Galgo News

  • Seville galgos, another 33 arrive at Scooby Medina

    Seville galgos 33 arrive 14 02 2011 250 More of the 100 galgos rescued from Seville have arrived at the Scooby Medina refuge. Here’s what Cobie says.

    ‘Last week arrived the first 33 galgos from another 100 from Seville, the rest will come this week. I´ll send you pictures of them and also pictures from 2 galgos of this group who have burn marks on their thighs, This is something the gypsies do, like a kind of microchip but more painfull for the poor dogs. They do it with acid from batteries or with a hot iron like with horses or cows.

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  • Galga Gaby finds her forever home

    LALI Tina Solera 250 Among the galgos rescued in Murcia at the end of the winter 2010 hunting season was a brindle bitch, living rough in a series of pipes. Tina Solera set out to catch her, but that was easier said than done. Over two weeks went by, the galga evading capture until one day she was spotted sharing a pizza with a little girl. Tina gave a collar and leash to the girl, who got the collar over the galga’s head, and at last she could be taken to the refuge.

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  • Seville – galgo puppy with gangrene! The abuse continues!

    Galgo rotten bottom 1 11 02 2011 250 We’ve already had puppy Marisol, rescued and nursed back to health by Baas Galgo, now we have this poor little puppy, starving, wounds to his eyes, and gangrene in his rear end! Here’s his story.

    ‘TIGRE, 5 month old galgo, suffering wounds and gangrene to his rear end and tail. Another story from Seville! Some boys in my village told me about him, very ill, and I could not believe his rear end. The tail ws completely rotten and infection had already reache the top of the tail to his spine, his anus and anal passage was inflamed and infected, wounds all over his body.

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  • Another petition to sign

    Another petition to sign http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/dogs-and-cats-being-gassed-in-spain/

    Spain has the same problems of animal abandonment as most of the other European countries as a result of the recession – people lose their jobs, lose their homes, lose their pets. On top of the actions of the galgueros.

  • More galgos injured after abandonment – please help with operation costs

    Ken_001 10 02 2011 250 At the other end of the refuge spectrum from Scooby is Galgos del Sol, newly created although the team have been saving galgos for a while. Two galgos have just arrived, Ken, victim last night of a hit and run, and Jenny, with a broken leg. Here’s what Tina Solera says about them.

    This is Ken. He was hit by a car from behind. His spinal colum has crushed together and he needs a big operation…. 1000 euros. Also Jenny, with a broken leg. She needs an operation…..approx 600 euros.

    Galgos del Sol desperately need funds to pay for these operations. Please help and donate by Paypal to tinasolera@hotmail.co.uk or, if you live in the UK, to the association bank account – details on this link

    Jenny_10 02 2011 250

    UPDATE

    Ken has now been operated on, we wait to see how his recovery progresses. Please donate to the vet fees.

    Ken after op 11 02 2011 250

  • Scooby saves 100 more Seville galgos!

    Seville galgos 10 02 2011 250 Good news from Scooby – 100 of the Seville galgos rescued. Here’s their news.

    Dear Friends,

    What can we say… your support is amazing! The response that we got for our plea to help 100 galgos in Seville has been overwhelming. We are pleased to say that these precious souls will be rescued in the next 10 days. We will keep you posted on their progress via our Scooby News page.

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  • Jerez killing goes on – 18 more on death row…..

    Jerez perrera 7 08 02 2011 200 18 more galgos on death row, it’s a never ending stream, and that’s not counting the other abandoned and dumped dogs….how does a human being live with themselves when they spend their working life killing dogs? Contact Maribel if anyone has room to take any of these poor souls.

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  • Zaragoza Killing Station – podencos need saving – please help

    Podenca Zaragoza 1 08 2011 250 The hunting season is now over and hunters are getting rid of their ‘4-footed tools’!
    These are the Perricos to be slaughtered in a few days at the Zaragoza perrera. This is the appeal I received

    ‘We are only two volunteers who have many dogs in kennels which we pay the fees and we can’t take any more dogs. We have all this responsibility on our shoulders and we desperately need adopters for the dogs in our care, and more so we need special people who can rescue these young podencos before they are sacrificed in a few days.

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  • End of hunting season in Spain – galgueros dump their dogs en masse!!

    Galgo Rescue June 2009 050 210 I can’t keep up with it all on Galgo News, just too much to post; galgos and podencos abandoned throughout winter, refuges full to bursting, embalming galgos rears its ugly head again – more in another post – and now galgueros dumping their dogs at the refuges and shelters. Yet more galgos dumped in the perreras, and now cutting microchips out of the dogs before dumping. How do the volunteers cope?

    Now I’ll tell you about a man who could make a change but hasn’t.

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  • Barcelona Dogs – stunning leather dog collars – raise funds for galgo rescue

    Klea_levin_house 250One of the items which many associations use for fundraising is to sell dog collars. The huge majority of these collars are fabric martingale collars. My experience of these is that a) the dog scratches the collar and the fabric gets tatty and 2) I would never ever risk walking one of my galgos outside in one. It may be that I have bought a design not suited to the purpose which I required. But personally, I still prefer a shaped leather collar. And the most fantastic designs I have found are Barcelona Dogs.

    I met Klea, their creator/designer, when I went to Barcelona at the beginning of December 2010, and I can confirm the superb quality of these collars and the designs unique. Even better that the price for the collars was not staggering, which I had expected, considering the ‘jewels’ used.

    For anyone wishing to purchase a collar from Klea and at the same time raise funds for galgos in Spain, then if you order through the link on Galgo News, Klea will make a donation to my Galgo Fund. To ensure Galgo News gets the donation, please use the code berylgalgos. There are two special designs for galgos, at a discount price, but you can also choose a collar for any breed/type of dog from the whole range of collars. So please click on the website Click this link for special rescue galgo range.

    As I’ve mentioned before, money raised from the sale of my book and notelets is used to donate to appeals for help with vet fees, which I post on Galgo News.