Cornelia; this galga is 6 years old and her body shows what a very hard life she has suffered, battered body covered in scars from wounds, ears cut with scissors. She arrived so starved that it was uncertain if she would live. But she is a fighter with a strong will, she was not ready to give up! Now recovered and waiting for someone to adopt her and teach her what it is like to live in a home, with a comfy bed, plenty of food, receive love. In exchange she will devote the rest of her life to loving you. See her album .
here Contact SOS ADOPTA PROTECTORA DE ANIMALES
Adopciones: estherpadua@hotmail.com corinne: 699-43-46-24
www.sosadopta.org
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Spanish Galga – a survivor from a hellish life with a Spanish hunter
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Greyhounds Rescue Holland – European Collective for Protection of Greyhounds & Galgos
Together with several organisations, notably Galgos Ethique Europe and l”Arche de Levriers, Greyhounds Rescue Holland has worked on the foundation of the Collectif Europeen pour la protection des Levriers, in English known as the European Collective for the Protection of Hounds. Read on here.
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ACTIN – working to help animals in Murcia – please support them
Vivienne Wharton works hard with the dog rescue associations in Murcia, to try and improve the situation for abandoned and maltreated animals there. This is her website, just launched. Please join the group and support her in her efforts. Here’s a link to her previous article.
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APASA Fun Dog Show, 7th October 2012 – have fun with your dog/s
APASA, Almanzora Valley, Albox, is holding a Fun Dog Show on 7th October. Please go along and support them. Here are all the details of classes and where the event is being held. I’ve just held my 3rd Fun Dog Show and people are still asking me to repeat it next year – they say they have a really great time. The APASA show is just a bit too far for me to travel from France!!
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Seville – mama galga and babies at great risk
Mama galga and 7 puppies at great risk on an industrial estate in Seville – somewhere urgently needed for them, to get them off the streets. Contact lolidalo@gmail.com or aranchavarea@gmail.com (Arancha speaks English)
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Pepis Refuge – hit by torrential storms
Pepis Refuge, near Seville, have just suffered an attack by a dog poisoner! Now they have suffered as a result of the torrential downpours which have hit the Seville/Malaga area. Their kennels are covered in mud! If you can help, please contact them.
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Death on the Streets of Seville – Prodeanse working hard
In my report Trip to Spain 2, I wrote about Prodeanse, a small association covering a 40km radius from Alcala del Rio in the Province of Seville. It is a very bad area in which to be a dog, especially a galgo. Since my visit, one of the volunteers came across this galgo, dead on the street…this is the harsh reality for dozens of puppies and dogs abandoned on the streets of Spain. If you would like to help Prodeanse with their work to save and rehome dogs in their area, visit their website.
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League Against Cruel Sports – letter to write to them for the Galgos
Earlier in the year I was contact by a someone who had made contact with the League Against Cruel Sports in the UK, to ask if I could write to them about the plight of the galgos. As you will all know, it has been a terrible year for the Spanish hunting dogs, worse than ever, so time has been very short for me.
Natalie Osborne very kindly offered to compose a letter to send, and so I am asking you all to please print off the letter below – copy and paste it into a Word document, and then print and post – to see if the League will help to try and make a change for the galgos.
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Help the Aged – adopt an older galgo –
Some galgos are lucky enough – if you can call it lucky to survive several years at the hands of a galguero – to reach 7 or even 10 years of age. They desperately need to live out the rest of their lives in the comfort of a loving home, and here are three.
Elsa and Maika are particularly sad stories and an example of the hypocrisy of the Spanish authorities. Siblings, rescued at 3 yrs by a lady and taken into her home, 7 years later they find themselves in a shelter. With so many abandoned dogs living on the streets of Spain, it’s hard not to want to help them, and this is the situation in which Elsa and Maika’s Mom found herself.
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Bergen, Norway – home checker needed
Is there anyone living in or near Bergen, Norway, who could do a home check? A Spanish association has received a request to adopt one of their galgos. The adoptant is a friend of a friend of the association president, but a home check still needs to be done. Also, are there any other galgo adoptants in Norway? Please email me direct with the info.