I’m offline at home, so not able to check on latest news from Spain, but the latest on Karmel is that she is on double dose Megasolene for 3 weeks and then we reduce the amount to see what dose is small enough to keep the disease under control.
She is being bathed once a week to treat her damaged skin and hair, and is a happy personality, but losing weight – 6 kilos in the last 3 weeks.
Maria and Paul will play an acoustic set to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Scooby Medina. They will be joined by volunteers and representatives from organisations in the UK, USA, Germany, Holland, France, Switzerland and the World Society for Protection of Animals.
Date: Sunday, 31st August, 2008
Venue: Poperingseweg 383, 8908 Vlamertinge, Belgium
Prices: €12 adults, €8 children
Email: http://www.scoobymedina.com/home_en.htm
Listen to Maria Daines performing below or visit her website.
Each Spanish region has its own legislation for animal protection, some even have none. Read what the Bright Eyes Society says.
Bright Eyes Society also has this suggestion for denouncing cruelty in Spain.
This link quotes Animal Protection Law in Andalucia. Scroll down the page to the appropriate heading.
Interesting read on EU legislation.
Also http://www.vierpfoten.eu/website/output.php?id=1284&language=1#
This is Eros. Look long at his gentle trusting smiling face. He’s not even a year old, just a baby. He’s just been stolen by the galguerros from the sanctuary of the refuge trying to rehome him. What expression of fear and terror must be on his face now.
Help the campaigns to wipe out this cruelty, wipe out hunting with galgos, control their breeding, put an end to horrors of their murder.
Join my campaigns, write to the Spanish Prime Minister, email the Minister of the Environment, sign all the petitions! If you’ve already done it, do it again!
Karmel is losing hair all over her body, as the pistules from her illness dry up. I have used comfrey for hair restoration on my horses, when they have had an injury involving hair loss, but, it’s sticky, so no good for a dog which lies down sleeping much of the day! Can anyone recommend a natural remedy which I can buy in France, which will help restore the hair and return my galga to her beauty?
10th August – The organisation Rescani is organising a special fundraising day throughout Belgium
August has arrived, soon it will be September, and the beginning of the hunting season in Spain. Hundreds of galgos remain in refuges at the moment, rescued by brave over-worked volunteers.
But most of the refuges are unmanned at night. And the galgos are now in a vulnerable position – in danger of being stolen and finding themselves back in the hell of the last hunting season.
Passion Levriers report several galgos which have already been stolen from a refuge before they could be removed by the association.
One cannot begin to imagine the hell they will suffer yet again, after having found sanctuary.
Update on Karmel – 02/08
We visited our vet this morning to discuss the results of the biopsy. The diagnosis is Pemphigus Foliaceus, a genetic skin disease. This is a good site to read about it.http://www.dermvet.com/pemphigusfoliaceus.htm
Interestingly, research has shown that 6.3 years is the age of a dog when the disease manifests itself. Karmel is 6.
Treatment is lifelong. to help her auto immune system keep the disease in check.
The capture of Rosario in Niort lasted only 15 minutes at the most!
After five and a half months of following and tracing her without being able to catch her, we needed to go carefully. It necessitated calling upon a professional of the SACPA (Societe Protection des Animaux) at Poitiers to come to our aid.
The hypodermic rifle needed to be filled for a dog of 30kg. Sebastien spent several different times in front of Rosario to get her used to seeing him. He then shot the tranquiliser arrow into her thigh. Rosario was surprised by the impact.
She ran. She crossed the boulevard Atlantic, at a pedestrian crossing, without looking if there was traffic coming.
Why we love a galgo. This video shows some of the things which happen to them at the end of the hunting season at the end of January.
Don’t switch off. Don’t be too afraid of watching it, it is not too horrific, The pictures say a lot to explain the origins of the galgo, and follows the story through. And it shows just how much love these fantastic dogs can give, even though they might suffer so much hardship.
Please watch, and pass the word on, about the plight of the Galgos
