Galgo News

  • Spanish man punished for maltreating a dog – Hurrah for the judge!

    One piece of great news! In Granada, Andalucia, a judge has taken action against a man for maltreatment of a dog! Hurrah!! After 2 sentences in two years, and a fine of 720 euros against the owner, the dog is now in the safe-keeping of a shelter.

    The court action was made by Fernando Luis Velazquez of the Associacion Amigos de los Animales, Granada – and he won! Hurrah and bless him!

    PS The video of the dog follows the cartoon.

    Link to more of the story, click on Translate page for English version

  • Abandoned dogs on New Year’s Eve – How do the Volunteers cope?

    Abandoned scruff 2 01 2010 250 Thursday 31st December, 0830. Pedro Munoz animal shelter, Ciudad Real.

    Loli says ‘This is what we found on arrival at the shelter today. These three poor dogs, bound and chained and icy cold. They may have spent all night getting wet .

    This has been the gift that someone gave us on the last day of the year.’

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  • More refuges under water – the poorest of the poor – Urgent help needed

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    This urgent message is from Bea and Cristina, who work helping some of the poorest refuges in Spain.

    ‘The Spanish refuges are in total chaos. After San Anton in Cadiz and Pedro Munoz at Ciudad Real, it is with the turn of our refuges to be submerged by the floods. Far to poor to have a pumping system, the galgos are standing in water up to their chests.
    Salamanga and Villa del Rio have nothing, they desperately need help from abroad.’

    From a volunteer ‘In In Villa del Rio, Cordoba, I am desperate. It hasn’t stopped raining, we are trying to clear the water from the refuge with buckets, and still it rains. After days of doing this, my back is aching, it feels broken. Every day I remove the wet covers to put down dry ones. We have a failing pup… ”. Here, there are 75 galgos… Please help-us!

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  • Worst New Possible – Greyhound Racing in South East Asia

    The worst news possible – greyhound racing in South East Asia. Read the full article

  • 3 galgos and an old podenco – on death row at Jaen perrera

    Jaen perrara galgos 2 1209 300 Plea via Charl del Rio for 3 galgos and an old podenco in the perrera in Jaen.

    I know everyone is completely saturated at the moment, but not only galgos other dogs are being put to sleep everywhere. But these 4… if there was just a temporary space, or adoption…. it would save their lives!!!!!!!! PLEASE FWD if you cannot help, you may just know someone who can.

    contact abydajaen@hotmail.com or cmratia@hotmail.com

    NOTE – these dogs have now been rescued from death row.

  • Flooding halts galgo rescue – save the galgos in Cuidad Real dogpound

    A short appeal from Nuria Blanco of Amigos de los Galgos. Loli and her husband of Pedro Munoz shelter were planning on saving some galgos from the dogpound in Ciudad Real near the shelter, but they cannot now take them because of the flooding.

    Please can any other associations organise someone to save them and prepare them for adoption.

    Contact Nuria direct about it.

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  • Is there a God? Where is St Francis of Assisi?

    As if the Spanish shelters, refuges, volunteers, associations working for the poorly treated animals of Spain didn’t have enough to cope with, now they have storms, and floods and tornados. There may be some amongst you who will not agree with my question, but I say

    Where is God, to look after the innocent animals
    Where is St Francis of Assisi to look after the innocent animals?!

    Don’t tell me they are looking after these animals!

  • Calling Volunteers in Cordoba/Seville

    GALGA ALFONSO 1 250 This is a plea for help, from a guy who lives with his parents and has a young galga hidden at home. He lives in a village, he has no car, there is no vet, but it looks like she has a broken paw. At this rate he will have to put her back on the street. This is his message.

    I’m Alfonso, a guy from Cordoba. Tuesday night last week while walking my dog, we saw a lump of white on the ground. When I got close, I saw she was a galgo or galga x. She was trying to hide, but she did not get far because she could not walk because her paw is hut. It was raiging, I could not look the other way, so I took her home.

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  • More Spanish Shelters suffer from the storms – please please help

    Pedro Munoz 2 1209 300 These are pictures from the Pedro Munoz shelter at Ciudad Real, 200km south of Madrid. Loli and a couple more volunteers struggle with nearly 200 dogs. This is a message from Cristina who has spoken to Loli today.

    ‘I have talked directly with Loli from the shelter in Pedro Muñoz and today at least it is not raining there. They have much wind so they hope this will help to dry a bit the whole shelter.

    Pedro Munoz 3 1209 300 They have been totally devastated. The whole shelter is under water. Fortunately her galgos all have a family waiting in Belgium or Germany. She works for many years with two associations in Germany and one in Belgium who helps them a lot, and also Nuria from Amigos de los Galgos in France.

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  • Galgos 112 rescuing galgos beaten to break their legs!

    Nika 1 Galgos 112 1209 300 Have a look at Galgos 112 and click on ‘translate the page’. You can read the amazing tales of galgos who have been rescued and are winning their battle for life, including two who both had their front legs broken from beatings.
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