Galgo News

PACMA - need politicians to fight for animal rights in Spain

From PACMA we want to inform you that we are going to file a criminal complaint following the regrettable events that occurred on Friday 03/01/25 at the Granada Royal Herald parade, where a man kneed an ox in the face in front of dozens of children.

Many people have asked us how it is possible that there are still so many animals involved in these shows: the answer, although painful, is that the new animal protection law excludes practically all animals that are not dogs, cats or ferrets and as long as they are not for hunting or work. This excludes oxen, camels, horses, sheep, cows and other animals unfairly called “production animals”.

We need politicians committed to animals

Galgos Rescue Almeria - looking back on 2024

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Epiphany, Three Kings Day, the end of the Christmas period and the day to look back for the last time and close 2024.

First of all, we would like to thank all our partners for the wonderful collaborations. Thanks to joined forces, some 163 sweethearts were able to leave the shelter and start their new lives. New or renewed collaborations were also established with Italy, Lithuania, England and Germany.

In February we were able to pick up our GRA van that was fully sponsored by Greyhounds in Need 🇬🇧 for which a huge thank you.

The Fate awaiting British greyhounds sent to China

My passion for greyhounds started back in 1994 when a stray greyhound in poor condition turned up at our Suffolk farmhouse. In those days no one adopted greyhounds. Moving to France I discovered the situation for the Spanish Greyhound (galgos) and started my long fight to publicise their plight and help the rescue associations. So it's easy to forget that the Greyhound Board of Great Britain (nothing Great about Britain now!) ignores the plight of unwanted greyhounds transported to a life of hell in China! Would you believe they eat greyhounds in China>!

So for a change from galgos, I'm publishing this latest report from Kerry Elliman who originally founded Greyhound Protection UK which developed into Candi Hound Rescue International. She has been rescuing British greyhounds in China for several years and this is her latest report, from 25/11/2024.

Galgos en Familia flood update

Flooded shelter on 30 October.

Update 10/11/2024

We are forced to pause/stop the collection of physical donations. But we do have what is in our collection points at disposal

It is impossible to leave the collected goods in the shelter and the collection points are full of blankets, towels, bedding and cleaning items that we still need to collect. It is impossible for us to make a count of what there is, if there is more or less of what we will really need, anyway we are falling short and once we put it all in the shelter we realize we are wrong in this decision.

Rememberng the Animals in Conflict who have given their lives - over 16 million

Read the full article on the Animals in Conflict Timeline about the animals killed during all wars.

Wear your purple poppy today in remembrance of them all.

A horse's story

Protectora Modepran Valencia - desperate times

All the animal rescue associations are suffering badly with a lack of donations during this recession. Here's a story from one of them.

'Animal advocate Modepran makes this announcement

UNSUSTAINABLE SITUATION

From Modepran we see ourselves in the obligation to release this statement to bring awareness to the situation in which our protector is. We've been at the limit for several months, and after the end of summer the situation persists, and we can't do it anymore.

With an average of between seven and fifteen rescued dogs daily that add to the more than 656 dogs and 370 cats that already live in our shelters, the situation is unsustainable and entails a collapse of the facilities, in addition to the inability to take on the maintenance costs and be careful.

Walking through the Camp by Marta Navarro Garcia - against hunting with Galgos and Podencos

From Plataforma NAC

The minor hunting season begins and with it starts hell for thousands of hunting dogs in Spain.
One more year we watch helplessly how they are used as mere tools and how they are discarded, broken, injured, hungry and, in the worst case, lifeless.

In these moments of sorrow, we share the wonderful poem by Marta Navarro Garcia read at the protest on February 6, 2022

WALKING THROUGH THE CAMP

I have seen death looking for my friends,
hundreds of winged beings,
of deer, of wild boars,
of rabbits, of partridges,
of greyhounds, of Podencos.

Lost Companion by Steve Sanderson

Steve Sanderson b.1969. English artist.

"We meet once in a while..... when I close my eyes"

National Adopt a Black Dog Day

Read about it here.

Protectora Scooby - summer newsletter - Animal Rescue Transitions To ‘Bureaucrazy’

Fermin writes.

As many of you know, the Scooby shelter grew organically from doing the best we could with limited resources and still
making tangible improvements for our rescued animals, nursing them back from the brink to overcome sickness and
adversity to become dogs and cats well enough to go to loving adoption families. Yes we had tragedies but our small team
shared the work and helped the animals to a better life. I still remember a volunteer vet from Scotland, in the twilight of his
career, telling me to welcome volunteer vets but crucially to make sure they had solid experience because in a ‘field’
medical setting, she said we’d need people who were skilled to work with what’s available, rather than the early career medical professionals who would not yet be ready to work in a situation needing ingenuity and technical resourcefulness. I still remember this vet stitching by candlelight when we were blighted with power cuts.