Galgo News

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Transformation of Amigio

Amigio was found in Seville earlier in the year, very malnourished and sick. Thanks to help from Pro-Galgo, he is now a magnificent healthy galgo, happy in his forever home.

Read more about him, and others saved by Pro-Galgo.

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.

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.

Puppy needing help

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.

If you can help contact sinadobo@hotmail.com 635-957-910 (Spain)
loslebreles.blogspot.com
hasiandasha.com

or please pass onto your contacts.

From the Office of the Spanish Prime Minister

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!

Gentleman George lands on his feet

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.