Galgo News

  • A King Among Galgos

    Kamel
    This is the story of Kamal, an incredible survivor.. He is 14 years old, and spent 11 years of his life in a 2 x 2m cage in a refuge, lost in the middle of Spain. A refuge which is more of a prison for the dogs which end up there.

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  • Disposable dogs – Spain needs to act against it

    The focus of the galgo problem is twofold: the uncontrolled breeding of Galgos, and their massive abandoning at the end of the hunting season.

    The facts

    An investigation by the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) in 2001 and 2002 proved that tens of thousands of Galgos are bred annually in Spain in the hope of producing the national coursing champion. Medina del Campo is the focal point for those with a coursing interest in Spain.

    Many galgueros (breeders and owners of Galgos) live in Medina del Campo and its environs.

    Prior to 2001 it was an annual tradition for the galgueros to kill their Galgos by hanging them en masse in the pine forests in and around Medina del Campo at the end of the coursing season (January/February).

    Fermín Pérez of Scooby Medina and WSPA captured vast photographic evidence and WSPA compiled a report about the treatment of Galgos in Spain.

    Has anything really changed? Has any positive progress been made? What do you think?

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  • Bring Maria Daines to Paris!

    Maria DainesMaria Daines fronts a UK rock band which perform concerts to raise funds for animal charities. If enough of us demand it, she will perform in Paris.

    I’ve started the demand off, click on the link and add your demand. Tell everyone to demand it – then we get great publicity for the plight of the galgos, and raise funds at the same time.

    Go for it! Demand it! Maria Daines

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  • Looking for a forever home

    SanchosOnce owned by a gypsy, these 2 boys have been to hell and survived. They are looking for a special person to give them a forever home together.

    Sancho has the worst scars. Hung and burned with cigarettes, he also has a depressed fracture of the skull where his head was stamped on. Yet he still has love in him, to give to someone, in exchange for kindness and security. Luis probably came from a racetrack. Eventually they were abandoned.

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  • Conference in Las Vegas – wish I could get there!

    Back by Popular Demand:
    The No More Homeless Pets National Conference

    Is achieving a country with No More Homeless Pets possible? You bet it is! Every day, more progress is being made, more lives are being saved. But there is still work to be done, and all of us have a part to play.

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  • Petitions at Scooby Medina Online

    http://www.scoobymedina.com/home_en.htm

    You can read more about these petitions in English on the above link. There are also some other campaigns which you may be interested in supporting.

  • And another petition – Kill Hunting in Spain

    http://www.ecologistasenaccion.org/spip.php?article5953

    Here’s another one. It’s in Spanish, but all you have to do is complete your name and email address in the 2 boxes on the right, and confirm. An email will then be sent to your email address, and you have to click on the link therein to validate your signing, and add your name to the list.

    Send to as many people as possible.

    The Spanish volunteers struggling against overwhelming odds and the animals suffering in the name of hunting – need all our support.

  • Another petition to sign – Save the Galgos

    http://firmas.amnistianimalmadrid.org/

    Send the details to everyone you know, we’ve a 50% chance of succeeding in getting somewhere – got to think positive!

  • Lameness from dry pads – can you help?

    A problem has developed in the feet of my galga. My vet thinks it could be an allergy problem but, as she is one of the hundreds to come out of Spain whose history is unknown, we don’t know if she has suffered this problem before.

    I would be interested to know if anyone else has experienced a similar problem, the diagnosis and treatment.

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  • Galgos – why the fuss? Here’s your answer.

    If you are a first time visitor to Galgo News, and you wonder what we are about, this is the statement from SOS Galgos. http://www.sosgalgos.com/ (Click on the Union Jack for English language site.)

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