Tag: Spain

  • Charity Fashion Show – Animals In Distress (A.I.D.) – 28th April 2012

    Saturday 28th April at the Wellington Centro de Cultura de España, Coin (Andalucia)
    (Upstairs in La Trocha Comercial Centre) – Show starts at 3.00pm – only a 3 Euro entry – Food and Drink available at the adjoining Restaurant.
    Come a bit earlier for a pre-show browse and find some great items on our stalls.
    Jewellery, scarfs, handbags, shoes and clothes for all occasions.
    Hair and make up is being sponsored by Arte Hair and Beauty.
    Commentary by Heart fm 96.1
    For more information contact 626 942 427.
    Help us to help the Animals

  • Bencarlo, Spain – cheap accommodation, no food included

    Bencarlo atrocity 250 2 2012Another killing of galgos!!! This time near Benicarló. This happened in February 2012. The corpses are partly burned and beneath the galgos are bones from earlier killings. IT´S ENOUGH, BASTARDS!!!

  • Torre del Campo, Jaen – galgo with Wobbler Syndrome?

    Lourdes galgo dys 3 250 4 2012Lourdes helps with a small association in Torre del Campo, Jaen. This galgo, now called Voyka, was recently rescued, and his movement is disco-ordinated. He has now been assessed by the vet and this is what Lourdes says.

    ‘I tooko Voyka to Jaén to test various things: the x-rays didn´t show anything in the head and the column but our vet thinks that it´s Wobbler syndrome

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  • A bird’s eye view on Spain, animals and owners!

    Prohitited_to_Abandon_250 PosterI’ve received this thought-provoking article on a view of life in Spain at the moment.

    Spain is a country which is on now its knees. It’s gone from dictatorship, to good presidency and bringing a country up on form and being recognised as a good place to be. From there, the previous government to the current one (voted in December 2011) brought bad practices into its own when they took over. The country became run down, the people suffer, but as always, the politicians walk away with clean hands and a tidy pension until death. To compound the negative results of that government’s actions, Spain was hit with the Global crisis.

    Read the full article here

  • El Galgo Espanol – from the heart

    Fepaex.org galgodonbenito 150El Galgo Espanol
    by Fiona Nicholson (copyright)

    Laughter and jeers pursue him
    as starvation no longer responds.
    His failure can’t be tolerated
    in this land
    of pleasure and fun.

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  • Torre del Campo galgo – beating the hunter

    Here is the latest news from Lourdes on the Torre del Campo galgo, which had received a heavy blow to his head, making his movement unco-ordinated.

    ‘My vet was with my little galgo boy this morning. She didn’t order a blood test because the lab just works on Tuesdays. Next week we’ll do it.

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  • Holidays in Toledo – hotels in Toledo……

    Sugus after op 250 3 3 2012You may remember Caramelo, dying underneath a tree in a village near Toledo. Rescued by Baas Galgo and now transforming into the beautiful galgo he is. This is another one found in the same village outside Toledo. He’s been named Sugus. Here’s what Baas Galgo say.

    ‘Cursed is the man who has deny you his support during the days that you are in these conditions. Leticia has stopped the car and has picked you up, you were walking this morning under a downpour, you were shivering, frightened, killed by the pain, wandering aimlessly…….. bastard who threw you away!

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  • 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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  • 120 galgos/podencos in Murcia – Pro-Setter organise the rescue

    Bullos Murcia pods 250 3 3 2012This video shows the conditions in which the dogs were kept; you will see some chained to walls, holes in the ground where they sleep, puppies….

    Tina Solera of Galgos del Sol says, ‘Pro-Setter Spain is co-ordinating the rescue. On 2nd March La Fortaleza, GdS, Andreas Animal Rescue & The Henrietta Foundation joined forces to rescue some of these dogs. Between us we took 14 out. The Henrietta Foundation has been a real rock to GdS throughout this rescue and the camp rescue. We could not do it without them. Pro-setter are co-ordinating this rescue, please contact them if you can take any dogs. They are doing a great job.’

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