Galgo News

Tag: veterinary care

  • Extremadura hunters – Fepaex says ‘take responsibility for your dogs!’

    Extremadura hunter fepaex.org 02 2011 250
    Podencos and galgos both suffer unimagineable cruelty at the hands of the Spanish hunters and gitanos – Spanish gypsies. Most publicity comes from the regions of Andalucia and Murcia, as well as the Spanish Islands Ibiza and the Canary Islands. However, the Spanish interior including the region of Extremadura is also hell on earth for galgos and podencos. Here is a report from Fepaex – Federacion de Protectoras de Animales de Extremadura.

    THE PROBLEM for HUNTING DOGS in EXTREMADURA = Irresponsible HUNTERS + passive and complicit

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  • Seprona in action – reports on cases of theft of galgos and poaching with galgos

    SEPRONA galgos 1 01 2011 250 Thanks to a Galgo News reader for sending in these links. Translation into English herewith.

    El Seprona rescues 24 galgos in very poor hygienic and sanitary condition. Owner accused of falsifying their health cards and illegally vaccinating

    The Service for the Protection of Nature of the Guardia Civil (Seprona) has rescued 24 dogs from a rural property in Parla that were in “very poor sanitary conditions, ” accusing the owner of the animals for falsifying the health files and vaccinated illegally.

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  • Spanish galgo Nicolas, wounded and dying on the street – Baas Galgo to the rescue

    Nicolas 1 Baas Galgo 01 2011 250 How did you spend Xmas and the New Year? Thousands of galgos spent theirs either dumped in a killing station waiting to die, or abandoned, searching for food and shelter. The Spanish volunteers didn’t have time off. This is the story of Nicolas, rescued from pain and death by Rachel and Silvia on Christmas Eve, supported by Baas Galgo. To see the video of him at the vet surgery, scroll down to the bottom of the story and click on the YouTube link. Please donate to his veterinary care. He has a foster home in Madrid where he will receive the best possible care to help his recovery.

  • Galgo pup Charlie, survivor of Jerez perrera – sadly Charlie has now died

    Charlie 2 Charl 01 2011 250 The refuges and shelters are, as ever, swamped under the sheer volume of abandoned dogs, especially galgos – there’s been no let up all winter. And still the governments and authorities ignore the problem. Here’s another casualty of the galgueros. This is Charlie, 5 months old galgo pup, suffering from a viral infection in the Jerez killing station.

    Update 8 01 2011 Sadly today Charlie gave up his fight for life. Thanks to everyone who donated to help the vet try and save him.

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  • Spanish galgo Romero, a survivor looking for his forever home

    Romero 1 Tina Introducing Romero. He was born in the wild in Murcia, no one knows what happened to his mother and siblings. Only 4 months old, he appeared one day with a badly injured hind leg, near a house. Food and water were put down for him, which he consumed after dark, when no humans were about. In terror and considerable pain, he survived in this way. One day he collapsed and was taken by Gaynor to her vet, who had to amputate his badly injured and infected hind leg.

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  • 4 month old galgo puppy – help Baas Galgo with her recovery

    Marisol 2 Sandra Bas 12 2010 250 This is Marisol, the latest victim of cruelty and abandon taken in by the BaasGalgo Association. Weep with me for the suffering of this little creature and for the courage of Leticia who has her in her care.

    ‘Marisol is only four months old and already she is suffering from severe rickets, scabies, mange, malnutrition, bone problems, and to top it all she has a bad fever and her condition is critical. Marisol was found on the morning of the 9th of December in front of the entrance to the LIDL supermarket in Torrijos (Toledo).

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  • Animal Protection Service launched in Alicante, Spain

    Just had this news in about an animal protection service launched in the Alicante area. It’s to be hoped they will have some ‘clout’ and be able to prosecute animal maltreatment cases. But it’s the problem of abandoned dogs with their microchips cut out which will be a difficult one to police. Still, it’s a start. Let’s wish them every success.

  • Galgo Carlos – looking for his forever home in the UK

    Carlos2 IHR Valerie Wood 29 11 2010 250 This is Carlos, who sadly lost one of his hind legs as a result of being shot. He is looking for his forever home in the UK. Here’s what Valerie Wood of Ibizan Hound Rescue says about him.

    ‘Carlos is a lovely boy, very nervous of strangers but once he knows people his so soft and loving.

    Carlos was “rescued” by an Irish man who found him on his land. Carlos had been shot in the hind leg by hunters. The Irish man did his good deed by taking Carlos to the vets and saying that if they performed surgery he would pay for it and that Carlos was now his dog. Sadly Carlos was never collected from the vets and the bill was never paid.

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  • Spanish Galga Lola – an expressive poem to share with you

    Rehoming Lola and Owen Jeminah Kunfeld 11 2010 200 I’d like to share this poem with you. Written by Lola, with a little help from her lifetime friend Owen Davis who adopted her, his wife works with Greyhounds in Nood Belgium. (Photo by Jemimah Kunfeld)

    LOLA’S POEM

    Spain is the land of the heartless.
    I don’t care about the mosque at Cordoba.
    I don’t care any more about Pablo Casals.
    Or what his cunning fingers did with the bow.
    The white Alhambra, abounding in cool shade,
    Singing fountains and sunlight,
    Is a story of long ago.
    Forget it.

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