Galgo News

Spanish holidays - Spanish people - it's a Third World Country!

For those of you who live far afield and have not visited Spain, or for those of you who have visited Southern Spain in search of sun,sangria and sea, this is a story of the REAL Spain.

Driving back from Spain to France along the E05 towards San Sebastien, we stopped off at a petrol/parking/grill centre, literally just at the side of the motorway. The parking was busy with cars and a few lorries.

We parked close to a car where there were 4/5 20-somethings - rasta hair,revolting low-slung jeans (who the devil wants to look at their pink bum cheeks!) - and tatty clothes.

Remember the Andrex advert and the golden labrador puppies? Well, imagine one of those but with long curly fluffy hair, BUT THE SAME SMALL SIZE.

Galgo Loose at Ikea with a cord round its neck - Cheap Holidays Torremolinos Spain - life is cheap!

Just received an email from that marvellous campaigner for galgos Charl - please pray she catches him.

Sorry, this was the first email which came whilst I was in Spain.

'I just got back from going to Ikea and a white galgo with bailing twine wrapped round his neck crossed my path. I shot out of the car and followed him to where he goes. Very similar to the white sarna galga but very thin and sad. He was hard to follow, his fear of himself, solitary.

Saved from starvation in the Jaen killing station - happy to be in France

Introducing Estrella. She came out of Spain on the rescue this weekend. This is the picture of her which I posted a few weeks ago, where she was in the Jaen killing station with 3 galgos. The 3 galgos were rescued, the podenca was left in the killing station on her own.

This is her story so far.

Scooby Medina needs donations for their auction - please help

Dear friends,

In 2009 we held the first Scooby North America Auction and raised enough money to help install a much-needed tile floor in the Hospital and Surgery Center at Scooby Animal Refuge in Medina del Campo, Spain. Our goal for 2010 is to build as many brick shelters as possible in the paddocks to help protect the animals from the elements, but we can only do it through your generosity.

How can you help?

Madrid - here we come for some galgos!

Hi Folks - just to say that there won't be any news for a few days, as I'm heading off to Spain today with the rest of the team, to bring back some more galgos and a few podencos, saved from a horrendous death now hunting in Spain is ended.

Read about it next week!

Pro-Galgo help galgo Don Juan to an amazing recovery

Update from Pro-Galgo on Don Juan's amazing progress. Help is needed with the cost of the vet bills, details of how to donate are on the above link.

Sun, Sea, Spanish Holidays, Cheap Holidays - why not just feel abandoned - like this galga!

Tina Solera,one of the galgo rescuers in Spain, has just sent in this story today.

'This galgo has been wandering now near my village for approx two weeks and I've been trying to win her over and had a few attempts at catching her. Today I gave it another go, chicken, pizzas and countless sandwiches later(whatever I could get my hands on.. the pizza came from 3 teengaers relaxing and eating in the park).

Baas Galgo - 90 galgos left at the Cordoba shelter - Urgent help needed

ASSOCIATION BAASGALGO REQUIRE URGENT HELP
DONATIONS REQUIRED TO HELP 90 GREYHOUNDS RESCUED FROM CORDOBA (SPAIN)

The hunting season has come to an end and 90 galgos were left at the shelter by their owners. As usual if you do not accept them they kill them.

With a huge effort we try to safe as many lives as possible but the shelter is packed and we can not accept any more galgos, we need help to find forever homes urgently

Huesca perrera - galga desperate for help

The face of Viki says it all. She is on her own and very unhappy in the Huesca perrera, where the winter is long and cold. She is about 5 years old. Ref E-7-6

Details
Provincial Perrera (old Municipal Garbage dump).
Open hours: Monday through Friday: 9:30 to 13:00 h. Tuesday and Thursday: 16:00 to 18:00 h.
Telephone and fax: 974 340 197
perreraprovincial@dphuesca.es

Please can anyone in Spain help get her out for us.

salvanimal-france@neuf.fr
http://www.salvanimal-france.com/
elsita_215@hotmail.com

Spanish to English - Translation please - SEPRONA at work for the galgos

I've just found this piece of news on Baas Galgo. Using Google translate, it seems to refer to Seprona arresting some more people for illegal trafficking in galgos. Please could someone bi-lingual English/Spanish confirm the report for me.

Thanks.

Badajoz, Spain - another abandoned galgo - Spain needs a law to stop this!

Another galgo, chucked out like a piece of rubbish.

This HAS to stop now!

Contact difusionmargamsagunto@gmail.com or
maribeljerezsos@gmail.com

SARA Lanzarote update - adopt a podenco - support them on the island

SARA Lanzarote has some good news about 3 podencos finding homes, but there are dozens more. Please support them.

'In November 2009, Sara Animal Shelter, Lanzarote prepared and sent to the UK four Podencos for adoption. This was the first time they have attempted this due to the quarantine laws in the UK. Rick and Lesley Beauchamp, of Express Recruitment in Nottingham, who made Sara their chosen charity, collected the dogs off the plane in Germany and have been fostering them whilst homes were found.

We are delighted to report that three of the four have now found forever homes.