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  • Catching a galga and puppies – volunteers face this all the time

    Zoe 250 1 10 2011This is the story in pictures of the capture of galgo Zoe and her pups, out in the wilds of Murcia. It took a week to catch her, adn then only by using a tranquiliser dart. Thanks to the incredible team of Tina and Gill of Galgos del Sol and to Antonio with his dart gun.

    And you can also read about Leanne; they’ve been trying for 18 months to catch her!

    It’s another example of what so many of the rescue associations and volunteers cope with, the strain of what they live with, and how long it can take to catch a frightened galga. If you would like to donate towards the vet fees for microchips, vaccinations, blood tests etc. please click on the link.

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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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  • Galgos France – Feliz Navidad and forever homes wanted

    Here’s an absolutely beautiful video of the dogs looking for forever homes with Galgos France, including little chocolate coloured podenca Mary, which Charl del Rio rescued from abandonment at a petrol filling station in southern Spain. Contact Charl if you can offer a home to Mary.

  • A Christmas Wish

    GN Xmas card 2010 150 Thank you, everyone, for caring for the galgos and podencos who suffer so much cruelty at the hands of the Spanish hunters.

    Here is a Christmas wish sent to me, I am sure you will all concur with the sentiments.

    “He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.” – Anonymous

    On Christmas morning, I wish…

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  • Spanish Galgo Felix finds his forever home in Holland

    Here’s a nice Happy Ending story about Felix, a galgo from El Refugio Escuelo, rehomed in Holland by Galgo Support Holland.

    Felix: “If I could save at least one”

    Many years ago I heard about the terrible things that happen to the dogs in Spain. It broke my heart and I sat at the computer looking for ways to relieve some pain.
    Thus I began donating money to local associations greyhound rescue and made little things to sell and raise money for the associations.

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  • Cadiz, no Spanish holiday for the galgos living here

    News came in last week about this galga taken to a vet for urgent medical treatment. It is suspected that the wounds were caused by a dog fight. Because of their calm non-aggressive nature, galgos are often used as bait to train fighting dogs! It is possible her uteris and womb are damaged, she has been operated on and is now in a foster home in Cadiz.

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  • Jerez perrera Galgos – SOS Galgos saves some – more dumped by hunters!

    SOS Galgos have taken some of the galgos from the Jerez perrera in Cadiz, including the heavily pregnant bitch. Here’s what Anna Clements says.

    ‘Some photos of the galgos we got out of the Jerez shelter today (Monday). The two brindle ones together should be arriving on Wednesday and will be at the event. We plan to get some more out during the course of the week. More were taken into the perrera today, brought in by hunters.’

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  • 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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