It never ceases to amaze me just how many abandoned dogs there are in Spain. Hundreds of beautiful dogs, pure bred and mixed breed, live in refuges all over the country, looked after by dedicated volunteers. Andalucia is a particularly dreadful place to be a dog! Here is a report about the Protectora de Granada, in Fuentevaqueros, which fights against cruelty to dogs, and their abandonment.

Suzanne explains. ‘I would like to let you know that there is a place in Granada, Protectora de Granada, in Fuentevaqueros , that fights against cruelties and abandon of dogs. Several are mixed dogs, other ones are pure breed dogs that are used for hunting by hunters and some tourist that go to Spain to hunt and then, after the hunting period, abandon them in the woods or in the streets.

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Back from the trip to Cordoba, to visit refuges and meet some amazing Spanish volunteers working in them, and to bring out some more wonderful galgos and a couple of podencos for rehoming in France. And I also met my first ‘hung galga’ in the flesh, rather than just through information on the Internet.

As yet unnamed, she was found hanging by a cord round her neck, struggling. The volunteers cut her down, and took her to the refuge, which is 60km south of Cordoba on the Seville road. She has been in the refuge for 2 weeks now, her physical wounds are healing a bit, but her mental state will take a lot longer. Arrangements have been made to bring her to France as soon as she has been named, microchipped and vaccinated.

Hi Folks

Just to say that I will be silent again for a few days, as I’m off to Spain via Madrid to Cordoba with L’Europe des Levriers to uplift some more galgos deserving of their forever families in mainland Europe, outside Spain.

It doesn’t solve the root problem – lack of control of breeding of galgos, living conditions of galgos, and disposal of them at the end of every hunting season. And it begs the question – if the galguerros – as is now the case – know that if they dump their galgos at the gates of a refuge or perrera, a volunteer association/refuge will take them in and try and rehome them, then it just encourages them to continue to do it!

So, it would be useful to have the comments of readers as to how you see a solution to the problem.

Give me your feedback.

Apanot is an animal refuge in Tenerife where Chugi is staying. With the horror stories coming out of mainland Spain, it is easy to overlook the Spanish islands. I’ve highlighted the sterling work of the SARA association on Lanzarote, now we learn about the plight of the podencos on Tenerife. There are dozens of them, many are females, shut in cages, volunteers struggling to help them, but NO ONE wants to adopt a podenca! And why? They are just as adorable as galgos, and make the most wonderful companions – I can speak from experience!

Apanot is desperate for adopters to come forward, or sponsors to travel to mainland Europe or Madrid. Please can you help these amazing volunteers who look after these wonderful dogs.

PLEASE HELP A PODENCA IN TENERIFE – Contact apanotenerife@hotmail.com
Bea:0034 (0)6 15 89 83 32 or Arantxa 0034 (0)6 36 73 51 56 www.perrosadoptar.es

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Although it is June now, there are still abandoned starving galgos loose on the streets of Spain, abandoned and cast out by the heartless galguerros at the end of January at the end of hunting. We have to all get together and DO something about this. However do the poor volunteers cope?

This is an appeal via my good friend Charl. Her contact has been notified of a galguita wandering around the town, food is chucked to her, but she is weak and scared. She needs rescuing before she becomes pregnant, but the4 vfolunteer has no room to take her, she is already paying out of her own pocket for veterinary care for others and fees for galgos in a perrera. Please can someone take her? Contact: natisabe@hotmail.com Tel Spain 0034 (0)6 39 25 69 49

PORFAVOR SI ALGUIEN TIENE HUECO POR ESTE GALGUITO EN LA CALLE, AUN QUE SEA ACOGEIDA SERIA GENIAL. TE MANDO FOTOS CUANDO LA TENGO, O EL EMAIL DE LA CHICA INTENTANDO DE COGER LO ESTA ABAJO.

PLEASE IF ANYONE HAS A PLACE FOR A WEAK GALGO WHICH IS STILL ON THE STREETS TRYING TO BE RESCUED, IF ONLY FOR A FOSTER HOME PLEASE CONTACT THE EMAIL BELOW OR MYSELF. HE IS MALE WHITE AND SCARED. PHOTOS TO FOLLOW. THANKYOU.

Charlotte & Ambo Ambasadog! http://112carlotagalgos.blogspot.com

You may remember back in the autumn of 2008 that the Bright Eyes Society appealed for donations for a fighting fund to pay for the legal costs of bringing a Spanish hunter to court on Ibiza for unbelievable cruelty to his podencos. Read the original report.

Bright Eyes report the latest development.

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