ADAM is a very new association in Seville, concentrating on helping galgos and podencos. They don’t have a shelter, and have sent out this very urgent appeal.
‘We need shelter for ! NOW ! For a galgo puppy of 4 months that the owner wants to hang because it has a broken leg . If we do not remove it, he will kill it! We take care of the operation and all costs of recovery but we have no shelter or place to have it.
Beatrice Monnet, President of L’Europe des Levriers in France, has been working in galgo and podenco rescue from Spain for about a decade. In 2006 she founded EDL and it has since gone from strength to strength. I have been on many rescues with her and what I saw and learnt provided much information for my book. Here is a video of the dogs rescued in February 2012, some of them you will see are galgos in Jerez perrera which were featured on Galgo News. One poor boy lost his paw, caught in a viscious snare; two of them had filaria (heartworm) but have responded really well to treatment.
Where it says ‘accueil’, that means the dog is in foster and available for adoption. The two white galgos live near me in France, and I will see them next month for my 3rd Dog Walk.
MRW is an animal transport company in Spain which is used by many refuges and association to move animals from perreras, refuges etc. They are used in preference to private transport companies because they are cheaper.
This is a translation of an article in the Spanish press.
MRW mistreats the animals they transport. Seprona has verified this information.
Arca Madrid says that is a scam to get money. Refugiocan, in Valencia, has also verified it. They say that:
As Protective Association we corroborate what Seprona says.
Please sign this petition, raised by ESDAW on behalf of Animal Welfare Support Murcia. Please circulate to everyone.
People in 31 cities in Spain joined the protest on 25th March 2012 – nice video
This is why it is so difficult to make change in Spain. Corruption all the way through – hunters everywhere, looking after their own.
Justice in Spain remains in default again
We’ve all seen the terrible images of illegal hunting kennel in Bullas. The owner, a hunter, the 120 dogs left to their fate, their only food was chips, chips or pig heads and drinking water was not present. Podencos in a crowded closed kennel, other dogs were chained or walked off without any protection from the weather. Trenches where the dead bodies of dogs were still visible, several carcasses of dogs on the property.
This is the story of galgo Rey (King of kings), abandoned on the streets of Seville starving, thin and weak, he lay down one day and gave up on life; his galguero no longer valued Rey’s life. For at 7+ years he has surely given his best to his master. Bred from, run and hunted, he was probably the prime galgo of the group and caught the most hares. To get to his age is a credit to his survival.
He’s got two disadvantages – he’s all black and he’s male. What is it about black galgos, that people turn away; when their coat recovers in good condition, they are stunning!
On Sunday 25th Mawrch 2012 at 1800, animal rights campaigners took to the streets in towns and cities throughout Spain to protest against the cruelty inflicted on animals in the name of tradition and fiestas. Here’s a translation the story.
Madrid, March 25 (EFE). – Citizens of 31 Spanish cities organized through social networks have come this evening simultaneously on the street with their pets to seek tougher penalties for animal cruelty under the Criminal Code referred to in the “Second People’s Initiative not to animal abuse.”
Pro-Galgo took 8 of the Bullas dogs, see their story and pictures here. Contact Pro-Galgo if you want to adopt.
