Puppy, five months old, extremely malnourished – found in appalling conditions – recovering in a foster home for a few days, but the fosterer has other dogs at his house and can only have him for a few days.
Urgently needs a forever home.
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or please pass onto your contacts.
As a result of my letter to Snr Zapatero, the Spanish Prime Minister, about the plight of the Spanish galgos, I received the following reply – which I have to admit was a pleasant surprise, as I didn’t expect such a result.
Sadly, my language skills don’t include Spanish, so if anyone can send me a translation into English, I’d be delighted to receive it.
Click on the thumbnail images to the right to read the full text of the two page reply.
If you joined my campaign, and sent a letter as well, I’d like to know if you received a reply too.
And if you haven’t already sent a letter, then click here and print off a copy of mine.
Come on, folks, let’s bombard the Spanish government with protest letters, we’ve a 50% chance of getting them to do something!
With plans afoot to return to the UK, Sandi Leach says the last thing she and husband Will were planning to do was adopt another dog in France. That was before they met George.
Sandi explains: “Originally named Adonis by Nuria of Amigos de los Galgos, this big, black and white, gentle galgo captured our hearts.
It could have been something to do with the fact that he is almost the twin of our other galga Pye, despite the size difference, (she could stand underneath him if she wanted to).
They are so similar that people do a double take when they see them together.
Charl has sent in stories of 3 more galgos, dumped like rubbish to fend for themselves. The mentality seems to be “galgos can hunt, they can look for food”.
Nata… another lame galgo, saved by some more “guardian angels” of the galgos.
Nata arrived at the shelter El Arca de Monzòn (Huesca) – no one knows how, but she was begging around the exterior of the refuge. Perhaps luck brought her that far.
It’s quite possible she was brought there by the same gypsies who had her because she was no good at running, for she has a wound in her front paw.
The World Society for the Protection of Animals has continued to press for action following last year’s art exhibition by Guillermo Vargas, which featured a dog chained to a wall with no food or water.
Elly Hiby, WSPA’s head of companion animals, said: “Information regarding the treatment and fate of the dog used in the 2007 exhibition is inconsistent, but for WSPA – irrespective of the exact outcome – chaining a dog without food or water for public entertainment is a reprehensible abuse.”
On behalf of the San Anton Refuge.
Donations can be sent to the treasurer:
Fam. E.H. van Poelwijck
De Aalscholver 4
7702 AE Dedemsvaart
The Netherlands
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If you would like to organise a fundraising dog walk, don’t be put off by the paperwork! You know what the French are like, bless them. I think I put the cat among the pigeons when I decided to organise my walk for the International Day of the Dog.
If we had just been people walking, or riding bikes, or horses, they had forms to cover that! It was also the fact that I didn’t know how many dogs would be present. But I sorted through the paperwork and the bureaucracy and then, relaxing afterwards with a welcome glass of wine, I realised that some of the demands made were actually quite sensible.
Here is a collection of photographs from the walk marking the International Day of the Dog which took place in the village of Celles-sur-Belle in southern Deux-Sevres.
So… the sadness continues for the Spanish Galgos. Charl del Rio tells the tale of Noche.
It never ceases to amaze me how much a galo has to suffer and continues to endure, unless they reach the relative safety of a refuge. It is nothing a human would endure without giving in and complaining, or giving up totally. All galgos, when rescued, show gratefulness as only a galgo knows how.
This is the story of Noche, a galga who has endured immense suffering.
This is the night where her life was turned around and she found hands to cure her wounded body.
Brenda and Sara happily rehomed together, and settling into their forever home. Enjoy the rest of your lives, girls!
