During my research into hunting in Spain, and galguerros, I came across this website. What nice people they are – promoting hunting game in Spain!
And what about the galgos? Not to mention the game which they shoot but don’t kill! What would I like to do to these people?!!
David and Linda Rogers went from the USA to spend some time helping in the Scooby Medina refuge in Spain.
This link will take you to their story and pictures.
JEAN IS RUNNING FOR THEIR LIVES!
Dublin Marathon – October 27th
Please sponsor her to raise funds for Greyhound Action.
Long distance runner and greyhound rescue worker, Jean Snelling, will be running in the Dublin Marathon on Monday, October 27th to raise much needed funds for Greyhound Action.
We are urging as many people as possible to please sponsor Jean and to get your friends, neighbours and family members to do so too.
Contact us as soon as possible at info@greyhoundaction.org.uk or on (0044) 01562 700 043, giving your name and address, so we can get a sponsorship form sent out to you.
Are there any marathons in Europe which fit people could run to raise funds for galgo rescue associations? If so, email me on my homepage and let’s see what we can do. Why don’t I do one? I’m not built for running!!
Just found these interesting ‘greyhound’ products.
PRO-GALGO has several dogs available for sponsorship.
These dogs are either in foster care or are being housed in shelters until they are ready for rehoming. HOWEVER the dogs in pounds can only be saved from PTS if there are funds to continue caring for them. As you can imagine the pounds are run by volunteers who try to save as many dogs as they can BUT if the funds aren’t there then they can’t save every one.
It costs approximately 50 Euros per month to pay for the care of dogs in pounds to prevent their destruction, and to pay for their foster care in volunteers homes.
The salvation and rehoming of the desperate dogs in Spain completely depends on the kindness of the public to make donations. By sponsoring a PRO-GALGO dog you will be helping to save its life.
Those of us living outside Spain cannot begin to imagine the fear experienced by people fostering and adopting these beautiful dogs and keeping them in Spain. Galgos are considered vermin and anyone keeping one as a pet and walking it in the street risks being followed home, and possibly the dog stolen.
The background details of this poor galgo are now known. The dog has not been mistreated, it has been victim of a fire caused by a molotov cocktail thrown against the house of the dog’s owner. Several more galgos got hurt in this brutal attack, some of them were saved by the owners, some ran in panic away. One of them was this poor galga, The police confirm the story.
What goes through the mind of the person who perpetrates this vile murderous act? When will they be caught and dealt with?
Thinking of going on holiday to Spain – want some warmth for the winter? Well, this poor galgo got more warmth than he deserved – courtesy of inhuman Spaniards!
This is a message from a volunteer in Spain.
Dear friends,
I send you a terrible news. Yesterday in the evening we gathered in the suburbs of Albacete this poor galgo, after the call of a few women who were walking along the zone.
As you can see in the photos, he was burned alive with petrol….., he took burns as a great part of the body and especially for the head, his mouth and eyes were burned, besides other zones of the body. His suffering was enormous and our veterinarians decided upon euthanasia, since it was the more humane thing that it was possible to do for him, the poor dog already was agonizing between terrible pains ……
We all in the refuge remain very impressed and with an enormous feeling of impotence and of anger towards another atrocity more than it commits with one of the most docile dogs of the world.
The photos are very strong.
Sad regards
Balbino Cerro
Presidente APAP Arca de Noé (Albacete – Spain)
www.ibichos.com
Link to the pictures http://www.greyhoundmuses.com click on Latest from Spain in the left-hand column (please be aware the images are particularly distressing).
Regular visits to the vet with Karmel are still necessary as we try to find the minimum dosage of megasolene for the maximum control of this disease. She was down to 1 tablet every other day, but lesions started appearing on her beautiful face, so we had to up the dose to 2 tablets per day for a week.
That week finishes today, and from tomorrow the dosage is reduced to 1 1/2 tablets per day for 3 weeks. If this keeps the disease under control, we will try 1 tablet per day.
I have been contacted by someone else whose dog has been diagnosed with pemphigus foliaceous and it is interesting to compare notes.
16 galgos were rescued from Spain to France last weekend, 20/21 September, by the team from L’Europe des Levriers.
Some galgos were included which did not have permanent homes to go to in France, precipitated by the threat of being stolen by gypsies.
This was the case of little Negrita, who was in the same refuge as Gemilla (above) and Diana, the latter 2 stolen by gypsies. This was also the case for Joselin and Leonidas, in a refuge at Cadiz, from which 3 galgos were stolen.
Lorca was also included in this rescue, the poor galga whose shoulder was fractured by a bullet from a gun carried by her galguerro.
Nevado is a stunning pure white galgo, 2 years old, living in France with an English family.
They have to return to the UK and unfortunately cannot take Nevado with them, (Spanish paperwork not correct for UK) so are desperately seeking a loving home for him.
He is a gentle, affectionate, playful boy, house trained, fine with other dogs, cats and horses. He is castrated, microchipped, fully vaccinated and blood tested for leishmania, ehrlichia and filaria (all negative).
This is a link to him http://www.adopter-levrier.com/adoptions.php
Contact L’Europe des Levriers direct to adopt him. There is an English page.
