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  • Portugal – hell for galgos too

    Portugal galga pup 250 1 10 2012Here’s a story of a galga and puppies in Portugal. Whilst there are not so many galgos there, these hounds often suffer. Matt Lightfoot tells the tale.

    ‘Mum in the pictures belongs to an alcoholic (the man that killed the other pups). One of the female pups will replace the mum as breeding stock, and this lovely lady will be handed over to Teresa (volunteer rescuer) once the pups are weaned. She is extremely emaciated and Teresa has already left him a 10Kg bag of dog food, but the galga needs special nursing, high energy feed (like Royal Canin starter) or she won’t survive feeding these puppies.

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  • Visit Seville – see the real Seville

    Macu Seville puppy 250 9 2012Province of Seville – September 2012 – the hellish life for galgos continues. This report from Macu, another incredible volunteer who works tirelessly to save the galgos and podencos from a hunting and gypsy village.

    A report came to her about many animals in deplorable conditions a village of galgueros. A brave woman, she has been going to this village for 3 years to save dogs, she denounces them all the time and yet the authorities do nothing – Nada, Nada, she says! There is a galgo puppy, a 3 year old galga with a bad hip and a galga which was in danger of being stolen!

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  • Huelva and Badajoz – babies in danger

    Galguitos_de_Uuelva_II 200Two appeals here for galgo puppies loose, ready for the hunters to grab them! These puppies are at Punta, Huelva. The adults are nearby but frightened but protective of their babies. Contact if anyone can help catch the adults; then the babies. valverdeanimal@valverdeanimal.es or moloquenoveas@hotmail.com

    The second appeal – these three beauties are in Badajoz, Extremadura. Residents have complained about them being around (so why don’t they take them in?!)

    They are about 2 months old, sociable, playful, loving. We need fosters for them urgently, to get them off the streets. Please contact. ro-cado@hotmail.com firstly o r xana.50@hotmail.es

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  • Another petition to sign – please do, every little helps

    Danielle Hart writes ‘ I started a petition on AVAAZ calling on the Spanish government to make strict laws to protect the Galgos. When I reach a desired number of signatures, I will need to send it to the Spanish Prime Minister.’

    http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Stop_the_barbaric_and_cruel_treatment_of_Spanish_hunting_dogs/?launch

  • Strasbourg, Madrid, Barcelona – supporting the galgos on 10th June 2012

    Latest news on the Manifestation organised by the galgo rescue association in the Vosges CREL in Strasbourg on 9th June 2012. Madrid and Barcelona are now joining in! Read below in Spanish and English. I’ve got my transport sorted out, will be travelling to Strasbourg tomorrow and back home on Sunday – 9 hrs each way with a pee stop, over 1,800 kms!

    Thank you to CREL and everyone else involved in organising this tremendous event. Let’s hope we make enough noise to get some action!

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  • Dogs out, dogs in – busy time at Association 112carlotagalgos

    Ana sofa 250 5 2012It’s a busy time at the moment at 112carlotagalgos in Malaga. Two of their rescued and rehabilitated galgos Bruno and Halo have now headed off to Belgium and forever homes, Polyana and Gandalf are settling into their new homes in the UK, and podenca Angela Angelica heads off to the USA tomorrow (28th May) and her forever family. But 3-legged beauty Ana is still waiting – surely there is a place in someone’s heart for this stunning podenca.

    The latest two new arrivals are podenco Apolo and galga Marci and you can read their stories on this link. If you can donate towards their vet fees, Paypal comdelrio@hotmail.com

  • Zaragoza perrera denounced – Seprona takes action

    Podenca Zaragoza 1 08 2011 250Seprona investigated the work methods in the perrera in Zaragoza, in reaction to several denuncias made by animal protection organisations. They found that euthanasia was performed without anaesthesia, animals were put alive in freezers to die: mainly pups and cats. Seprona handed their investigation reports to the authorities on May 2, 2012, they want the owner to be prosecuted for violating the law on protection of flora, fauna and domestic animals. Report in Spanish.

    I am somewhat surprised to read this, as the vet there has worked to help associations publicise dogs for adoption, and facilitate adoptions. Also, I would be very interested to hear from someone who works in a perrera, dealing daily with the killing of dogs and cats. How do they cope with it, how long are the able to work in that job?

  • Conil lde la Frontera, Cadiz – Costa de Luz – Urgent Help!

    Another desperately urgent appeal: Andrew Townsend Date: Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 10:28 AM
    Subject: Galgos in need

    I am Secretary of Happy Ending – Final Feliz in Cadiz, Spain. I am looking for some help. Yesterday I found 5 Galgos on public land in Conil de la frontera (out
    of sight from most people near a river). They are in a poor state and
    in a stinking”kennel” surrounded by shit and rubbish. Four in one and
    one alone.

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  • La Bienvenida, Ciudad Real – moving date Easter, no room for all the dogs!

    300 meeting KarmelThis story is particularly sad for me. La Bienvenida, Cuidad Real, is the first refuge I visited in Spain and from where I adopted my first galga, Karmel (pic is my first meeting with her). The refuge is 200km south of Madrid.Protectora La Bienvenida

    The shelter will move to a new building around Easter. That sounds nice and it is,but not for all the dogs: because at the moment there are many more dogs then there should be, it means that lots of them cannot go into the new shelter!!
    It means they have nowhere to go !!

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  • Closing down a bad perrera – creates more problems than it solves

    Mairena perrera death row 4 1109 250Closing down a perrera does not solve any problems, it simply creates more problems. Many perreras keep the dogs and cats on death row in reasonably clean conditions, with food and water. They are also happy to allow adoptions of the animals, to give them a second chance of life. Other perreras keep the animals in atrocious conditions, as we know from publicity on the Internet.

    At the end of the day, improving the conditions for animals in the bad perreras should be the priority, not closing them down. I posted a link to an appeal organised by a third party to close down Mairena perrera but stated that I did not agree with it. Comments further down the post also confirmed that other people agreed there are preferable solutions.

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