I’ve just tried to get onto the Baas Galgo website and been asked for a username and password. I knew this was odd, so emailed Sandra. She confirmed her website has been subject to a Cyber attack and it is being rectified. Is this someone trying to stop her work….those in Spain who object to the work of the volunteers will sometimes stop at nothing!
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Update on Toledo hunter who hung his galgos – Baas Galgo contines the fight
Here is the English translation of the statement of the hunter in Toledo accused of hanging and disposing of 3 galgos. Baas Galgo took out a denuncia and are pursuing the man through the court system. Fingers crossed that they win.
‘Madrid 25th of April; in the Torrijos Court (Toledo), this is the statement of the person who has been accused of hanging his galgos. He acknowledged in his Guard Civil´s statement that the two galgos with microchips belonged to him. Likewise, he acknowledged that he hung the galgos in his house and after he buried them in the place where they were found.
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Dumped in a rubbish bin – Spanish galga Esperanza’s fight for life
Latest update on Esperanza, the galga some bastard tried to kill and dumped in a rubbish bin. What an amazing fighter she is, hanging onto life, and what an amazing team of people are helping her.
‘Esperanza’s surgery has finished. She is alive but she needs intensive care. Surgery has not been easy. Vets put needles and surgical cement to rebuild her broken vertebra. There is reserved prognosis, at least, until a couple of days, because her life is still in danger. Her health condition is delicate. If everything is OK, a new period of ten days will start.
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Hunger Strike in Madrid – letters needed
Beatriz Menchén is another dedicated fighter against the slaughter of dogs and cats in kennels in Spain and has worked helping animals for more than 15 years. She believes in protecting animals, not euthanasia, and has managed the animal shelter in Getafe, a large area of Madrid. The Council of Getafe has given shelter to an exterminator company that kills dogs. Many dogs have lost their lives in the hands of this company. Beatriz tried to stop these unnecessary deaths, but her words were not heeded, so she has now begun a hunger strike.
If you want to support her,
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Two more lost souls on the streets of Badajoz, Spain
This beautiful galgo was roaming the streets of Merida, Badajoz, in terrible condition, without food, injured, very weak and very scared. A young woman has been feeding her, managed to get a collar on her, but she needs somewhere to go as the woman has too many animals already in her small appartment. If anyone has room for this beauty now named Mia, Please contact xana.50 @ hotmail.es Update – now in a shelter, needs a forever family. Wormed, microchipped and vaccinated. CONTACTO: asociacion_acudame@hotmail.com
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Beat the Spanish sandfly! Preventitive treatment for Leishmania – donate
Leishmania is the third most important canine disease worldwide,caused by the bite of the sandfly. It is passed between dogs when the sandfly bites an infected dog and then bites another dog. Understandably it is rampant in the dog refuges of the Mediterranean countries. It is diagnosed by blood test and, if untreated, can be fatal. Scalibor collars are used by many rescue associations but these are expensive. Now there is a new cheaper treatment.
Sighthound Welfare Trust have launched this appeal on behalf of Baas Galgo.
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5 puppies dumped in rubbish bins – life is cheap in Seville
As I said recently, I simply can’t keep up with the appeal emails coming into my inbox. And I have been away for the past couple of days, collecting our next foster dog who is bound for his forever home in the UK in September, so now there are even more appeals. This one is just translated from Spanish via Google Translate without corrections. Sorry. But I am sure you will get the gist of the stories, and it will sicken you.
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Art Auction in aid of the galgos – 6 – 16th May – please support
Please support this Auction for the galgos and podencos. It starts on Friday,6th May 2011 at 1200 and runs until 16th May 2011 at 1800. There are several organizations who have donated art for the auction. Greyhound Friends, Galgovrienden, Straydogs from Belgium, Residencia Scooby in Valladolid (Spain) and probably Greyhound Foundation. There are more than 60 items for the auction, from cheap to expensive art so something for everybody.
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The reality of Spain – this is what makes the animal rescuers ashamed of their countrymen
This is the reality of Spain. This is what the volunteers cope with, emotionally and physically. This is what makes them ashamed of the hunters and the dog breeders and those who give their country a bad name. The two associations involved in the rescue of these animals are Scooby Medina and Benjamin Menhert fondation.
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Galgos del Sol – catching the abandoned galgos in Murcia
Galgos del Sol is a small association formed in October 2010 by Tina Solera, who had spent the previous few years saving galgos and podencos which ended up in Los Infiernos dog shelter. In the past 7 months GdS have rescued and rehomed 53 galgos and podencos. But as with all associations, they exist on donations and fundraising. Here are four of the latest galgos to be rescued – from the side of a motorway, in the middle of a lorry transport area, terrified loose on the campo. Vet fees are mounting, please donate if you can help them.