The ever resourceful galgueros are always coming up with ideas of how to maltreat their loyal and long-suffering galgos L’Europe des Levriers reports on two cases which will make you weep for the pain these poor galgos suffered.
A miracle – recently two galgas managed to find their way to a shelter while they were dying. No doubt attracted by the smell of the food for the dogs, they walked a long way, under extreme suffering, relying on their survival instincts.
This is why circuses should be prohibited from using live animals. These two ponies and a lion are in the Arvizu Circus in Pamplona, Spain. The circus leaves in a few days – photos taken on 11th August. PLEASE WRITE AND PROTEST.
Sr. D. Francisco Arvizu y Górriz Garisoain y Moreda (clearly Arvizu is from this guys name!!) Arvizu is a town of Pamplona. This needs big publishings.
Enrique Maya Miranda (Mayor) Ayuntamiento de Pamplona. Plaza Consistorial, s/n 31001 – Pamplona (Navarra) – 948 420 100 – pamplona@pamplona.es Letter follows:
This little galgo pup was rescued from a rubbish bin in Seville. She is about 2 months old, has been named Bebe and is now in a special shelter for puppies, costing 4 euros/day. Help is now needed to find this little girl a foster and adoption home. If anyone can help, please contact direct.
Inma: macu19782010@hotmail.com and 665 80 91 69
M ª del Mar: maemar.sp @ gmail.com
Do you go to Malaga on holiday? Do you know the fight for life which goes on there – behind the beaches and bars? 112carlotagalgo is a small association which has been fighting for years for a better life for the Spanish galgos and podencos. They have dogs waiting for their forever homes now, here is the current position about two of them, Nora the Galga and Angela the Podenca.
‘The photo doesnt do her justice as to the delicate figure that she is. This is Nora! she weighs in at 15.kilos 70 a slight shadow of a galga. Brindle, scars and wounds.. she came to us on Thursday.
In the middle of December I posted one of many appeals about galgos dumped in Jerez perrera for killing – the Spanish hunting season was only half over! An email arrived in my Inbox from a lady in the UK who had her eye on one of the galgas and asking if I could arrange contact with someone nearby Jerez/Cadiz who could rescue her. As I’d already asked for a young one to be rescued for me, wheels were set in motion. The galgas were reserved – 3 and a puppy, and 112carlotagalgos travelled to the perrera to collect the dogs.
One of them, beautiful Risa, came to me for foster and rehoming – she is now with a lovely lady in northern France. Sadly the puppy became very ill and died. Holly, as the cream galga was named, was put into kennels, as was the other galga – who was very timid and lacking in confidence.
Message just in from Seville.
Good afternoon, We need help to catch a galga in Umbrete, Seville. The galga was abandoned about two months ago, but in recent weeks someone has been beaten or has run over and God knows. The fact is that the galga is now injured, has a leg hanging and getting worse by the minute. We need help to capture the galga…
This little galgo pup is Tigre, who had a gangrenous rear end; taken into the care of Pro-~Galgo, he is how ready for his forever home. Read the update here. Bless everyone involved in his care.
a light-hearted note – we went to a dog show last weekend. foster dog bracken won ‘best hunting dog’ – his uk passport is ready early september – and sahara and i won ‘dog looks most like its owner’ – poor sahara limped into the ring wondering why her leg was bandaged!
bracken was rescud injured by galgos del sol, sahara was saved from the cordoba killing station by l’europe des levriers – both under 2 years old at the time.
(still typing with one finger!)
look at this poor soul, her back leg useless. luckily Silvia of Galgo Connection Spain found a pocket in which to squeeze her….
As you know, I am not able to type much, as my right arm is immobile after a shoulder operation. I simply cannot keep up with the appeals which come in. But this is one from El Arca de Noe in Cordoba, which I have used a translator to be able to read in English. So please excuse that I haven’t been through it to correct the English, as I can only type with one finger!
UPDATE 28/7/2011 Baas Galgo now have 3 babies in Madrid, but the mama still hasn’t been caught
‘It is possible that we soon will leave on a bus or a plane and we leave to another country or city to continue not holding these things, because it is unbearable living with this.
