Galgo News

  • 120 galgos/podencos in Murcia – Pro-Setter organise the rescue

    Bullos Murcia pods 250 3 3 2012This video shows the conditions in which the dogs were kept; you will see some chained to walls, holes in the ground where they sleep, puppies….

    Tina Solera of Galgos del Sol says, ‘Pro-Setter Spain is co-ordinating the rescue. On 2nd March La Fortaleza, GdS, Andreas Animal Rescue & The Henrietta Foundation joined forces to rescue some of these dogs. Between us we took 14 out. The Henrietta Foundation has been a real rock to GdS throughout this rescue and the camp rescue. We could not do it without them. Pro-setter are co-ordinating this rescue, please contact them if you can take any dogs. They are doing a great job.’

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  • Badajoz perrera again – 3 more galgos on death row

    3 galgos in Badajoz, due to die.

    8 of March: Ita, very sweet and affectionate Galga, age unknown. Video

    8 of March Akane, very gentle, born 2005 (in pic)

    22 of March : Rigui, a Galgo cross, but with a lot of galgo qualities. Age unknown. Video
    Contact sosbadajoz 622928360

    Thank you to all these volunteers who work so hard to save the dogs that the hunters heartlessly take to be pts. The ultimate betrayal of trust, wouldn’t you agree?

  • Jerez, Cadiz – abandoned on the streets to starve

    Cadiz galga street 1 250 1 2 2012It seems to me that the abandoned dogs problem is Spain is qorse this year than ever…I’ve not reported on situations like the 74 in Murcia, then another 120 in Murcia, plus the 150 in Cuenca…..and that’s not counting the hundreds in the perreras. And now more. A galga and a podenco on the streets of Jerez, Cadiz. The galga looks pregnant. Can anyone squeeze them in somewhere? Contact Maribel maribeljerezsos2@gmail.com

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  • La Bienvenida, Ciudad Real – moving date Easter, no room for all the dogs!

    300 meeting KarmelThis story is particularly sad for me. La Bienvenida, Cuidad Real, is the first refuge I visited in Spain and from where I adopted my first galga, Karmel (pic is my first meeting with her). The refuge is 200km south of Madrid.Protectora La Bienvenida

    The shelter will move to a new building around Easter. That sounds nice and it is,but not for all the dogs: because at the moment there are many more dogs then there should be, it means that lots of them cannot go into the new shelter!!
    It means they have nowhere to go !!

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  • 120 hunting dogs in dire conditions in Murcia – Seprona denounce

    120 Murcia galgos 250 2 2012This is a computer translation of the story, so apologies for the grammar! ‘The Civil Guard of the region of Murcia, in collaboration with the service personnel of Health Animal of the direction General of livestock of the community autonomous of the region of Murcia, has dismantled, in the so-called ‘Preparing’, a shelter illegal operation of dogs in the municipality of Bullas (Murcia).

    Facilities, a fenced field of little more than 1,000 square meters located in a rural area, were staying around 120 dogs of different ages and races, mostly corresponding to the varieties that often are used for the exercise of hunting like greyhounds, podencos, pachones and English setters, among others.

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  • Galgueros – the truth of how they keep their dogs! Shame on Spanish hunters.

    Two videos to show the truth about how the galgueros keep their dogs – and horses. And they also illustrate the difficulty in changing the situation – these are the older generation of Spaniards, who do not understand that what they do is animal cruelty, that they blacken the image of Spain around the world, thereby hurting the responsible people – the younger generations to a large extent – who abhor this publicity, and abhor the cruelty. Video 1 Video 2 Oh how I’d like to shut these men in the pitch black locked bunkers where they keep their dogs, to live in their own shit!

  • 6th March – Dog spinning in Bulgaria, sign the petition

    Whatever will people think up next, as an excuse for animal cruelty? Last year it was a donkey suspended from a parachute over the sea, this year it’s dog spinning. Sign the petition.

  • 150 dogs in Cuenca to die this week – anyone room to take them?

    The next inspection of Protectora ArcoAris, Cuenca, is 29th February, so they’ve got to get the 150 dogs away before then. Anyone room to take any? Contact them on this link

  • Seville to Malaga, walking the streets of Spain

    Polyana%20rescue 190Here’s the story of yet another abandoned galgo; it’s typical of the hundreds across Spain, now dumped and abandoned by the hunters to whatever fate befalls them – the hunters have no mercy, they don’t care.

    Polyana – a brindle galga walking the streets in Sevilla, lost and alone.
    Thrown out as trash and unwanted purpose with a story to tell of being a galga in Spain. Beaten down and feeling low, she wanders and begs, sneaking food where she can. Empty bins may have spilt a crumb, gravel on the floor may just have a grain, its not much to keep going but it could ease the pain.

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  • Scooby and ADL – working together to save galgo babies

    Baby Galgos ADL Scooby 250 2 2012These 9 galgo puppies are 2 months old, their galga mother was abandoned in the campo near Seville; 5 female and 4 male. They are today on their way from Scooby to France, for adoption. See more pix on the ADL website and on Facebook.

    Don’t forget that Scooby welcome volunteers to help in the shelter. Why not spend your holiday with Scooby in Spain.