Galgo News

Tag: Valencia

  • Lost, alone and starving – safe now with Silvia, Galgo Connection Spain

    Silvia galgo puppy 2 250 25 7 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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  • List of Spanish Government and autonomous government addresses

    Source http://madrid.angloinfo.com/countries/spain/contacts5.asp

    (The most important addresses are the Prime Minister, the Minister of the Environment, Minister of Tourism and the Minister of Education, Culture & Sport – I’ve highlighted them)

    THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE
    Complejo de la Moncloa.
    28071 Madrid
    SPAIN

    Tel.: 91 335 35 35.

    MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT
    Pl. Infanta Isabel,
    1-28071 Madrid
    Spain

    Tel. 91 347 53 68 57 24

    MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT
    Pl. San Juan de la Cruz, s/n
    28071 Madrid
    SPAIN

    Tel: 91 597 60 00

    MINISTRY OF TOURISM
    C/Capitan Haya 41
    28071 Madrid
    Spain

    Tel. 91 346 27 62

    MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR
    C/ Pº de la Castellana, 5 y Amador de los Ríos, 7
    28071 Madrid
    SPAIN

    Tel: 91 537 10 00

    MINISTRY OF INTERNAL DEVELOPMENT
    Pº de la Castellana, 67
    28071 Madrid
    SPAIN

    Tel: 91 597 70 00

    MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
    Pº de la Castellana, 162
    28071 Madrid
    SPAIN

    Tel: 91 583 74 00

    MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORT
    c/ Alcalá, 34
    28071 Madrid
    SPAIN

    Tel:91 701 80 00

    Autonomous Governments (I’ve highlighted the most important ones)

    GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA
    (Government of Catalonia)
    Plaza de San Jaime, s/n
    Barcelona
    SPAIN

    Tel.93 318 34 88

    GOBIERNO VASCO
    (Basque Government)
    Palacio Ajuria-Enea
    Vitoria
    SPAIN

    Tel.945 01 79 00

    JUNTA DE GALICIA
    (Galician government)
    Edificio Administrativo San Caetano
    15704 Santiago de Compostela
    SPAIN

    Tel.981 54 54 00

    COMUNIDAD AUTONOMA DE CANTABRIA
    (Autonomous Community of Cantabria)
    C/ Casimiro Sáinz, 4
    39003 Santander
    SPAIN

    Tel. 942 20 71 00

    PRINCIPADO DE ASTURIAS
    (Principality of Asturias)
    C/ Suárez de la Riva, 11
    33071 Oviedo
    SPAIN

    Tel.985 10 67 67

    JUNTA DE ANDALUCIA
    (Government of Andalucia)
    Avda. de Roma, s/n
    41071 Sevilla
    SPAIN

    Tel. 95 503 55 00

    REGION DE MURCIA
    (Murcia Region)
    Palacio de San Esteban
    c/Acislo Díaz, s/n
    30071 Murcia
    SPAIN

    Tel. 968 36 20 00

    DIPUTACION GENERAL DE ARAGON
    (Government of Aragon)
    Pº Maria Agustin, 36
    50071 Zaragoza
    SPAIN

    Tel. 976 71 40 00

    JUNTA DE COMUNIDADES DE CASTILLA-LA MANCHA
    (Government of Castilla-La Mancha)
    Palacio de Fuensalida
    Plaza del Conde, 2
    45071 Toledo
    SPAIN

    Tel. 925 26 76 00

    GENERALITAT DE VALENCIA
    (Government of Valencia)
    c/ Caballeros, 2
    46071 Valencia
    SPAIN

    Tel. 96 386 61 00

    COMUNIDAD AUTONOMA DE LA RIOJA
    (Autonomous Community of La Rioja)
    c/ Vara del Rey, 3
    26071 Logroño
    SPAIN

    Tel. 941 29 11 00

    JUNTA DE EXTREMADURA
    (Government of Extremadura)
    Plaza del Rastro, s/n
    06800 Mérida
    SPAIN

    Tel. 924 00 34 38
    Website

    GOBIERNO DE CANARIAS
    (Government of the Canary Islands)
    Pl. Dr. Rafael O’Shanahan, 1
    35004 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
    CANARY ISLANDS

    Tel. 928 45 21 00

    JUNTA DE CASTILLA Y LEON
    (Government of Castilla y León)
    c/ Santiago Alba, 1
    47008 Valladolid
    SPAIN

    Tel. 983 41 11 00

    COMUNIDAD AUTONOMA Y GOBIERNO DE LAS ISLAS BALEARES
    (Autonomous Community and Government of the Balearic Islands)
    La Llotja de Mar, 3
    07012 Palma de Mallorca
    IBIZA

    Tel.971 17 65 65

    COMUNIDAD DE MADRID
    (Community of Madrid)
    Puerta del Sol, 7
    28013 Madrid
    SPAIN

    Tel. 91 580 42 60

    GOBIERNO DE NAVARRA
    (Government of Navarre)
    Palacio de Navarra,
    Avda. San Ignacio,1
    31002 Pamplona
    SPAIN

    Tel.948/42 77 76

    CIUDAD AUTONOMA DE CEUTA
    (Autonomous City of Ceuta)
    Plaza de Africa, s/n
    51701 Céuta
    SPAIN

    Tel. 956 52 82 00

    CIUDAD AUTONOMA DE MELILLA
    (Autonomous City of Melilla)
    Pl. de España, 1
    52801 Melilla
    SPAIN

    Tel. 95 269 91 00

    Link to a list of Spanish embassies throughout the world

  • Rufo & Ken, two galgos with Galgo Connection Spain – seeking their forever homes

    Rufo eye infec pup -4 190 This little chap has been named Rufo. He was found abandoned, suffering from a serious eye infection which rendered him blind. He was rescued and taken into the caring hands of Silvia of Galgo Connection Spain. His eye infection has been treated, his eyes are much improved – as you can see from these photos – although he is still receiving medication to clear the infection completely. Now he needs his forever home.

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  • Update on Galgo Ken in Valencia – needing a very special home

    Ken after op 11 02 2011 250 You remember brave Ken, the galgo hit from behind by a motor vehicle, rescued by Galgos del Sol and now with Galgo Connection Spain in Valencia. Silvia’s vet and the team are helping rebuild his body and he is now mobile with his personal wheelchair!

    Here is the latest news about him from Silvia.

    ‘Now we take him to rehabilitation, he has more muscles in the back side, something is confused because he moves the tail and the legs but has not sensibility, the vet is looking if he gets better with the rehab.

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  • Spanish galgo Ruso, injured but saved from euthanasia, rehomed in USA

    Ruso with forever family 22 03 2011 210 This is Ruso with his forever family in America. Ruso was discovered in Los Infiernos refuge in Murcia by Tina, a volunteer. Unbeknowst to her, he had lain for four or five days severely injured and in great pain, unable to stand, feed himself……..as soon as Tina discovered him, she took him out of the refuge, where the owners were intending to kill him, and through contact with Silvia in Valencia, he was transported to her centre for treatment by her vet and rehabilitation by Silvia. What a fantastic story, thanks to everyone involved, including Tina who prevented Los Infiernos from killing him, Silvia and her vet for his rehabilitation,to Greyt Friends, Inc., in Marietta GA who travelled to Spain to bring Ruso to the United States and fostered him until he was ready to move to his new home in Colorado and also GRIN. A happy ending for one deserving survivor of the annual massacre.

  • Galgos, galgos, everywhere – the pressure on the refuges is relentless

    Every day I receive emails from Spain, galgos and podencos dumped, abandoned, injured, or hunters taking them to the perreras to be killed or to the shelters and threatening to kill the dogs if the volunteers don’t take them. Day in and day out, the pressure is never ending. I have lost count of how many dogs I have been told about in Jerez, Gesser, Mairena, Cordoba, Seville, Malaga perreras. Last weekend I drove down to the Spanish border and, along with a couple of other cars, brought back 20 galgos and a couple of podencos…many of them are now in foster and awaiting forever homes.

    Here are a couple of the latest appeals

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  • Greyhounds to China – Pix of Dublin protest 20/03/2011 & America 18/03/2011

    There were over 70 people and about 10 dogs, mostly greyhounds, at the Dublin demo yesterday, with photos/videos at see http://tinyurl.com/DublinGreyhoundExportsDemo and http://pix.ie/sensibleken/album/404974 Link to protests in America

    Let’s hope there will be thousands out around Spain for the manifestation demonstration on 25th March. Here’s the link to find one near you,.

  • Grand Protest in Spain – 25th March – join a march near you!

    On www.noalmaltratoanimal.org you can read or see about a big manifestation through whole Spain on the 25th of March against mistreating of animals and longer sentences in prison for people who are guilty of this.

    There is a comprehensive list of all the cities and towns in which a march is organised, time and place to meet. Please circulate this far and wide throughout Spain and get the population motivated. So many Spanish people are concerned about the bad press in the rest of the world about bull-fighting, abandoned dogs and cats, horse wrestling, animals in fiestas, donkey stoning……

  • -Ken – latest news on this amazing survivor

    Video update on Ken, severely injured in a road accident, saved by Galgos del Sol, now with Silvia of Galgo Connection Spain for his rehabilitation. Silvia is also looking after Draco, another black seriously ill galgo.

  • Barcelona Dogs – stunning leather dog collars – raise funds for galgo rescue

    Klea_levin_house 250One of the items which many associations use for fundraising is to sell dog collars. The huge majority of these collars are fabric martingale collars. My experience of these is that a) the dog scratches the collar and the fabric gets tatty and 2) I would never ever risk walking one of my galgos outside in one. It may be that I have bought a design not suited to the purpose which I required. But personally, I still prefer a shaped leather collar. And the most fantastic designs I have found are Barcelona Dogs.

    I met Klea, their creator/designer, when I went to Barcelona at the beginning of December 2010, and I can confirm the superb quality of these collars and the designs unique. Even better that the price for the collars was not staggering, which I had expected, considering the ‘jewels’ used.

    For anyone wishing to purchase a collar from Klea and at the same time raise funds for galgos in Spain, then if you order through the link on Galgo News, Klea will make a donation to my Galgo Fund. To ensure Galgo News gets the donation, please use the code berylgalgos. There are two special designs for galgos, at a discount price, but you can also choose a collar for any breed/type of dog from the whole range of collars. So please click on the website Click this link for special rescue galgo range.

    As I’ve mentioned before, money raised from the sale of my book and notelets is used to donate to appeals for help with vet fees, which I post on Galgo News.