A lovely young brindle galgo desperately needing a forever home.
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Make a coat for a galgo
Winter is coming and the galgos in shelters waiting to be adopted need coats to keep warm and dry. Here are two patterns, one knitted. The waterproof coats are best as the dogs are kept in kennels and compounds and need to be dry. A friend of mine uses old nylon tents, old blankets, men’s ties for fastening. So it doesn’t need to cost a lot to make a coat – doesn’t matter what it looks like – the dogs will be glad of protection from the weather. There’s a list of associations here, if you want to make and send some coats.
http://www.ehow.com/how_11414240_make-raincoat-greyhound.html
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Panorama undercover in the UK greyhound industry
Following on from the documentary shown this week on BBC TV about the malpractices in the UK greyhound industry, I have received this report.
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A Galgo’s Christmas Wish
Many of you will have followed the story of Charl del Rio Holden, helping galgos in Malaga. We’ve been friends for several years, since before she starting her rescues. Now she has written and published a book and here’s the link to buy it, and support the work of 112carlotagalgos.
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University College Dublin – buying greyhounds for research
Thank you to ICABS for commenting further about the 11 dead Irish greyhounds found at Cherbourg, en route to Spain. On their website they now report the following disturbing news.
‘Irish greyhounds have been sold to University College Dublin and dissected to teach anatomy to veterinary students, it has been revealed. A new report by the League Against Cruel Sports and GREY2K USA Worldwide presents copies of invoices which confirm the purchase of live dogs by UCD’s Veterinary College.
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Lost galgos – educate the rehomers and adoptants
It always distresses me to read about galgos sent to other countries for homing, who then escape and are lost! At any one time, there are several lost in France alone. And in the last 2 weeks there has been one lost in the US and one in Canada. Luckily both were eventually caught a few days later, without injury, but the stories could have been very different.
Over the years none of my own galgos have escaped, none of my foster galgos or podencos, none of the galgos and podencos who have stayed here overnight.
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UPDATE on dead greyhounds from Ireland to Spain
The latest news is that Dogs Trust, along with other organisations, are onto the case of how these greyhounds came to suffocate on their journey from Rosslare, Ireland, to Spain via Cherbourg, France. An illustration of what the Irish Greyhound Board are doing to deal with the unwanted greyhounds in Ireland.
DAFM is the Irish equivalent of DEFRA. Their Principle Officer in the Welfare Section is workking closely with the French authorities investigating what happened. It appears that the dogs were in a Spanish transporter; the dogs were microchipped and vaccinated but there are sevious doubts whether the transport was compliant with the regulations governing commercial documentation.
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11 GREYHOUNDS FOUND DEAD IN A TRUCK at CHERBOURG, FRANCE – Update
This press release has been issued by the IGB. It is thought the dogs were in a Spanish animal transport (probably not DEFRA standsrds!) and that the dogs originated from County Tiperrary.