Galgo News

Thank you to everyone who sent a message of hope

Thank you to everyone who has sent my beautiful galga Karmel and myself messages of hope and prayer.

Herewith latest update:

They eat greyhounds in the Far East - join the protest

Greyhound Action International Alert

Greyhounds in Australia that are surplus end up being tortured in vivisection labs or end up being exported to hellholes in Macau, China Wild life Park, Vietnam or Korea where they end up terrified and eventually chopped up in the horrific dogmeat markets.

The vast majority of greyhounds that are exported to Asia are from Australia so please keep up the pressure on the Australian govt to stop the export of greyhounds to Asia.

Also the tourist trade is very important in Asia please contact all the tourist boards/embassies lists provided on our website and tell them you will boycott their country if they continue with greyhound racing and the abuse and killing of greyhounds.

Cordoba Galgos on Death Row

Desperate plea for foster homes for 5 galgos in Cordoba - on death row.

If you can help, please contact Ana urgently

ana_contreras@telefonica.net telefono 670 58 20 08

Educating the children - how to improve Spanish attitudes to animals

Familiar story. This poor podenca was abandoned in Valencia. She was wandering the streets. She got pregnant.

She had her babies, and then some kids got hold of them; used them like toys - put them in a box up a tree so she could not get them. She cried in vain at the bottom of the tree and the kids laughed! Can you imagine the distress of this poor Mum!

Fortunately a lady intervened, sent the kids packing - I'd have done a great deal more!

Karmel - a difficult diagnosis for the vet

My beautiful brindle galga Karmel is sick. It is just one year since I went to Spain, to Cuidad Real, to collect her from the refuge. She has brought such love and affection into our home, and now she is sick, and we don't know the cause.

A problem has developed in the feet of my galga. My vet thinks it could be an allergy problem but, as she is one of the hundreds to come out of Spain whose history is unknown, we don't know if she has suffered this problem before.

All her tests for filaria, leishmaniosis, ehrlichia were negative and, until 3 months ago, she was a normal galga, sleeping on her sofa, walking our meadows, stealing food from the kitchen, even though she had plenty to eat!

Suddenly one morning in April, she went very lame, hardly able to walk.

The pads of her feet were inflamed, the insides of her ears were very pink, and she had a small open sore on her tummy. My vet took scrapings for microscopic examination.

As we know nothing of Karmel's history, it was difficult to ascertain if it was an allergy - it was that time of year - or genetic, or her immune system.

Remember the Greyhounds and Galgos

'REMEMBRANCE WEEKEND'

"Two years later. How many thousands of dead dogs later?"
Annette Crosbie OBE - July 2008

Wednesday 16th July marked the second anniversary of the 'Seaham Slaughter' exposure by Daniel Foggo, journalist to The Sunday Times.

Not only did this investigation prove beyond doubt that greyhounds were being slaughtered on a massive scale but as a result of the public outcry, ministers demanded an All Parliamentary Enquiry.

Feature Galgo News on your own website

ON the site we highlight many ways you can voice your opposition to the way galgos are treated, be that letter writing, sponsored walks or the sending of emails.

But if you have your own website one of the easiest ways is to feature the latest Galgo News headlines on it thanks to a so-called 'widget'.

This lets you copy and paste a short piece of code anywhere on your website so that your readers can get a quick update on the latest news on galgo rescue.

Support the galgo campaign on Facebook

THANKS to the work of Roland Hulme the site now has its own page on Facebook where people can share information on all things galgo.

The Save the Galgo page features comments and messages from people who have rescued galgos in the past as well as posts from people who have only recently discovered the suffering many dogs face.

If you are already a member of Facebook then you can easily join and invite others to do the same, if you are new to Facebook then it is free to join and you can follow the page quickly and easily.

And if you have your own blog and want to promote the Facebook group please feel free to use the image above to link through from your own website.

Chained through the mouth to a wall and left to die

This is a podenco, found chained through its mouth and round its head to a wall, left to die.

It was found in the town of Higuera de la Serena.

An angel named Olga rescued it, with a lot of help from the ayuntanimiento (town hall). It took from dawn till dusk to free him, he was so terrified and the chain was so thick.

He is now being cared for in her home; her husband cannot get near him, he is so terrified of men.

What must this poor dog have suffered. What sick human inflicted this upon him.

Olga asks if you would email the town hall hserena@dip-badajoz.es and congratulate them on rescuing this dog. with her. Here is the message to copy and paste.

Enhorabuena al equipo en el ayuntamiento en el rescate del podenco pobre que fue encadenado a una pared por su boca y se fue para morir. Usted hizo una cosa maravillosa, el mundo le aplaude para su acción. Esta crueldad debe ser parada y usted ha ayudado.

Passionate about Galgos - with Passion Levriers

Virginie Labat lives in Bayonne on the French/Spanish border, and speaks Spanish as well as her native French. It makes her ideal for working to help the galgos. She explains why she got involved:

‘A couple of years ago, I saw on TV a programme about the Spanish galgos. It showed the conditions in which they were kept by the galgueros and also the horrendous mutilations and death inflicted on them.

At that time I didn’t have a computer, so I couldn’t check the story on any websites, but then, in December 2006, my brother gave me his computer, and I was able to read about the galgos.

And I could not believe that this went on just a 30 minute drive from my home!