Although it’s about greyhounds, it also relates to galgos, so enjoy reading.
This is the link to the clinical trials being carried out at the moment.
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Drug abuse in the Greyhound Racing Industry
Read the full article and sign the petition. It’s not only the US which has the problem, Ireland and the UK are as guilty.
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2018 calendars for sale
Here are weblinks to 2018 calendars for sale featuring galgos and podencos. They all have squares so you can write in your daily appointments etc. So useful.Axarquia Animal Rescue have again joined forces with a local artist, Ollie Cordell who has produced a unique and original painting for each month of the year. The finished paintings will soon be winging their way to the lucky recipients! Ollie’s themed designs feature all the animals back view in a sitting position which captures all their individual characteristics and quirks. We are extremely grateful to Ollie, who is donating her time, talent and all the materials for this project.
Calendars are 30×30 with plenty of room to write in the date boxes! BARGAIN at only 5 euros!! (post and packing extra). All your Christmas gift shopping sorted!
Email axarquia-rescue@hotmail.com to order your copy now and check postage, then paypal 6 euros to AAR.
Galgos France also have a calendar for sale featuring rescued galgos and podencos, with [plenty of room in the date boxes for those appointments you need to remember¬ Order on this link. Galgos France -
Malaga – injured galga saved
Earlier this week, a young Spanish woman was strolling through the field when she came upon a helpless galga, who didn’t want to drink or eat. She allowed her to pet her, she thought the galga was just lying there to die.Isla says, ‘Of course, we couldn’t look the other way, we caught her to take her to the vet and then we realized that she was injured, that’s why she was lying and not moving.
The vet has done all the pertinent tests, he’s put serum with vitamins and restorative, he’s taken blood samples – of course the galga has no chip – and he’s made the plates. She’s got a hip fracture, very ugly, at a joint level.
We visited the following day, she is still poorly, they have done an ecograph and she has a lot of fluid and infection. Now it’s time to wait for the recovery of her general state, first to save her life and then focus on the injury. She in in the vet clinic in Campillos (Málaga).
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When will they punish the right end of the lead?
I am a strong believer in controlling the mass over-breeding of dogs…galgos and podencos in particuler…but ALL breeds. The misery and suffering of dogs is caused by the human creature and so I publish here a thought-provoking verse by Debra Jefferson. -
Fundraising Xmas Cards for sale
These beautiful Christmas cards were created by artist Jan Moore. They feature galgos and podencos, come in packs of 4 for 8 euros including postage. Proceeds to Pepis Dog Refuge. Please email Jan direct with the number of packets you would like together with your full postal address,Paypal her at ladeedahfarm@live.com
See all 4 designs below.
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The trailblazer of its day – 10 years of Galgo News
21st November 2007 – the day my blog Galgo News was launched. The first of its kind, my remit was to give publicity to the plight of the galgos and podencos in Spain and the Spanish Islands, sharing information from the rescue associations working ‘on the ground’ and supporting them in their fundraising and efforts to rehome these fabulous hounds, so maltreated by the Spanish hunters.Galgo News was born 3 years after facebook was launched, and was a trailblazer in promoting all aspects of galgos and podencos…especially the annual massacre and abandonment of tens of thousands of these innocent and loyal animals, so abused by their galgueros and cazadores.
Having had a greyhound in the UK, when I moved to France in 2002 I was searching for an association through whom I could adopt a greyhound again, and came across the galgo. I joined L’Europe des Levriers and in 2007 travelled with their team to Spain to collect my first galga, Karmel. I wrote an article on the trip which was published in the Weekly Telegraph and you can read the story of the trip on this weblink.
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Greyhound Friends Netherlands – vote for them before 25th December 2017
I have received the following request from Greyhound Friends Netherlands, raising funds for Scooby. Please vote for them.
‘In our country is a contest going on called Serieus Request, the organization with the most votes wins €3500.
Greyhoundsfriends is participating this contest for Scooby. We want to win this amount of money for Scooby because they need new fences around the shelter and the quarantine kennels need urgent renovation.
We received many votes and our project is in the top 10 now.
People can vote only once with their email address, till 25th December.