Galgo News

  • SARA Lanzarote Open Day 21 July 2012 – support their work

    If you’re going to Lanzarote, or are there on holiday already and picking up emails, please go to the SARA Protectora Open Day on 21st July.

    In addition to the Campaign Against Abandonment, on Saturday July 21 will hold an Open Day where you can come visit us from 10:30 to 17h.

    You can come and walk our dogs and being with our kittens, visit the shelter and see how we work, buy things in our market, eat one of our deli food (paella, pizza, tortillas, pie …) and above all, to say NO TO ABANDONMENT!

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  • Stop galgo racing at Mijas – please sign the petition

    You may remember the campaign to stop galgo racing at the Mijas hippodrome. Charl del Rio of 112carlotagalgos had a meeting with the Mayor who confirmed that they were not considering allowing any further meetings for galgo racing, for the time being. We are sure your response to the appeal to send letters helped.

    Mieke van Erp wants to emphasise to the council the desire of galgo supporters to continue with this decision and has raised a petition which she is asking you all to sign. Here’s the link. Please support her.

  • Galgos del Sol – saving yet more abandoned galgos in Murcia

    Skip galgo 1 250 – Yes, there’s a galga dumped in there! You will remember the rescue of the Bullas dogs in Operation Rehala in January and then the Mazarron dogs from the gypsy in Murcia as well. Galgos del Sol have been very involved in these operations, taking many dogs into their care. This week they have rescued another half dozen abandoned galgos, one of whom had been dumped in a skip! – Luckily he has not been beaten almost to death- like esperanza a couple of years ago – just injured and terrified.

    Here’s the story so far.

    ‘It’s impossible to try and holiday when you live in Murcia. Galgos del Sol gets a call and goes out again and what do we find..?? A galga trapped in the rubbish dumpster and 3 galgos living on the rubbish tip. The galga trapped was very difficult because she was scared so we she would become aggresive when we tried to climb in, and the others were not so easy either.

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  • Granada, 22 dogs abandoned with no food or water

    Refuge view 25022 dogs closed in a farm with no water or food.. abandoned.

    There’s a couple who had a farm in Mortil Granada and are English. They wanted to start a small refuge, they were never there and paid someone to do the dogs 2 hours 2x a week. The person stopped going and now the dogs are left abanoned in the heat, no water no food,full of ticks and fleas. On the link there’s a skeleton body.
    some of the dogs have found a hole to get out of, and are running round the mountain. But if people find them they will start to kill them, and if they all get out it would be a manic slaughter.

    The lane to get there is immensely bad, in the middle of nowhere, no-one would find the place. It needs someone of the area to dencounce to Seprona.

    Contact to help salvando.1.gato@gmail.com
    www.elamparo.bligoo.es

  • Badajoz perrera – another galga on death row 19 July

    Badajoz caneli_july_19 250Galgos in perreras – Simoncheli and Lola in Hellin are now reseved. Great news! But here’s another beauty in Badajoz – Caneli – due to be killed on July 19. Contact sosperrerabadajoz@gmail.com

    I know some of you are trying to make contact about the dogs;if you use Spanish Dictionary to translate your request into Spanish and then email, you might succeed. There is a suggestion that your emails have gone into the contact spam box. Very frustrating, I know, but keep trying!

  • Ana & Rey – 112carlotagalgos hounds with happy endings

    Regular readers will have followed the stories of podenca Ana and galgo Rey, rescued and given into the care of 112carlotagalgos. Their stories cover many months and include amazing work by Paco the association vet, the volunteers involved in their rehabilitation and a foster family. Read their incredible stories of survival with happy endings here. And if you can offer a home to one of their galgos or podencos or donate to their vet fees etc. read here.

  • Galgos on death row in perreras Hellin, Badajoz and Mairena

    Anke Simonchel 250 7 2012Why am I here, on death row? What did I do wrong? I bear the scars from serving you well, Senor Galguero, even though you starved and beat me. What did I do wrong?

    You did nothing wrong, you were simply born a galgo in Spain – from the moment of your conception, you were doomed to a life of hell unless someone with a heart could rescue you!
    More galgos on death row in Hellin, Badajoz and Mairena perreras.

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  • Urgent – Save the galgos of Baeza refuge, Jaen, from the galgo thieves!

    Baeza Beethoven 250 7 2012We’re into July, still galgos arriving on in the perreras, but the danger is also in the refuges, many unmanned at night, when the Spanish gypsies and hunters look around to see what galgos are in there which they could steal for the next hunting season. They have no scruples – these dogs are just a tool.

    Baeza refuge in Jaen is under pressure, there are a few of their galgos which are vulnerable to be stolen. They urgently need associations to take these galgos to safety, one a puppy of 5 months, rescued from the local dog pound where they kill the dogs. If they can move these hounds to safety, they can take some more from the Resur dog pound. Here are their details, all very young dogs..

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  • Resur Dog Pound, Baeza, Spain – more galgos on death row – urgent help needed

    July and still galgos are arriving in the dog pounds to be killed! Here’s the latest plea from Baeza,

    In the Resur dog pound (Baeza) there are several galgos due to be
    killed. Maria Teresa who runs the dog shelter in Baeza can not take out
    more of them as her little shelter is already full and there are no
    foster homes available.

    She is desperately searching for foster homes or anyone who can help her.

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  • Eurogroup for Animals has now finalised its proposals to submit to the EC on the movement of dogs, cats and ferrets (?!) between member states. Read the paper here. http://eurogroupforanimals.org/files/publications/downloads/COM_2012_89_non_commercial_movement_of_pets_270612.pdf