Tag: shelters

  • Jerez – death row – and the massacre continues! Shame on the galgueros!

    Jerez 1 01 2011 200 Yet again, another list of poor galgos and a podenco on death row in the Jerez killing station. Did you know there are two killing stations in Jerez – Jerez and Gesser, the latter is a private one and it is claimed that they look after the dogs in their care better, food and water provided.

    I have lost count of the number of galgo pictures sent to me this winter, of galgos in Jerez and Gesser and Mairena – all disposed of by the hunters………they couldn’t care less. Contact Maribel if anyone can help these pour souls.

    Jerez 2 01 2011 200 When will the Spanish government, regional and municipal councils, hunting and racing federations going to realise the power of the Internet, how much adverse publicity this gives to Spain? So many people vote with their feet and their purses now – won’t go on holiday in Spain and the Spanish islands, won’t buy food produced in Spain.

    Millions of Spaniards are unaware of this – why should the minority of hunters and bull fighters and other Spanish animal abusers erode the International image of this country. Always the same, the minority ruin life for the majority.

    Pray that there will be some corner, some shelter for these poor abused souls. But all of them are overflowing, submerged beneath the sheer mass of abandoned and injured dogs. Support them, in any of the appeals I run. Even 10 euros will help towards buying food, vaccinations etc.

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  • Galgo News Christmas card now on sale.

    Card designs 003 250 All proceeds donated towards paying veterinary fees and medical care for injured galgos in Spain. Wording inside is ‘Merry Christmas’ in 6 languages

    Small card 106 mm x 138 mm
    4,00 euros pack of 5 incl envelopes
    Plus postage Europe – 2,00 euros up to 3 packs, Rest of World – 3,00 euros up to 3 packs

    Large card 150 mm x 138 mm
    4,00 euros pack of 3 incl envelopes
    Plus postage Europe 2,50 euros up to 3 packs, Rest of World – 3,50 euros up to 3 packs

    Add 1,00 euro postage for more than 3 packs

    ORDER HERE

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  • Happy 3rd birthday Galgo News!

    Yes, 3 years since Craig and I launched Galgo News. Time to reflect on the past year, both highs and lows.

    High has definitely got to be the completion of my book and its launch – to date we’ve done 2 print runs, selling over 100 copies of the printed book and 10 ebooks. And I haven’t even started the next phase of promotion! I’ve just changed my publisher and am waiting to take collection of the next print run. The book has also now been translated into Spanish – publishing will start in January 2011. And a French translation is currently under way.

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  • Galgos dumped at El Paraiso perrera – volunteers work hard to save them

    People ‘on the ground’ in Spain will correct me if I am wrong, but it seems to me that there have been more abandoned galgos this year than before……..it seems to have been never ending all throughout the non-hunting season. And now there is news just in that upwards of 20 galgos have been taken to the El Paraiso perrera.

    Volunteers and associations are working round the clock to save them. Here’s what Charl del Rio says, after her visit to El Paraiso yesterday.

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  • Sponsor a dog on Lanzarote, Tenerife, Ibiza – the best Christmas present!

    It’s easy to overlook the problem for the abandoned dogs on the Spanish Islands, and so here’s a reminder of some of the associations who work extremely hard to save, care for and rehome these deserving animals. Podencos especially have a very hard life and their only hope of a future is off the islands on mainland Europe.

    With Christmas coming up, why not think about Sponsoring a Dog. Here are links to the associations on Tenerife, Lanzarote and Ibiza who really need your help.

    SARA-Lanzarote

    K9 Tenerife

    Ibizan Hound Rescue – contact Valerie Wood

  • 6 more galgos, saved by Pro-Galgo, fly to the US to their forever homes

    Mo Swatek of Pro-Galgo has had 2 visitors from Spain this week. A couple from America have today, 5th November, taken half a dozen galgos back to the US to new homes. Check out the pix on the Pro-Galgo website.

  • Galga Angie & Galgo Ruso – escape from Spain, rehomed in America

    3th November 2010, the day Angie and Ruso travelled to their forever homes in America. Here’s the latest pix. Read their stories on the links above.

    Angie & Ruso leaving for the US 2 11 2010 250

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