Galgo News

Happy 1st Birthday, Galgo News!

Galgo News is 1 year old! How time flies when you're immersed in a project! It was actually yesterday to the date, 28/11/2007, but I was so involved with another rescue of galgos from Spain to France (how many more can France adopt?) that I didn't have time to say 'Happy Birthday Galgo News' until last night, when we did pause to raise a glass and drink to another year of working with galgo and podenco rescue associations and Spanish refuges and volunteers to publicise the plight of these fantastic dogs, and work towards persuading the Spanish to introduce laws to ban hunting with these dogs, and control and limit their indiscriminate breeding, maltreatment and abandonment.

Thank you, everyone, for your support. Keep reading Galgo News and spreading the word.

And now you can find us on Twitter too. http://twitter.com/galgonews

Maria's Concert for SOS Galgos in Barcelona

Over 300 people attended City Hall, Barcelona, last weekend for the Egyptian Fashion Show and Maria Daines Concert organised by SOS Galgos.

Here's a brief note from Maria about the weekend, with links to a video of the concert and pictures on the SOS Galgos website.

Catch Up on Julie's Visit to Scooby - Could You Do It?

Catch up on the latest happenings of Julie Costello's trip from the her home in the USA to spend 2 weeks at the Scooby Medina refuge. http://www.gaagalgos.blogspot.com/

Court Case Postponed

Last month I ran a report from the Bright Eyes Society about a forthcoming court case on Ibiza against a Spaniard who had more than 50 podencos running loose. The case was due to be heard earlier this week.

Bright Eyes Society now report that the case has been postponed in order for the accused to undergo psychological tests. A forensic woman has stated that he is mentally ill for "this case" In other words, that only in regards to animal mistreatment he is "crazy"! As this conclusion has been arrived at by someone who has no competence to deliver it, the accused will now be examined by professionals.

If you can donate to the legal costs to run this case, their Paypal system is now in English. Please help them.

Urgently needed - a home for life for an abandoned podenco puppy

This is a podenco puppy needing a home before Christmas and for life. A few weeks ago hunters were about and had a pack of dogs with them.

A few days later a puppy appeared at a friend's home. She is around 3-4 months old and will be rough-coated. She has a very sweet temperament, loves everybody and everything.

She is lying around our friend's house, he has no fences, is unable to keep her, has tried all the refuges - they are full - and the vet surgeries. She has no microchip and no one recognises her from around this area. The hunters never came back for her.

Contact details, if you can help

Louise Gadalla louise@healthypets.es
0034 965 733 496 (Alicante)
0034 67 007 1333 (M)

NOW HAPPILY WITH A 'FOREVER' FAMILY.

Living, or just holidaying in the Canaries? SARA needs your help.

It's amazing where contact via the Internet leads me, reaching out around the world to publicise the plight of the galgos and podencos, the Spanish hunting dogs.

Take heart, animal lovers in the Canary Islands, here is an introduction to SARA Lanzarote, for those of you who do not already know about it.

HELP US TO HELP THEM

www.saralanzarote.com

And here's what Lynne, a member of the executive committee and British co-ordinator for the SARA animal shelter on Lanzarote has to say.

French journalists visit Spain to expose the horror

Tomorrow (26/11/08) a team of volunteers from Levriers in Danger are heading to Spain for 4 days, accompanied by group of journalists who will report on the plight of the galgos.

The team are also carrying with them 2 lorry loads of donated goods for the Spanish refuges, and they will return with 17 dogs for rehoming in France.

Louis-Marie, president of Levriers in Danger, says it is of great importance to alert public opinion to the horrors of the plight of the galgos, and against which the Spanish volunteers, refuges and all rescue associations battle each day.

Adopted Angels - stories of galgos who have found their forever homes

This is a book of photos and stories of happy adopted galgos, at the moment only in Spanish.

Tengo un ángel en casa. Historias de galgos adoptados“

„I have an angel at home. Stories about adopted galgos“

This is a book where galgos are presented in families, where stories are told about what kind of pets galgos are when offered the opportunity to share a home.

New Comment Option for Readers

One thing I hope Galgo News enables is the opportunity to discover the work of new organisations and people with the many links, features and profiles on offer.

A key tool in this is the comment facility that sits at the foot of each article as it allows people to voice their support but also highlight the campaigning work being undertaken by others.

And now the comment facility has been enhanced so that people can establish a presence both on Galgo News as well as elsewhere across the web.

Venus - A Story with a Happy Ending

Meet Venus, a happy rehoming story.

Marisa Pérez, a volunteer with El Refugio Escuela who rescued my little Malaguena Podenca Andaluz, Bebe, from a Seville motorway, has been fostering this beautiful white galga. Marisa tells the story:

'I found her just before the moment she was crossing the motorway and when I called her she started moving her tail so happy and came to me as knowing she was being saved. She weighed hardly 15 kilos when I carried her to my car. (On average a galgo weighs double that!)