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.
Tag: Spain
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Tigre – galgo pup with gangrenous bottom – update
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Things to do with galgos! Sod the galgueros who wanted to kill ours
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!)
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Lost, alone and starving – safe now with Silvia, Galgo Connection Spain
look at this poor soul, her back leg useless. luckily Silvia of Galgo Connection Spain found a pocket in which to squeeze her….
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Cordoba – galga mama & puppies in desperate need – Arca de Noe appeal
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.
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Hunting in Spain, on horseback, with dogs –
This link is to a Spanish hunting federation. Whilst I curse every breath these men and women take, if you watch the video, you will see what hunting with galgos is all about. Not only does a hare have to run for its life, but the bloody hunters riding horses….knacker the horses’ feet and legs on the hard ground – the horses will feel so much pain after the gallop and they are probably lame for weeks, if not permanently. More horse meat for the Italian market? (Apologies to my Italian readers, but where else will the knackered horses go?) Hey, and you horse riders like me, what sort of crap riding seat has this woman hunter?!! Seat too far back on the saddle, so pressure on the horse’s kidneys, legs too short for a gallop, toes pointing forward, not sitting balanced in the centre of the saddle……grrrrrr – crap rider.
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Looking for accommodation in Spain?
As I said once before, sometimes my headings can seem somewhat contrary to what I could put, but I’m after the search engines picking up the posts and hopefully educating people who might be thinking of holidaying in Spain that there is a dark side to many parts.
Perreras of Spain
http://www.perrerasdenunciadas.es.tl/
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.195460073833153
http://www.mundoanuncio.com/anuncio/no_los_compres_adoptalos_estan_en_una_de_las_peores_perreras_de_espana_olivenza_badajoz_muriendose_en_las_propias_jaulas_1172329943.htmlhttp://stopalmaltratoanimal.blogspot.com/2010/07/perreras-de-espana-la-verguenza.html
Thanks to Judy for sending this one to me.
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Palencia – sign the Spanish petition – Amigos de Milord
This is a Spanish petition raised by the association Amigos de Milord. This is the link to the petition. If you highlight the page and right click, then click on Translate, you can read it in English. If you then click on the weblink at the bottom of the page – this one – you can read about the association and the work it does in Palencia.
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Accommodation in Malaga? Greta has found an excellent place!
This is a story about a rescued galga who is in the care of Charl and Dioni in Malaga. She was rescued in Alicante and is now in Malage for rehabilitation. Greta’s story in Charl’s words.
‘Introducing Greta!
It’s taken me time to write about Greta, its common when we receieve a galgo to write about them, but Greta .. Greta while all galgos have a story Greta drew me in and needed to be understood before I could write anything about her.
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Transport from Spain to Germany – dogs and cats die in the heat!
With the open borders in Europe policy, it is easy for anyone to travel to Spain and take a dog out of a perrera to home in another country. There are no checks at the border, and the animals, dogs especially, are adopted in all innocence by someone who then finds themself with a sick animal. It is instances such as this which caused Belgium, two years ago, to threaten to accept imported dogs,
At the end of June this year, 20 dogs and cats died whilst being transported from southern Spain to Germany. Pro-Galgo have the story.
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Letter-writing campaign – join in – Spanish government, embassies….
Please copy and send this letter to the Spanish government, provincial governments and Spanish embassies around the world. You will find the addresses in the links at the end of the letter. I realise you are all busy people, but it is important that we keep up the pressure on Spain to do something about the mass abandonment of hunting dogs every year.
I realise also that postage is expensive if you are sending a dozen letters but, again, it’s not a lot of money if we can help make a difference, and help the noble volunteers in Spain and the Spanish islands every year all year with the mass abandonment of dogs.
Would associations also please link in and ask their members and supporters to join in. We need letters to go out in their hundreds – thousands would be even better!