Galgo News

  • Join the campaign – write to the Spanish Hunting Federations

    The mass abandonment of galgos at the end of every hunting season in Spain, and the cruelty the majority suffer, is caused by the hunters. They are all supposed to be members of a hunting federation, although there are of course illegal hunters, and the gitanos. I have composed a letter appealing to the hunting federations to put their house in order – control breeding, introduce registration and microchipping, monitor a galgo throughout its life, responsible ownership and more.

    Please would you write to the addresses below – some of them are unfortunately only email addresses – with a copy of the letter; Charl and Dioni have kindly translated it into Spanish too.

    Please keep your letter polite, expressing feelings of anger will not help our cause.

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  • Animal cruelty in Badajoz, Spain – please donate to rebuild the face of this galga

    Galga kicked n the mouth GRIN 04 2010 300 The bestiality and cruelty of men knows no bounds. An abandoned galga in the hellhole of Badajoz, was being fed by a volunteer, trying to catch her, has returned now kicked in the mouth to break her jaw. This is an appeal for donations to pay the vet fees for the rebuilding work.

    From Telma Shaw of Galgo Rescue and GRIN.

    Dear Friends of Galgos and Greyhounds, I come to you to ask that you might help me help this special case that just came to me this morning of the galga we just named Sofie being rescued as I write. These are the details I have right now.

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  • Romeo & Rodolfo – take them into your hearts and your homes

    ROMEO Tina Solera 250 The volunteers in Spain never cease to amaze me with their devotion and courage to taking abandoned dogs off the streets, especially galgos. GN friend Tina Solera was doing the school run last week and came across two more galgos wandering loose. Luckily for her, they were not too frightened to be persuaded into her car, and they are now at Los Infiernos refuge, where a special enclosure has been created just for galgos.

    The two dogs have been named Romeo and Rodolfo.

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  • Can’t adopt a galgo? Why not sponsor one? They all need help.

    Linares Sponsor dog Pro Galgo 04 2010 250 Many people would love to adopt a galgo or podenco but can’t for whatever reason. So another way you can ‘own’ a galgo is if you sponsor one. Some of the associations offer this facility and here are two suggestions.

    To sponsor a PRO-GALGO dog for one month costs just £10. Why not sponsor one as a present for a loved one. If you want to regularly sponsor the same dog you can pay £10 every month until it is rehomed, and then you will receive regular updates and photos of how he/she is progressing. Many of the sponsor dogs are also available for rehoming in the UK. If you require more information please email pro-galgo@hotmail.com

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  • Podenco Rescue – support for podencos searching for forever homes

    Darin 2010 009 250 I’d like to introduce you to Podenco Rescue. It’s a brand new website dedicated just to these fantastic dogs, who also suffer horrendously at the hands of the Spanish hunters, both on mainland Spain and the Spanish Islands.

    It’s great news for the Podencos, hopefully they will get a much higher profile, and Podenco Rescue will be searching for homes for podencos in any shelter and with any association, wherever they are.

    So if you want to know more, visit the website, they also have a Facebook page, and contact them if you either have a podenco looking for a home, can foster a podenco or even adopt one.

    And you will find my foster dog Darin on the website. He’s an absolute poppet, a truly golden boy and really deserves a family who can give him the exercise and attention which is his due.

  • Spanish Federation of Galgos (FEG) discusses galgo registration

    Federacion Espanol Galgo logo 250 Sandra Baas of Baas Galgo has just forwarded this information link. You will have to use a translator, as the information is in Spanish. The important point is that the FEG – Federacion Espanola Galgos based in Madrid – is this month discussing the registration and identification of galgos owned by its members.

    They say on their website “After more than a century of lagging behind other countries which use galgos and greyhounds for competition, the Spanish Federation of Galgos, with its president D Carlos Sanz Calvo at the helm, has adopted an ambitious Plan of Record and Indentification of every galgo born under the aegis of the federation”.

    Sadly, this only one of several galgo hunting federations and only relates to galgos owned by its members, but it is a start, and long overdue.

  • Valladolid perrera – news on the galgos?

    Living in France, I don’t have too much of a problem reading French news, etc. But I can’t even begin to understand Spanish, which is why I have to use a translator. This link is to the blog with news of the poor galgos in a perrera in Valladolid. I’m a bit pushed for time but if anyone can translate the latest news and post it in a comment here, that will be great.

    UPDATE – Eva of Scooby Medina tells me that Fermin Perez is working hard to get these dogs out, that it is possible they are not dead. But the perrera is being unco-operative.

  • Blind galga Esperanza – view her pix – safely rehomed away from Spain

    The blind galga Esperanza from Los Infiernos refuge which was adopted by Galgos 112 and rehomed, is already happy in her new environment, after just one day! Renamed Pucca, here is a gallery of photos.

    I wish we could have such happy endings for all the galgos and podencos who suffer in Spain.

  • Heartless Brits abandon their dogs in Spain

    Los Infiernos refuge Tina Solera 300 Galgo News is chiefly about the plight of the galgos and podencos, in Spain and the Spanish Islands. However, being a Libran, I am not averse to speaking out about the heartless Brits who are leaving Spain and their dogs behind – and there are some in France who do the same.

    Linda, from Los Infiernos shelter in Murcia, explains.

    ‘I help at the same refuge as Tina, who has been appealing for help to rehome the galgos abandoned by the hunters. The Brits don’t bring their dogs to our refuge at the moment; the dogs are found abandoned and then brought to us by the police. I will tell you a few of the cases I have encountered.

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  • Meet Miracle Moxie May – a podenca who survived Spain against the odds

    Moxie May 2 Meryl Marsh 04 2010 250 Meryl Marsh is passionate about her podenca. Here is the moving story of Moxie May, another of the survivors of the canine hell of Spain.

    ‘I am from the U.S. and live most of the year in Belgium because my boyfriend works here. Last spring I started researching adoption agencies on the Internet and learned that there are several in Belgium that place dogs from Spain, this lead to me learning about what a sad, desperate situation many dogs face in Spain. Before that, I had no idea.

    Every country has its issues with animal cruelty, but I was really shocked to learn how bad Spain is with the hunting practices and such.

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