Galgo News

  • Campaign – Write and Protest to Valladolid Provincial Council Now!

    Disgraceful, appalling, outrageous, tragic… There aren’t enough adjectives to describe what’s going on in Valladolid’s provincial dog pound.

    The animals already there, and the constantly coming new arrivals don’t have any kind of veterinary assistance whatsoever. The council’s animal collection service has been without the services of a vet for two months, even cases of emergency remain unattended. Whether the animals arrive lame, dehydrated, malnourished, sick, there is no help for them.

    Look at the state we have collected this poor greyhound puppy in; frail, with a 32 degrees temperature (when the normal is about 38’5) and with lungs full of pus. He was on the point of death.
    Our vet has managed to save him from a cardiac arrest, but in reality the chances of him surviving are very low.

    PLEASE WRITE AND PROTEST!

    Write to Valladolid Provincial Council
    Casa consistorial,
    Plaza Mayor 1,
    Valladolid,

    Attn. Snr Óscar Puente

    Dear Sir,

    Do you consider the treatment of these poor animals, or rather the lack of it, acceptable? Are you aware that due to your negligence animals are suffering and even, as in the case of this little one, may be dying? Such little value do you place on the lives of these beings who did not decide to come to this world, much less are they to blame for having been abandoned? It is your duty and obligation to give veterinary assistance to the animals collected in the facilities of “La Yosa”, and to deny an animal medical attention and leave it to suffer a painful death is utterly inhumane.

    Signed

    (your name and country)

    www.scoobymedina.org

    Video of the puppy

  • Forgiveness – what dogs can teach humans

    It never ceases to amaze me how forgiving dogs are, no matter what hellish treatment is visited upon them by sub-humans who do not care. Here are two videos I want to share with you. The first one is the rescue of a traumatized starving galgo by El Refugio. The second is the rescue of a little puppy by the side of a dual carriageway, and her amazing transformation in rehabilitation.

    Galgo rescued by El Refugio

    Linda

  • SOS Galgos in Pittsburgh Children’s Hospital

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    Kudos to Steel City Greyhounds for all the good they do to help children in need from the Children’s hospital in Pittsburgh, this special occasion with football player celebrity Colton Underwood. We are so proud of you Marci and David and that these special galgas are from SOS Galgos!

  • Figures for galgos and podencos

    This is the report I presented to the PAES International Conference on Animal Welfare in Spain in 2016.

    Let’s look at estimated ANNUAL figures for uncontrolled breeding of galgos and podencos.

    GALGOS

    Back in the early 1990’s, a friend of mine who was a Daily Mail staff photographer, was visiting the Castile-la Mancha province. His guide walked him into an olive grove where Jim photographed the olive trees, most of which had a dead galgo hanging from them, which made headlines in the paper.

    In 2009 SOS Galgos (Barcelona) claimed on their website that 160 galgos were abandoned every day.
    That equates to 58,400 galgos every year, abandoned or dumped in perreras for killing, including reports of galgos hung in olive groves. With all the adverse publicity, the galgueros responded by abandoning their dogs and dumping them in perreras in greater numbers. There are now fewer instances of hangings because – however much the galgueros claim ‘there are no hangings’ – digital photos on the Internet accurately show dates and times and show the real truth. And because now one or two associations are not afraid of instigating court action against these dog-murdering men. And I’m talking about podencos being hung, as well as galgos.

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  • Daily Mail lifts the lid on the plight of the galgos

    You can read the full article on this link. However, I would disagree that the number is up to 50,000, it is nearer the 100,000 as per my report to the PAES conference in Spain in 2016.

  • 23/24 February – Scooby collect 48 galgos

    ‘It has been exhausting traveling several hundred kilometres in 20 hours to pick up these galgos in different places of Extremadura and Andalucia, but the effort, of course, has been worth it. Now these galgos, to which an uncertain future awaited them will have the opportunity to know the warmth of a home and the love of a family.

    We want to thank all those who, in one way or another, support our work, because without your help, we would not be able to save and change so many lives.

    ▪️Adopt: https://bit.ly/2JPw3P8

    ▪️Join the teaming for only 1€/month http://bit.ly/2teaming

    ▪️Donate: https://bit.ly/2KmUlk7

    Paypal – Edwin@scoobymedina.com

    ▪️Scooby Shop https://bit.ly/2tHTWSp

    https://www.facebook.com/spascooby/videos/2067057150010020/UzpfSTEwMDAwNjMyOTY1MjE4NjoyNDEwNzQ1NDU1ODEzMDg2/

  • 2 galgos abandoned, starving, tied up in a field!

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    Two galgas tied up and abandoned in a field left to who knows what fate! Here’s their story from the volunteers.

    ‘We were told of 2 abandoned galgas tied in the field. When we got to them they were very weak and malnourished, no chip of course! We took them to the vet, where after doing the tests of erlichia and leishmania, they tested negative. They stayed at the vet clinic for a couple of days where they were given food and vitamins.

    They are now in the shelter with their special food and vitamins.

    If anyone wants to donate for them, we would greatly appreciate it as we have hardly any funds. Contact by whatsapp at 655 58 50 42.

    We have named them –

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  • Fundacion Benjamin Mehnert – saving galgos

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    Fundacion Benjamin Mehnert is a large refuge near Seville which has been rescuing , and saving hunting dogs for many years. This is one of their boys waiting for a forever home soon.

    ‘Lazarus, a three-legged grandfather. In January we rescued Lazaro, an 8-Year-old who came with his paw shattered in a hit. He had an old ulna and radial fracture and the carpal was very damaged. We have not been able to save his leg and to improve his mobility we have had to amputate.

    We know from experience that dogs quickly get over amputations and in a short time live a completely normal life. We would love for him to find a family that adore this three-foot grandfather. Would you give it to hin?

    Adopt Lazaro: https://fundacionbm.com/adopta/

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  • Galga Frida – abandoned with a badly broken leg

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    Last week Little Frida was found in the middle of athe field with one leg broken by two parts, victim, unfortunately, of not being good enough to hunt, so she has has been discarded.

    She has been operated on and is now recovering in a foster home in Ciudad Real capital, so that she can recover from the post-op and can attend its periodic reviews until she is recovered.

    It’s a shame to meet these cases.

    Beauties like the Spanish Galgos, which mostly are used for fun of a few and when when they are not of use, they are abandoned to their luck.

    Contact: actuasociacion@gmail.com tele (Spain 0034) 661 755 769

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  • Adopt a galgo – 40mph loyal and loving couch potatoes!

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    The hunting season in Spain is now ending and galgos are being abandoned by the galgueros in their thounands. If you can offer a galgo a place in your heart and home, here’s a comprehensive list of rescue and rehoming associations.