Galgo News

Support the small associations - they need help too

All animal rescue associations in Spain do an amazing job, some of them are lucky enough to have hundreds of supporters to raise funds for their work. Which sadly often pushes out the small associations who lurch from month to month trying to pay feed and vet bills. You'll know from previous posts on Galgo News that Charl and 112carlotagalgos has worked tirelessly for many years - longer than many larger associations - to raise awareness of the plight of the galgos and podencos. You can read more about the dogs here.

She now has some seriously ill galgos in her care, and the vet bills are mounting up as we speak.

Galgo pup Polar needs leg operations - Pepis Refuge, Seville, needs your help for him

Just look at these two little friends, comforting each other at Pepis refuge, Seville. Jane tells their stories.

'This is Polar, he is 4 months old. He was left at the refuge three weeks ago and has a deformed back leg. He saw the bone specialist and we were told that his leg was broken when he was a tiny baby and as he has grown the leg has become twisted above and below his knee. He will need to have several operations to correct the deformity. We were told that if the leg is not tended too soon, as he grows the leg will not. Who will want to home him as he is....

Scooby Valcabado, Zamora - good news for the abandoned animals

There is no stopping Scooby, Fermin and his team. On 18th May 2013 they will open their new centre La Protectora de Animales Scooby in Valcabado. Video here, scroll down the page and click on arrow.

They desperately need help in the way of blankets, medicines and financial aid, veterinary help, volunteering.

If you live in the area, you are invited on Saturday 18th May at 5pm to the opening party.

Prodeanse, Seville - Galgo Carr needs your help

Message from Loli Dalo in Seville. Prodeanse is one of the small refuges I visited last September. They are in an area which is very bad for animal maltreatment.

'As you can see Prodenase never stops. In this state we have picked up this poor galgo, who we have named Carr, malnourished, with little hair on his poor battered body and lost. This is what the damned hunters do to these poor hounds. Al they want is to be treated like any other animal, but for these faceless and nameless galgueros and gitanos the poor dogs are just throwaways.

Galgo Zafiro - waiting at Pepis Refuge, Seville, for a forever home

Jane Brian of Pepis Refuge, near Seville, tells the story of this beautiful galgo.

'A galgero came to the refuge about a month ago asking, can we take a Galgo. At the time we told him we were full, he explained he wanted his Galgo to come here to Pepis. We asked him if he could wait a month, then it may be possible. He agreed then left.

Almost to the day he turned up at 9pm last night, with Zafiro. A beautiful five year old boy. He took Zafiro out of the car without a leash on him, and Zafiro stood next to his side,looking up at him, tail wagging and looking at him with such loyalty. I must admit, the galgero himself looked sad to leave him, but leave him, he did. He told me has had him from a puppy and asked would he get a good home.

Pod and Co, Belgium - galga and podenca puppies need help.

Read the story on this link.

Galga - broken legs, left dying in a ditch - saved by Mas Vida

From Associacion Protectora Animales Mas Vida-- Indar was lying in a ditch, was hit, both of her legs being broken and drag wounds suffered by the asphalt, without food, without water, suffering from the cold ... She was there at least two days and no one stopped to help her or cared about the suffering or the pain of this creature.

We can’t imagine the torment that she was going through without being able to move by her own, going through lots of pain, unable to do anything, but laying there resigned to die watching the hours pass by one after another and the cars almost brushing her. We can’t understand how someone can go off leaving someone suffering and not caring about stopping, we are not able to understand what goes through the head of the person that hit her or even look back to see if she was alive or not.

Fundacion Benjamin Mehnert - Manifestation in Seville 12th May 2013

Seville in the news again. This time Fundacion Benjamin Mehnert are holding a Manifestation on 12th May 2013 for everyone involved in the plight of the galgo, whether it be saving them, healing them, rehoming them, adopting them, starting at 11.30. Visit their website for more news. And here's the link to Martin Usborne's visit to FBM earlier this year. And a report of a visit by Greytalk to FBM in March 2013. Video of galgos at FBM - over 500 dogs live there!

The Shame of Spain - what the tourists don't see

Two very sickening stories, both from Andalucia region, a veritable hell hole for galgos and podencos. The first one was in Jaen, where a starved and dying galgo lay on the pavement whilst people walked by. No-one helped. It was too late by the time the person who took the photo found him.

The second story is from La Linea shelter, down near Gibralter, where Peter does amazing work helping the abandoned dogs. Peter has been visiting a place called Los Junquillos where there were reports of a totally neglected and skinny galgo. When Peter got there, he found that someone even had smashed his feet. The vet had to take out some bones from the feet and now the galgo is on medication for the pain and infection. How many barbaric people live in this little town..dear lord! La Linea

WARNING - UPSETTING PHOTOS

Scooby Residencia Valladolid - handed in by her galguero!

This galga was handed in to Scooby Residencia Valladolid last week, by her galguero! It's a wonder she could still stand up. Makes you wonder what his other dogs are like. Thank goodness she is safe now with Scooby. Read more Scooby news.

Scooby News - English blogspot

Words from Fermin about road accident victims