Thanks to June for bringing this to our notice. Breeding Galgos in France. Whatever is this man thinking about – breeding galgos. Does he not know what goes on in Spain?!
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Translation of letter from the Office of the Spanish Prime Minister
Pat Getz, of the Greyhound Protection League USA, has kindly sent in this translation of the letter I received from the office of the Spanish Prime Minister.
She says ‘A friend of mine who speaks Spanish and is married to someone who speaks Spanish as his native language was kind enough to do this translation. Kristin is very busy with two small children and many, many activities, but is a great animal lover. I thank her for her efforts.’
I thank Pat for her efforts too, and reprint the translation as sent to me.
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Dulce Vita – a small-town dog from Southern Spain
Dulce is a podenca with a peculiar gait. Her front legs move like a trotter (French racehorse) and her hind legs move like a crab. She’s a happy little dog now, but she nearly died. -
Driving in Spain?
This is Luz. She was wandering the streets of Jaen, hard to catch. Despite trying to catch her in many ways, including tranquillizers, the way she was finally caught was by being knocked down. -
The Hidden Shame of Spain
Charl del Rio reports on the lastest atrocities in Spain: Yesterday this case reached me from a friend in assoc ciudad animal, yet again the galgos suffer and the help comes too late. In Mota del Cuervo – Cuenca, Castilla la Mancha, a friend of mine was called since the police had been notified regarding robberies – what they found in the derelict building was horrific.
Galgos hung, cans of fuel, and the galgos eventually fallen from their horrific death to the floor to rot. They were approximately a year old, and male.
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Going on holiday to Spain? What you won’t see.
The trauma that hundreds of galgos suffer throughout their short lives is, at times, almost unbelievable. Passion Levriers tells a tale.
To find out more about their work, and make a donation, Passion Levriers home page.
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Help the Chip Appeal
Last November Tete and her volunteers, arrived at the shelter of Arconaturalinares, to find the fence cut open and many dogs running free outside the premises.On entering they found the storage room broken into with all the medication, bedding, iodine and even the dog food stolen.
Much worse however, was the disappearance of the two galgas that had arrived just 36 hours earlier.
So has started their Chip Appeal to try and ensure all dogs arriving at the centre are microchipped.
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Schering-Plough delivers vaccines in record time
Laboratories Shering-Plough contacted Sandra Baas through her website to offer a major donation: 3825 vaccines for dogs, specifically the Quantum DA2PP & CVL. These vaccines will expire in a few weeks, so co-ordination and speed were demanded to deliver them to different shelters in time.
This was made possible, in partnership with Ddevida, responsible for the defence of animal rights, in record time indeed. The distribution of vaccines was ready in just over a week.
We are always ready to organize and coordinate, but first we need resources.
Read the full story on Baas Galgo.
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Michala Bandier – founder of Galgos in Need Denmark
For 10 years Michala lived in the south of Spain, and it was in fact the horses, that took up most of her spare time.Almost daily she went riding in the mountains, but on her way she passed through many farms and could not help noticing all the dogs running around or being kept under poor conditions, locked up in old ruins or hidden from daylight in workmen’s huts.