of by the hand of their owner they will be dropped off, or in this case dragged, in to a perrera where most will find the needle as the final reward for their innocence.

    The tip of the iceberg that we all see is tragically overwhelmed by the realities of the part underneath the surface.

  • Why have a dog?

    Galgo Post 250 1 15 11 2015Can you imagine the bad luck this poor boy has had in his 2 year life?! Angie Robinson tells his story.

    ‘This is POST. We’ve seen him before in the Valencia perrera municipal….. He was found wandering last year and picked up by the dog catchers, and then later retrieved by the owner. He was found again, last week, wandering alone with a broken chain still around his neck where he had broken free. We understand that he was kept on a plot of land chained up, living outside. This time, the owner has signed him over with permission to sacrifice. POST is CESE – this means that when a kill list is drawn up, the CESE dogs that are entered by owner will be at the top of the sacrifice list.

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  • Galga Kira – victim of a hit and run – please help with the vet bill

    Lynn galga 5 250This is a story which could happen to any of us. Lynn Pauloudros does a lot of work helping galgos and podencos from her home in France. She now finds herself – through no fault of her own nor that of her galga – with a huge vet bill. She is running an auction on facebook to raise funds to pay for the treatment for her galga, but I am appealing here for help for her too. Please, if you can help, donate to her here.

    Lynn explains. ‘I rescued Kira from Olivenza perrera, she is about 7-8 years old. She had to be operated on when I got her in 2014 because she had been shot with a shotgun and the wound never healed. There was a pocked of pus under her muscles and half her tail had to be amputated. She also only has 3 toes on a front foot.

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  • IMPORTANT WARNING: ALL SHELTERS WITH HUNTING DOGS/GALGOS/PODENCOS, ETC.

    Morocco%20Track%20Kennels 200Please share this warning.

    We’ve been asked to put the following message on our Page with this warning:

    “With this message I want to alert you that there are currently serious efforts to recruit hunting and greyhounds from shelters, rescue organizations, foundations and associations, for use in hunting in Morocco.

    Thus, our animals rescued from hell in Spain end up in the same hell in Morocco.

    Would you please distribute this far and wide within your ranks, so that each one can be alert to and avoid this happening to their rescued hunting dogs?

    Thank you very much.’

  • Are galgos carriage hounds?

    Carriage training galgos 3 190The Junta in Andalucia had no regard for the health and well being of galgos when they rescinded the law banning hounds being trained from motorised vehicles – whether vans, 4×4, quad bikes, motorbike. This ignoramus would have got round the ban anyway…can you believe this?!! How close are those galgos to the carriage wheels! They don’t stand a chance if he puts the horse into trot!!! I’d like to rope him to the back of that cart….seen in the area of Pepis Dog Refuge, Pedrera, Seville!

    You may just be able to see there are 3 dogs – the chain of the white one in the middle is going over the carriages leaf springs, and the only way for that poor dog to get on the inside again is to get right beside that carriage wheel!

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  • Valladolid perrera – Scooby to the rescue

    Scooby 250 3 25 8 2015From Cobie at Scooby Residencia Valladolid.

    Meet puppy Joseph jr. rescued 25/8/2015 from the perrera in Valladolid by Scooby. Was he born with this or has he had 2 broken front legs without them being treated? Or maybe he was taken too soon from his mother, as usually, and is this because of malnutrition? We don´t know yet but if it can be fixed, Scooby will fix it and if not, we will find him a goodhearted family who is not looking for a `perfect`galgo but for one who needs a loving family because the heart is all that matters most!

    We took 2 other galgos at the same time.

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  • Dumped in trash bin…no 3

    Galgo pup dumpster 170 30 7 2015The horror for the dogs goes on. Having reported two separate stories of galgo pups being dumped in rubbish bins…here’s a third one, now saved.

    Outrageous! Until when are we going to have to keep living these situations??

    This morning (30/7/2015) we were in the car when we saw a group of people with two Guardia Civile looking in a dumpster. We stopped immediately because we feared the worst. And so it was, a galguita pup about 3 months had been lying in the dumpster in a bag.

    Poor baby, being inside of the bag and nearly 40 degrees of temperature. Immediately I communicate to the Guardia Civile that we are a rescue and, even though at first they put to us a million questions! Finally we get the puppy to the vet.

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  • Mia Galga. seeking a special person

    Rosemary McD Mia 250 7 2015A beautiful galga needing a special forever home. Rosemary explains.

    ‘This is Mia, she is with us in a very small family run kennels. However she has come as far as she will there and needs to move into foster where she will get more one to one attention and bring her on the rest of the way It would be better if she went to someone with experience of dogs that are nervous? All her costs are covered, she is very good with other dogs.’

    Contact Rosemary, near Valencia

  • Galga Valentina at Last Hope Dog Rescue, Murcia

    Last Hope Valentina 250 1 4 2015This beautiful galga is called Valentina. Irene Allen of Last Hope Dog Rescue in Murcia tells her story.

    We rescued this beautiful galga on Valentines day, she found her way up the road towards our finca . She is just over one year old and full of fun,loves giving you kisses and not traumatised at all . She is negative for all med diseases and lives in the house with all our dogs, from small shih Tzu to German Shepherd to many many podencos. We have 49 dogs here now eek!! She is just a wonderful galga.

    If you can offer Valentina the wonderful forever home she deserves, please contact Last Hope. Lasthopedogrescue@outlook.com

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  • Spanish animal rescue association – changing people’s minds

    Interesting article. Another example of how the Spanish are trying to change attitudes to animal cruelty and neglect.