Galgo News

  • Togs for Dogs

    Weathertogs, who make stylish high quality dog coats, with an especially well-designed range for greyhounds/galgos, recently donated a quanity for use in the rescue centres in Northern Spain, where the nights can be very cold for thin-skinned galgos.

    Based in Suffolk, UK, the challenge was to get the coats transported at minimum cost!

    Responding to a posting on AngloInfo, John Chambers offered to collect them whilst visiting family in Essex, and brought them back to France. A dog lover himself, he said he was very happy just to help.

    The coats should soon be winging their way southwards. Thanks to Wendy Amon, proprietor of Weathertogs, for her extremely generous donation.

    Any more tales of donations, email me direct.

  • Tune In to the Radio

    Radio Val D’Or picked up on the recent rescue of galgos and puppies carried out by L’Europe des Levriers at the beginning of December, and for listeners in the Poitou region, there’s an interview going out today, Thursday and Friday, with Beatrice Monnet, President of EDL, and also ‘yours truly’. I’ve broadcast to the nation in English, but I had to take a minute to consider whether I had enough confidence to speak in French!

    Presenter Ginnette Folwell will run the interviews in her programme ‘A Tous Crins’, which is a half hour slot from 1700-1730 on Tuesdays and Fridays, and it will also be run after the 9 am and 6pm news on Thursdays.

    I’m delighted with the chance to tell listeners to Radio Val D’Or about the problems for the galgos, and hopefully it will result in more people contacting the rescue associations with offers of help.

    Radio Val D’Or, 95.2 FM
    A Tous Crins
    5-5.30pm Tuesdays and Fridays.

    If any of the other associations have media reports, send them on to me now.

  • Update on Fabienne

    Latest news on Fabienne is that she is now in a foster home where she can receive the medical treatment she needs, on her road to recovery.

  • Magical Magnets to help Galgos

    Galgo magnetsIn November, Operation Scooby were notified of an appalling situation in El Cuervo, in Sevilla, where there were almost 200 dogs all together, males, females, big, small.

    Lots of dogs all together, pregnant bitches about to give birth, dogs with recent wounds, terrible skin problems, dogs on short chains, emaciated.

    You can read the whole story and the latest updates on the Operation Scooby website.

    To help fund the rescue, care and rehabilitation of the dogs saved from this hell, a couple of galgo lovers have designed and produced some fridge magnets to sell. They have covered the production and postage costs themselves, so 100% of the profit goes to help the Scooby team.

    The magnets are currently on sale via the following UK dog rescue websites:

    http://www.dogpages.org.uk/forums/

    http://www.sighthoundsonline.org.uk/forums/

    http://www.rykat.org/forums/

    Why not purchase some and pop them in your family and friends’ Christmas stockings.

  • Fabianne – just thrown away like a piece of paper

    FabianneIntroducing Fabianne, luckily for her she was found by some volunteers, under a small bridge under the Andalucia motorway, on top of an old mattress.

    This particular day it was pouring with rain and she was soaking wet.

    At first they thought she was a puppy, but it turns out she is approximately 6 years of age, and weighing only 11kg.

    She was in a state of hypothermia and malnourished to such an extent that she was near death.

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  • And the donations keep coming….

    Donations are still coming in from people who couldn’t attend the L’Europe des Levriers pre Christmas lunch on 2nd December, so the total amount now raised is over 1650 euros. Wonderful. Thank you everyone.

  • Is there a home for Inocente?

    InocenteInocente is a beautiful brindle galgo mix, about 3 years old, but with a past which would horrify any sensitive person.

    Someone tried to hang Inocente, but he was saved before he died. He has an old fracture of the tibia with a 40 degree distal deviation.

    The Kimba refuge at Cadiz is asking for people to help find a family for Inocente, one to give him all the love possible and help him to forget his past in Chiclana de la Frontera (Cadiz).

    If there is anyone who can help, contact Kimba – www.refugiokimba.org

  • April & Paul Carrier, the rehabilitators

    April and Paul CarrierApril & Paul Carrier like the sun and they get plenty of it in Rota, near Cadiz, where they have their home, the Alpha Dog Centre. They describe it as a summer camp to some, boot camp to others and a sanctuary to galgos.

    I talked to them about their involvement with galgos, and how it all came about.

    April starts the story. ‘Our initial contact with galgos was when we received a call from a customer, Hailey, who asked us to board a litter of galgo puppies over the Christmas period of 2001, and then we were asked to board the puppies’ mother till a home could be found for her.’

    Hailey told them the story of a refuge in Villamartin, near Jerez, which was where the galga had been when she was rescued. She asked Paul to visit it with her and, accompanied by a couple of local vets and some volunteers, they went to see if at least some of the galgos could be treated, and the lives of the dogs improved.

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  • Thank you for the euros!

    The fundraising pre-Christmas lunch organised on 2nd December by the Deux-Sevres (79) group of l’Europe des Levriers’ raised 1615 euros and more donations are still coming in. This is a Thank You from the EDL president to everyone who helped

    FUND RAISING
    I enjoyed very much to be with you at my first fund raising. Thank you for your help and be sure that this money will be well used. We raised 1615 euros : this amount will save approximately 10 galgos !!! Thank you for them. They deserve it so much ! Béatrice from L’europe des Lévriers

  • 8th December, walk in Spain

    AdanaHere’s an idea for fundraising, if there are any readers in the Estepona area of Spain on this date, it’s not too late to join in.

    There is a two day walk from the ADANA Perrera to the (Crestelina) Casares Refugio and back.

    We will start the walk on Saturday 8th December at 11:00 from the Adana perrera and walk approximately 15 kms to the Casares Crestellina refugio with at least 10 dogs.

    We will sleep overnight at the refugio, and then the next day we will walk back to the perrera. Each walker must bring his/her own sleeping bag, food and drink for the entire two day journey.

    We will have a support vehicle to carry all the walkers’ equipment for most of the way. Unfortunately for the last 2kms of the way, each walker must carry his/her own stuff from the vehicle to the refugio. This is a mini adventure, and adults and children are invited to participate. The walk will be mostly in footpaths but a small section will be on theroad. Each walker must take AT LEAST one ADANA dog. You can bring your own dog, AS it can socialise with ADANA dogs.

    Please contact Paul on (0034) 699 026 129 to reserve your place on this mini adventure.

    Saludos Paul Agius, Webmaster de ADANA www.adana-estepona.com