Tag: suffering

  • Galga Reka – suffering in Seville

    Reka head 250 11 2011This beautiful galga is Reka. You will see her terrible injuries below. She was found a week ago, the injuries were not fresh, and smelled, it was not known how long she had been suffering like this. She was exhausted, hungry and ready to give up when found.

    Ana from Gran Familia tells the story. ‘She had to be anaesthetised in order to clean up and sew these ugly wounds, the leg muscle has been joined from behind but possibly she will be left with a slight limp. She had some internal bleeding and a torn vulva, which would intimate she was pregnant. It is difficult to imagine how these injuries happened but Reka has had to stay in the vet clinic to have her wounds treated.

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  • El Paraiso Galgos – please help!

    The news is bad…..these 14 galgos will be euthanaised any day now! The associations who were supposed to be taking some haven’t turned up! Charl del Rio is heading there now to collect a couple but she can’t take more – can’t anyone out there help. I know the refuges and shelters are full to bursting, but please can’t someone get the galgos out? And I know, there will be dozens of other needy dogs in there, on death row. But on GN it’s the galgos and podencos we want to save. Other associations are there to take care of rescuing other breeds. And my heart bleeds for all the mixed breed dogs who don’t stand any chance of being saved.

    Please, someone help these galgos. Contact Charl del Rio Vera T R

    UPDATE 27 11 2010

    I now know that 8 of these galgos have been rescued from being killed, unconfirmed that possibly all of them have been.

  • Good news from Pro-Galgo about this poor galga with a severe case of mange

    Ch 8 3 Dibujo[1] terrible mange 0110 250Do you remember this galga, virtually bald from a severe case of mange. She was rescued and nursed back to health by Mo Swatek of Pro-Galgo, and has now been rehomed.

    You can read the original story here

    And see the updated pictures of her in her forever home here