Galgo News

  • Galga Shari, in Almeria, Spain, saved by Ibizan Hound Rescue

    Have a look at this link, it’s a story about a galga picked up in Almeria, Southern Spain, and being looked after and treated by Ibizan Hound Rescue. She was full of ticks and with an infection in her broken hind leg. There is a fabulous pic of Shari playing with a couple of the rescued podencos. Ibizan Hound Rescue are always looking for forever homes for their rescued podencos, some of them are prepared with passports for entry into the UK. Contact IHR direct.

  • Seville gypsy camp – revealing the truth, exposing the suffering

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    This is a diabolical situation which has been ongoing for two or three days. Volunteers are working like mad to save these dogs.

    A volunteer writes. ‘Am writing to ask for help. I know everyone is saturated with dogs and right now, with the hunting season in full swing, every week we find more and more dogs. But I had to send this appeal.

    It’s a case in Seville in a shanty area. There are gypsies with many compounds made of metal where they put hundreds of dogs, above all galgos and podencos waiting to be tried by the gypsies as to if they can be used for hunting. Those that can are sold to the galgueros. The others they kill. They rent these places for months and have to pay the head of the gypsy hierarchy.

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  • Tribute to Yeni, pointer bitch hung near Toledo – Spanish hunters exposed!

    Video tribute to Yeni – pointer bitch hung outside Toledo – Spain, the world is watching what your hunters do! Beware, hard images.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5QblLcDUwk

  • Galga Gaby, abandoned in Murcia, fostered in France, adopted in the UK

    Gaby Diary Pix 009 190 Here’s something to make you chuckle, amidst so many horror stories. I am fostering a galga rescued by Tina Solera of Los Infiernos Refuge in Murcia (by the way, click on the ‘hound’ logo on the right to donate desperately needed dog food to her) who is en route to her forever home in the UK. The galga is a terrible thief! What a surprise! But as she is larger than my Carmela and Sahara, she can reach more things.

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  • Galga Mora, happy in Italy thanks to Galgos 112

    Mora 2 crop 10 2010 Jorgi Oliva 250 This is Mora today, a happy fit galga living in Italy with her adoptive family and canine siblings. This was Mora earlier in the year. Thank you to Arca de Sevilla, Galgos 112 and their vet who all did a wonderful job of putting her back together again.

  • Galgo, dumped in well to drown, Toledo should be ashamed!

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    This weekend has been full of dreadful emails about the dogs in Spain. So I’m just going to do short posts and you can click on Continue to read more.

    This is from Sandra Baas of Baas Galgo. Letitia, the Guardia Civil employee who also helps at the Villa del Rio shelter in Cordoba (owned by a Spanish galguero!!) was contacted by a hunter on 17 October.

    ‘Galgo DIES IN A WELL IN A TOWN NEAR TOLEDO

    The beginning of the hunting season means new cases of animal abuse against the Galgos.

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  • French bastard dumps a neglected little dog in our courtyard in Deux-Sévres

    Lost Dog 10.2010 003 250 I call the Spanish hunters bastards, but some of the French are bastards too, as are so many of the English at the moment. We went out on our horses yesterday – the first time since May, as we don’t ride during the summer, it’s too hot and there are too many flies. We returned to find that someone had dumped a little dog in our enclosed courtyard whilst we had been out! I guess he is a X Bichon Frisée – cute little dogs but their coats need daily attention. This one could never have had a comb or brush near him! I’ll post pix of what we cut off him.

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  • Galga Lady Carla – fighting for her life with the help of Baas Galgo

    You may remember earlier in the year I posted an appeal from Baas Galgo for help to pay for veterinary fees for a badly injured galga, which they named Lady Carla. Here is an update on how she is getting on.

  • Greyhound Rescue Holland help galga Dana find her forever family

    You may remember Dana, the rescued galga who became very stressed in kennels. Through a contact in Greyhound Rescue Holland, she has now found a wonderful forever home. Here’s what her new Mom says.

    ‘Dana is already changing a lot inside and outside. In the beginning she was frightened of bicycles, not of motorbikes or cars, but this is improving. She walks perfectaly on the lead, when I stop, she stops and when I continue, she continues. She is still afraid of men although she doesn´t hide anymore, just barks at them. When my husband is at home she walks around with no problem and he can caress her without problem and she accepts biscuits from him, so that is improving as well. She is especially fond of me and she likes the children a lot.

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  • Help feed the rescued galgos and podencos in Spain

    BettysBetty’s Original are purveyors of natural dog food which is wheat, gluten and dairy free and is particularly good for rescue dogs, who have very often been abandoned and had to scavenge for whatever they can find to stay alive.

    I’m pleased to say they have kindly offered a special reduced price deal to readers of Galgo News whereby if you order dog food through them, you can nominate it to be delivered to either Tina Solera, Perros del Sol at Los Infiernos Refuge, who has rescued dozens of abandoned galgos during the course of the last 12 months, or Charl del Rio, who has three or four dogs in kennels until they are adopted.

    All you need to do is click on this link to the Betty’s Original site and you will see the two rescue centres you can help.

    Click on either of the two boxes, Perros del Sol for Tina or 112 Carlota Galgos for Charl. Then click on ‘My Account’ and create an account.

    It is as easy as that! Betty’s will then contact your nominated person and find out what food they desperately need at that particular point in time. You can pay either by credit card or Paypal. Any problems, email Betty’s Original direct.