Galgo News

Wish I could keep them all... Can you help this little chap?

This is Camaron, he is in Jaen, a podenco which was found abandoned - left at night and he was totally desorientated, passing from one side to another.

He found his way to the door of a security guard office, and he stayed there all night without moving. Everywhere the guard went, the dog followed. He is very scared, and needs guidance so he is not alone.

He's only about 8 months old. All tests negative. good with dogs and cats, sterilised, vaccinated, microchipped, wormed and de-flead. He urgently needs to find a foster home or adoption, as I can't keep him, I have so many other dogs.

CONTACTO: sinadobo@hotmail.com
telefono Spain: 00 34 635957910vero

Can you help Trancos?

Trancos is a delightful 3yr old podenco X who spent the first years of his life in Spain chained in a yard, in all weathers, summer and winter.

Strong words from a French galgo campaigner

At the beginning of May, Agir-pour-les-galgos, the blog of L N Verdier, wrote to the Spanish Federation of galgueros which organised the march in Madrid on lst March 2008, requesting that their site be added, on the fecaza site, to the list of those organisations which disapproved of the purpose of the march - supporting the use of galgos for hunting.

This is a translation of the letter on the blog of L N Verdier.

Please write to rfec@fecaza.com website http://www.fecaza.com/ and protest about the use of galgos for hunting in Spain.

Spanish holiday in mind? Protest in Badajoz!

Yet another tale of the Spanish authorities not accepting responsibility for dealing with abandoned dogs. It's about time they enforced - with a vengeance - the law which exists to protect dogs and other domestic animals. It's time for the Spanish to stop hiding the disgraceful situation of the result of uncontrolled breeding of dogs and cats, cavalier abandonment of dogs and cats, the unnecessary cruelty and suffering it causes - time Spain woke up to realize that there are thousands of people around the world watching them............

Read the story of Mariangeles Salpico - sign the petition to stop the closure of yet another refuge - a sanctuary for these animals from the hell of life in Spain!

www.acan-acatbadajoz.com/firmar.php

Breeding Queens

I find it very difficult to believe just how many galgas are used simply as breeding machines, producing a litter of pups every year. It also makes me very angry. There are too many galgos in Spain, without breeding more. And yet the authorities turn a blind eye.

Some of the bitches, after having been abandoned by the galguerros, end up living on scrub land, in caves, searching for food to produce the milk for their pups. One such bitch living in a cave with her pups was recently shot dead.

Jara is one bitch who survived, lucky to be found near a refuge and taken in by the volunteers.

Join us for a summer barbeque - raise funds for the galgos

Come join us in the beautiful grounds of the home of Pat and Steve Moon on 22nd June at 2pm.

Chateau de la Pissepole, 79420 Reffannes

Tickets 10 euros per person for a superb buffet, bring your own drinks, and includes raffle and gift stall, with money raised in aid of L'Europe des Levriers

Reservations on stephen.moon@wanadoo.fr

Ode to a Rescuer's Frustration

Kindly forwarded by Pat Getz of the Greyhound Protection League USA

I'm sure those involved in galgo and podenco rescue will identify with the feelings expressed here.

'I want to quit!

My health is bad. There are days I feel so terrible that I can barely move. My phone bills are outrageous, and I could have replaced my van with the funds I have spent these last 3 years---on animals that were not my own.'

Appeal for funds from Pro-Galgo

We just received news about a young galgo caught in a hunting trap who Pro-Galgo have agreed to take in and help pay for surgery on the leg.

The vet estimates this will cost around 600 Euros / £500, which as always we simply don't have.

A vet has offered to give us a big discount for the operation, providing that we find a foster home for the dog in its period of recovery.

Greyhound Awareness Week - 24-31 May 2008

Greyhound Awareness Week gives an opportunity for all those concerned about the plight of greyhounds to educate the public about the mass slaughter of dogs caused by the greyhound racing industry.

With a large enough boycott by ordinary people, the industry can be brought to its knees and the suffering and untimely death of thousands of greyhounds prevented.

Here's a list of events organised by Greyhound Action to commemorate this week.

Australia, Korea, Vietnam, China - stop the promotion of greyhound racing

Greyhound Action have announced that the UK flagship greyhound racing stadium, Walthamstow Stadium, has now closed down. But there are 29 more stadiums in the UK which are still operating on.

Whilst they herald this as a success, and it is a great success, what concerns me is that the more stadiums in the UK which close down, the more stadiums will open in Australia, Korea and China - and we can only begin to imagine the abuse and suffering in store for the greyhounds exported to these countries. It is quite likely that Spanish galgos will also end up there too.

They need thousands more signature. Go on line now and sign up for the on-line petitions against greyhound racing in these countries at http://www.greyhoundaction.org.uk/igreyhound.html