Galgo News

  • Support the galgo campaign on Facebook

    Galgo group FacebookTHANKS to the work of Roland Hulme the site now has its own page on Facebook where people can share information on all things galgo.

    The Save the Galgo page features comments and messages from people who have rescued galgos in the past as well as posts from people who have only recently discovered the suffering many dogs face.

    If you are already a member of Facebook then you can easily join and invite others to do the same, if you are new to Facebook then it is free to join and you can follow the page quickly and easily.

    And if you have your own blog and want to promote the Facebook group please feel free to use the image above to link through from your own website.

  • Chained through the mouth to a wall and left to die

    podencoThis is a podenco, found chained through its mouth and round its head to a wall, left to die.

    It was found in the town of Higuera de la Serena.

    An angel named Olga rescued it, with a lot of help from the ayuntanimiento (town hall). It took from dawn till dusk to free him, he was so terrified and the chain was so thick.

    podencoHe is now being cared for in her home; her husband cannot get near him, he is so terrified of men.

    What must this poor dog have suffered. What sick human inflicted this upon him.

    Olga asks if you would email the town hall hserena@dip-badajoz.es and congratulate them on rescuing this dog. with her. Here is the message to copy and paste.

    Enhorabuena al equipo en el ayuntamiento en el rescate del podenco pobre que fue encadenado a una pared por su boca y se fue para morir. Usted hizo una cosa maravillosa, el mundo le aplaude para su acción. Esta crueldad debe ser parada y usted ha ayudado.

  • Passionate about Galgos – with Passion Levriers

    Virginie Labat
    Virginie Labat lives in Bayonne on the French/Spanish border, and speaks Spanish as well as her native French. It makes her ideal for working to help the galgos. She explains why she got involved:

    ‘A couple of years ago, I saw on TV a programme about the Spanish galgos. It showed the conditions in which they were kept by the galgueros and also the horrendous mutilations and death inflicted on them.

    At that time I didn’t have a computer, so I couldn’t check the story on any websites, but then, in December 2006, my brother gave me his computer, and I was able to read about the galgos.

    And I could not believe that this went on just a 30 minute drive from my home!

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  • Noche needs her forever home

    Noche
    Remember the story of Noche, rescued by Degalgos. She was in horrendously poor condition, malnourished, with scabies all over her body, and had been attacked by rats.

    Here she is, healed, looking absolutely stunning, and ready for adoption.

    Contact Degalgos to offer her a forever home.

  • URGENT! Save us from the Galguerro!

    I’ve appealed for help for these 2 dogs, but now a galguerro has found out they are healthy and wants to take them! It’s highly likely he will try and steal them.

    They urgently need to be removed from Spain – can you help?

    This is the message about them sent to me today.

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  • Support my Campaign – Maria Daines in Paris

    Maria Daines – here’s what she says on Pro-Galgo about animal cruelty.

    Clink on the link here and this one Maria Daines to Paris to add your name in support of bringing Maria Daines in concert to Paris.

  • Update on Celo

    Great news is that Celo, the pregnant galga saved from hanging is now with Mo Swatek of Pro Galgo, for convalescence until she has found her forever home.

    Pro-Galgo need financial help for the association Refugio Escuela Seville who rescued the mum and the 4 pups who survived.

    Donations by PayPal to Pro-Galgo@total-barcelona.com and for information on how to donate by cheque or bank transfer, email pro-galgo@hotmail.com.

  • A Passion for Giving to Galgos

    Passion levriersThis is a tale about Little Red Riding Hood and the wolf, le Petit Chaperon Rouge.

    Virginie Labat, of Passion Levriers tells the tale:

    Little red riding hood is Passion Levriers, the wolf is the galguerro in Spain, this story represents what we do to help the refugees there in Spain. We collect everywhere in France: blankets, medicine, toys for cats and dogs, kennels, food, in fact everything you can use in a refuge for the ‘peludos’ (means in English : the one with hairs).

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  • Summer, sunshine, holidays……..

    BUT don’t let’s forget the galgos still waiting in the refuges to be rehomed outside Spain.

    DON’T forget the volunteers who still go to the refuges every day to take care of the galgos, and all the other abandoned dogs of Spain. They are such dedicated people, often paying for food and medication from their own pockets.

    YOU can still do something.

    SUPPORT my campaigns on Galgo News.

    CLICK on the link for a concert by Maria Daines in Paris

    SEND a letter to the Spanish Prime Minister

    SEND an email to the Spanish Environment Minister

    BUY cards from artes-et-cartes to raise funds to help galgo associations

    DON’T sit back in the sunshine, HELP the galgos

  • Women in Trouble while the Spanish sun is shining

    Galgo NewsWhilst the Spanish sun is shining, the problems for the galgos do not go away. Since the end of hunting in Spain in January, thousands of galgos have been killed, suffered torture, been maimed, abandoned, some are still suffering, starved in remote shelters, hidden in dark barns, bitches giving birth when they haven’t even the bodily strength to provide enough nourishment for themselves, let along half a dozen demanding puppies.

    Some are lucky enough to have been rescued by volunteers and taken to already overflowing refuges.

    But the galgos are not the only ones to suffer. The volunteers suffer too, picked on and targeted by their own countrymen.

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