Galgo News

  • Galgo Rescue International Network – the story

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    The story of Galgo Rescue International Network by Abby who founded the Association in 2006.

    I adopted my first ex-racing greyhound in the United States in 1997. I was unaware of the situation with the Spanish galgos until a friend introduced me to their plight in the early 2000s. By that time I had several retired racers and was involved in greyhound rescue, but there was something about the galgos and the extreme nature of their struggle that motivated me to become involved. I began working to gather medical and practical supplies to take to Scooby for my first trip in October 2005. I am a veterinary emergency and critical care nurse, and engaged three of my coworkers to join me in my first trip to Scooby.

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  • Animal lovers

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  • News from Protectora Scooby Medina del Campo

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    Last year, Scooby rescued 579 dogs and homed 158 here in Spain and 296 overseas: Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Holland, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland, United Kingdom and USA. Scooby saved 77 cats and homed 65. So far this year we have saved 204 dogs and cats and we’ve homed 199 of them. These are high numbers for our small team of about 10 staff. We are blessed with some dedicated volunteers, for which we are very grateful.

    All of our work carries a lot of administration, not only Scooby’s own activities but also the liaison with our partners and the vast array of government paperwork we need to complete to make our international adoptions happen. In the last newsletter
    we told you about our computers cracking under the strain and our administrator burning the midnight oil as a result. Thanks to your generosity, our supporters rose to the occasion and we were able to buy new Samsung Galaxy computers for the Scooby office and they have made such a difference to our efficiency. Thank you all very much.

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  • I-CAD, Europenet.com, Check a chip.com – microchipping is compulsory for dogs, cats, horses and ferrets

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    A new programme on UK TV is called ‘Lost Dogs Live’ which is about getting the watching public involved in tracing lost dogs. One of the startling pieces of information to come out of the programme was that in the UK there are 15 registered microchip companies. Besides the importance of microchipping your dog, it is also vitally important that up-to-date information is registered with the microchip company about the address at which your dog/cat lives.

    It is commonplace to assume that once you register with a veterinary clinic and they record your pet’s microchip, if the animal goes missing they will be able to trace if it turns up elsewhere, especially if it is suspected stolen.

    Not the case!

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  • Allergies in dogs

    In hot weather especially dogs can suffer from allergies just as humans do, as well as an allergy to fleas and food.

    Here’s an interesting article on the subject.

  • Sign the petition for Australian greyhounds

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    Read about the petition on this weblink, then please sign and share.

  • RSPCA Video of the UK greyhound kennels where ‘trainer’ Rebecca Perkins kept her dogs

    I hope you can see this, which is a video of the kennels where greyhound trainer Rebecca Perkins kept nearly 40 greyhounds in various stages of sickness, malnutrition, injury and death. It’s a facebook video, I can’t find that the RSPCA have put it on Youtube.

    And all she got was 36 days in jail!! No justice for dogs.

  • South African greyhound trainer banned for life after ‘live baiting’

    Read the full story on this weblink.

  • Yorkshire greyhound trainer had dead dogs!

    And another story to hit the headlines about UK greyhound trainers maltreating their dogs.

  • Adopt an older dog – Greyhound ErGe hoping for love and comfort

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    A greyhound rescued in China! We know many Irish and English greyhounds are exported to China…

    ‘Candys Hound Rescue International says

    “Beautiful old boy ErGe from China is still looking for his forever home.He has never had a family or belonged in this world and he now deserves that chance.

    Old boy ErGe is looking for his forever home. He was was rescued in main land China 3 years ago. It’s believed he was used as a police dog in his younger life according to the person who saved him in China. Once he was no longer needed by the Police he was being sold to the meat markets.

    Unfortunately many police in China use Greyhounds to catch stray dogs from the streets.

    ErGe is in foster with 8 other hounds and he isn’t aggressive but he doesn’t have any manners around dogs and has no boundaries.
    He needs someone that will understand this and don’t expect too much from him. He needs time and patience to grow and learn how to become a pet.

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