Read the story of Mora, broken bones, leishmania, starving and dehydrated, but with a very strong will to live. Galgos 112 and the association Arca Sevilla helped her fight her way back to life.
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Arca Sevilla and Galgos 112 help Mora and her fight back to life
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Galga Sofie eats on her own – watch the GRIN video
Galga Sofie, whose jaw was savagely broken by a sadistic Spaniard, is now able to eat on her own, although her lower jaw is still pinned together. Watch the video here on the GRIN website.
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Los Nieves refuge, Spain – rescued galgos
Los Nieves refuge – have a look at this wonderful picture of rescued galgos, from Greyhounds in Nood Belgium.
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Food Crisis at Scooby Medina – a new law which will affect all the animal refuges in Spain
This news is from Scooby Medina. What they have to say about this new law will affect not just Scooby but all the animal refuges in Spain. I have seen for myself how the dogs love the raw chicken carcases, the chicken bones are soft and so not dangerous for the dogs to eat. It is only after chicken is cooked that the bones become brittle and can cause untold problems if a dog swallows one.
‘We are reaching out to you at a very critical time at our shelter. The dogs desperately need our help at this time. We are very close to disastrous food crisis for the dogs.
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Galgos make wonderful pets – pictures from Pro-Galgo
Some pictures sent to me by Mo Swatek of Pro Galgo, taken by her friend and supporter Mirjam Fahrni.
See more here.
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Action needed by the EC on enforcing improved animal welfare conditions in Europe
The following is a report from the Eurogroup for Animals in respect of animal welfare conditions in Europe.
‘The European Parliament has called on the European Commission to take clear action to improve the welfare conditions of animals throughout the course of its current mandate. Voting overwhelmingly in favour of Marit Paulsen’s report on the Evaluation and Assessment of the Animal Welfare Action Plan 2006-2010, MEPs signalled that they would like to see measures put in place to develop, implement and enforce animal welfare legislation.
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Luxury Accommodation in Tenerife – Podencos urgently need help
This is a picture of conditions in which podencos have been kept on Tenerife. It’s desperate that they are rescued. Podenco Rescue has all the information, and they will liaise with the Tenerife association trying to get the dogs out. Please help these deserving dogs. And let’s hope the man is prosecuted.
Please support Podenco Rescue, they are doing a wonderful job of highlighting the plight of the podencos.
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Baas Galgo helps 8 lucky Cordoba galgos off to Holland and forever homes
Baas Galgo recently purchased a van to enable them to transport galgos from the Villa del Rio shelter in Cordoba to Holland and forever homes. Remember that Letitia is the volunteer who has been coping with the 90 galgos callously abandoned at the shelter at the end of January! You can read about the trip to Holland for 8 lucky galgos here.
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Galgos-SOS Denmark – publicising the plight of the Spanish galgo
Galgos-SOS in Denmark work hard to publicise the plight of the galgos in Scandinavia and have rehomed galgos from Spain – quite a weather contrast from the heat of Spain for these thin-skinned dogs! They have a very poignant poem on their website. Click here to read, scroll down to ‘A Christmas Poem’.
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Podenco Canarios make it to the UK – Pro-Galgo now needs adoptants
I recently posted an appeal on behalf of Pro-Galgo for help in taking 4 podenco canarios from Germany to the UK. The trip was successfully completed last weekend, and you can read about it here.