Introducing Estrella. She came out of Spain on the rescue this weekend. This is the picture of her which I posted a few weeks ago, where she was in the Jaen killing station in a cell with 3 galgos.
This is her story so far.
When I enquired of my contacts in Spain if the podenca had been taken out of Jaen with the galgos, I was told she had. The association who organised the rescue of the galgos were also under the impression she had been taken out to a refuge. So we all believed the 4 dogs had been taken out together.
A couple of weeks later I received an email from a contact to say that the podenca was still in the killing station. If you read about killing stations, it's where people take their dogs, pay a fee of about 30 euros, and leave the dog behind for killing. The dogs are kept two or three weeks, during which time they are not usually fed - why feed a dog you are going to kill?
So a rescue was organised, all the appropriate contacts were made, the podenca was bought out of the killing station and placed in a foster home.
Arrangements were made for her to travel to Madrid to meet up with the other dogs we were to bring out of Spain for rehoming.
And yesterday she travelled to my home in France in the front of the van with me.
She has her full EU passport, which shows some interesting information.
Her full date of birth is noted in 2001, along with her microchip number and the date in 2005 when she was microchipped. From her body, it is clear she has been used as a breeding bitch. She is a sweet little podenca, very affectionate, her tail wags permanently when she walks.
There is a sheet in the passport from the killing station which gives the full name of the hunter and his registration number.............and he took her to the killing station on 19th December last year.
Happy Christmas, Estrella!
So Estrella is now on a special diet, fed small amounts frequently, as she is just a skeleton - starved for 2 weeks or so, she would be.
We just need someone who wants to adopt an older dog, although she is probably good for another 6 or 7 years, where she can spend a lot of time sleeping and eating and going for nice walks in the countryside.
If you can offer her a home, contact L'Europe des Levriers, let's give Estrella a special present for Easter - a forever home.
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