With regard to the recent appeal for the extremely poor shelter in Cordoba, Chris Marshall will be collecting donated goods on his next trip to the UK. Read about it here on his blog. If you have any dog beds, bedding, collars, leads, medicines, dog food, anything which the shelter could use, please email Chris here as soon as possible so he can organise and co-ordinate collections
These are some of the dogs in the shelter which need your help, including galgos and podencos
We are sure you have all been following the harrowing story of Ebro, rescued injured from Badajoz perrera, both front legs broken, taken in by 112 Carlota Galgos and the wonderful love & care he has been receiving from Charlotte.
Sighthoundsforlife are pleased to announce we shall be holding an auction shortly in aid of Ebro’s veterinary bills – we’re talking about 4 figures – so if anyone has anything they can donate to the auction, we will be extremely grateful.
To Senor Galguero, from Beryl Brennan
I woke up ANGRY this morning. And it’s YOUR fault.
Why?
I’m a writer; I write for newspapers, magazines, websites. I’d like to write more books – I’ve got plenty of ideas, but not the time. I used to get paid for my writing. Now, writing about anything other than galgos and podencos has taken a very back seat, so I lay the drop in my income firmly at your door. Because I don’t earn any money writing about galgos and podencos, I do it because I must, for these innocent souls. That’s for starters.
Besides saving galgos in the Seville province, Alan Brian of Pepis Dog Refuge is also a poet. You can read some of his poems here.
Nightmare for the animal refuge in Ecija, Spain, which is supported by Levriers sans Frontiers. They have been flooded out in the recent rain, sadly a not uncommon occurence for many shelters. You can see the photos of the nightmare faced by the volunteers at Ecija on this link, just scroll down the page.
Animal Welfare Support Murcia does a wonderful job in helping all types of dogs, puppies, pedigrees, puppies, xbreeds…they don’t discriminate. This is Ky, a galgo they have in their care who needs sponsoring. If you would like to sponsor this stunning galgo – or even ask to adopt him – details here. At the same time, they are working hard to save some dogs in a hellish situation and desperately need somewhere for the dogs to go, so that they can denounce the owner for cruelty, neglect and anything else they can throw at him. I know these dogs aren’t galgos, but I ask and ask for people to make a denuncia in cruelty cases. So please, share this appeal and contact any friends you have who could foster any of these dogs, or donate to them going into kennels.
Amongst all the heartache, have a good giggle! Thanks Viv of Animal Welfare Support Murcia AWSM – is that ‘awesome?’ – and ACTIN for sharing it.
There was a huge demonstration and candlelit vigil in Cadiz last week protesting about the policy of killing dogs and against euthanasia of dogs in perreras Gesser and Zoosanitaria in Jerez de la Frontera. Those of you on Facebook will have seen links to all the pix via Save the Galgo. PACMA was one of the associations involved. Here are just a few.
This happened this week in the pine forest of Camaleon. The dog is called Gala and its foreleg was caught in the trap. The person rescuing her had their hand badly damaged from the animal biting them in fear and pain. On Saturday, the organisation which found it is organising a search for more of these wicked traps. They say ‘some son of a bitch is putting these traps where kids play and walk the dogs.’
Podencos are often caught in these traps, searching in undergrowth for rabbits.
People say the figure of 50,000 galgos abandoned every year is exaggerated – usually it’s the hunters who say so, of course, as they don’t want the bad press. Vera of Galgos en Familia, Malaga province in southern Andalucia says, ‘Co-inciding with the end of the hunting season at this time of year, more than 5.000 galgos are abandoned by hunters in our province.
It is estimated that 1,500 galgos are collected each year from the streets of Malaga province and the majority of these from the valley of Antequera, where they are used as tools to capture hares,a hunting activity that is banned in other european countries but is still very much allowed here in Spain.
