Galgo News

Beating the bastard galgueros again! Hank & Declan - ones they left to die in agon

The story of a brave galgo with Galgos del Sol by president Tina Solera.  

'Hank was once left to die a slow death, paralysed on the streets with no means to survive. We fought for him and decided to operate on his neck. Many people including vets from abroad insisted he would never walk again judging by the MRI scans and the chances we were taking were simply cruel.

Some of you wrote to me and said I was an animal abuser. Most of you said lets rock this and believed in GDS and Hank! Hank says well here I am a lean mean running machine, the quickest kid off the blocks, the galgo with the biggest gob, the galgo with the biggest heart, the most nimble and the most playful out of all of them.

Not only did he walk again he became a superstar! We believed in him every small step of the way. Check out Hanks story here... '

The Price for being an Animal Rescuer

See below, so very true

A Better Time

I wonder how many people made the mistake of getting a puppy for Xmas

People with pet dogs who become homeless

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Fundacion Benjamin Mehnert, Seville

Take a tour round the refuge of Fundacion Benjamin Mehnert, Seville, where there are hundreds of rescued galgos waiting for forever homes.  Levriers Sans Frontiers regularly visit the refuge and bring galgos and a few podencos back to France for forever homes.  One comment - there aren't any blankets on the dog beds.

DeAnimals, Valencia course for lawyers and Seprona

DeAnimals is the firm of lawyers in Murcia who are paving the way in animal welfare legal work.  Earlier this week (16/12/2015), a course was organised in Valencia for lawyers, police and Seprona. More than 70 people attending.  The speakers were Raquel Lopez Teruel of DeAnimals, the Deputy Mayor and Councillor of Valencia,  a lawyer from the Official College for Lawyers, and another lawyer from Valencia.

Herewith a link to some of the cases DeAnimals are acting in.  (The Website will have an English translator facility in the New Year)

 

 

Galga Helena - latest dog dumped at the gates of Pepis Dog Refuge, Pedrera

Jane and Alan at Pepis Dog Refuge are luck to have supporter Evy Bardrum volunteering with them this week.  As she was cleaning the dogs, someone decided to leave her a present....say hello to Helena. She was taken to the vet as she seems to have a problem with her back legs, lets hope its not serious.  Waiting for the results.

Please help feed Helena and the hounds at Pepis.

A Christmas Wish

Christmas for a galgo

Yet another heartless bastard galguero...this poor galgo being dragged by its owner in Seville perrera, peeing on the floor the entire way, so scared. What did you do to displease your owner poor Galgo? Maybe you did nothing wrong but there is just no room for you anymore. You are innocent, you are loyal but it does not matter.

While we rightfully focus on the horrid cases of abuse and abandonment that fill the pages on the internet and their rescue, especially at this time of year, sadly the stark reality is that the vast, vast majority of Galgos and Podencos find this as their final fate. If they are not taken care of by the hand of their owner they will be dropped off, or in this case dragged, in to a perrera where most will find the needle as the final reward for their innocence.

The tip of the iceberg that we all see is tragically overwhelmed by the realities of the part underneath the surface.

Scooby Medina to the rescue again - live puppies dumped in trash bin

Cobie of Scooby Valladolid is helping care for 3 tiny galga puppies dumped in a trash bin, 4 weeks old.  Here's what she says.

'We can´t even imagine having a litter of galgos from 4 weeks old and one morning, you take an empty box, put in there three of these tiny little girls, 4 week old puppies, take them to your car, drive to a public dirtbin and leave the box with its precious content in it...! What will happen to them when a few hours later the counciltruck comes by to empty the bin...!! Happily somebody heard them cry and took them to the perrera where Scooby took them right away to bring them in safety...Please God, come down to see for yourself which monsters are among your creatures...!!'

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