Galgo News

Urgent - Lost - Have you seen this dog?

This podenca was rescued about a year ago from a wall she had been attached to, her neck all cut and raw.

She was in a shocking state but adopted by her new family. She has escaped, or been stolen. in the Valencia/Alicante area which covers a wide range.

She is chipped, and has a collar but no tag, it's a Spanish number. They are beside themselves, they have now put posters up and have been everywhere... after her cruel beginning pray she has not fallen 'prey' to some hunter.

Not now its almost hunting time and she shudders at gun shots. She sure looks a beauty on the photo now though... thanks.

Telephone Spain 965515669 if you find her.

davidlehardy@aol.com

Desperate - on death row - save her

I've received this message from Antonia, who is a volunteer and moderator of www.nordicdreams.org.

A few days ago I was told about a galgo to be sacrificed. We have one week.

The galga is called Shaila - Sheila. She is 9 years old, sterilized, very affectionate and obedient, and gets on well with other dogs, both male and female.

It's desperate that we get Sheila out of the perrera urgently. This is the link to her.

Shaila,9 años,una semana de tiempo

Email sabadell_4868@hotmail.com

There's life in the old dog yet - give the oldies a chance

Hundreds of the galgos which are rescued and rehomed from Spain are young dogs. But there are some who manage to survive their lives of hell until they are 7 or 8 years old.

They carry the scars, maybe even more of a reason to give them a chance of what life can be like. We've read the amazing story of Kamal who survived a life of utter hell for 11 years, in a refuge of all places!

Virginie Labat, a volunteer with Passion Levriers, tells the story of Saki, a 10 year old Spanish galgo, who was on death row in a municipal compound in Pamlona.

Perdida - lost on 13 August in Girona, Figueres area

Please forward to all contacts you have, mainly in the Girona area.

Lost galga slipped leash - needs treatment for Leishmania. Click thumbnail to right for larger image.

Numbers below and reward offered:

Spain: 696 058 003 or 661 662 361

Collie on the Costa looking for his owners

I have received this message from a contact on the Costa Brava:

"I have found a collie that, obviously, has had owner and had to escape frightened by the firecrackers of San Juan; the dates agree at the moment that he appeared (July 5th).

Yesterday, with the storm he was completely frightened. He obeys all the orders in English and that makes me think that he belongs to foreigners who were in holidays in Lloret by San Juan and they lost him then.

As per his behaviour as much in the car, as in city and house he is a customary dog to life in family.

Could you please forward this case to all your contacts abroad? Perhaps we can find his family, who knows? He does not have chip, or necklace, but that does not mean that they have thrown him. I would like to disclose this case in: Germany - UK - Belgium - Holland – France.

Thank you very much!"

If you have lost him, or know who he belongs to, please email L'Europe des Levriers or Charl.

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Happy Endings - thanks to the power of the Internet

Here's a couple of stories with happy endings, from Pro-Galgo.

Two of our worst and most memorable cruelty cases this year are Bella, the severely emaciated galga and Cielo the poor galga hanged from the waist.

Luz - did she need to have to go through this?

The latest news on Luz, the beautiful white galga who was eventually caught after she had been in a really serious road accident, is that she has had to have one hind leg completely amputated, and the front leg is pinned, and these will be removed in 6 months.

Beware of this address

The following is an email received from Charl in Madrid.

Bodies of mutilated greyhounds found in a river

Action demanded from Irish Greyhound Board

Please support the appeal below from Greyhound Crusaders.

For more info about the plight of greyhounds in Ireland and Greyhound Action Ireland's campaign to
protect them, see Greyhound Action.

Tony Peters, UK Co-ordinator, Greyhound Action

Read the article in the Irish Times.

RSPCA International - going to the dogs in Spain!

I've been in correspondence with Gareth Thomas, International Project Manager for RSPCA International, on the subject of the abandonment of dogs and cats in Spain, particularly with regard to galgos in my own case.

He has been extremely helpful with explaining the Society's stand on this subject, and this is what he has to say:

'RSPCA International focusses its aid and training on strenghtening local partners' work to improve animal welfare, such as projects to improve responsible pet ownership, increase neutering and introduce animal welfare education into schools.