Galgo News

Protectora Scooby - 100s of dogs needing feeding and forever homes

This is a weblink to the hundreds of dogs in Protectora Scooby shelters in Medina del Campo, Valladolid, Zamorra and Palencia. There are dozens of galgos in there.

The main purpose of this post is a) to illustrate just how many dogs are in the Scooby shelters hoping for forever homes and b) to appeal for help to fund them all. This isn't counting all the horses, donkeys, cats, poultry, goats, cows...all rescued by Scooby and needing food and medication.

Please help, even if it's just to join Teaming please help.

Please stand up for the Australian greyhounds

The bastard Australian greyhound trainers are STILL sending their unwanted greyhounds to China! Please help them.

Weblink with all the information.

Greyhounds around the Globe Conference - register now

Grey2uk are campaigning against greyhound racing in Scotland in September. Read about it on this weblink and register if you can go.

Abandoned scarred galga now safe with Galgos Rescue Almeria

From Sandy at Galgos Rescue Almeria.

This girl was spotted along and in the middle of the motorway towards Los Lobos. A girl, Cristina Parra Sánchez, did not hesitate to stop the cars on this busy highway and try to save this poor soul. With a lot of patience she managed to gain her trust and was able to get her to safety. We picked her up and took her to the vet for a first checkup. Blood was immediately taken to test her for the most common Mediterranean diseases. The result was negative for Dirofilaria & Leishmania, unfortunately she tested positive for Erlichia (heartwork) & Anaplasma. We immediately started a course of doxycycline for 28 days. This beautiful girl, we named her Cristina after her saving Angel, is estimated to be 4 years old.

Her body shows many scars but she isn’t emaciated, she must have been dumped not very long ago. ortunately, this is all a thing of the past, and she can look forward to a new and better future.

We would like to thank Helping Animals Almanzora for helping Cristina with the medical expenses.

You can support our dogs for 1€ a month by joining our teaming group.

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Virtual Adoption with Protectora Scooby animals

If you haven't room in your home to adopt anymore deserving animals, why not try Virtual Adoption. Virtual Adoption is where a person or organisation supports an animal in a shelter rather than taking them into their own home. Scooby Medina has animals which they would love finanaia help with their feeding and care.

There are lots of animals to choose from, including:

Granny - an oldie
Donja - has only one ear
Zuki - had gangrene before arriving at the shelter and lost both of her back paws;
Paris - the gentle giant and an old faithful
Alba the albino horse is there with
Cayenne y Pepper, the donkeys and Axel & Robin our new goats. All overseen by Blackie the head
of the cats in our cattery!

Find out more on this weblink

Stunning Blue Galgo rescued from a gitano

Another from Sandy Galgoslover.

Meet Blue, until recently he was the property of a gypsy, fortunately he is now getting the chance for a different and better life.

Blue comes from the Albacete region, is almost 2 years old, very affectionate and people-oriented. At first sight things are going well in the large pack with both the regular group of males and females. He tested negative for the most common Mediterranean diseases.

You can support our dogs for 1€ a month by joining our teaming group.

Galgo Rescue International Network - the story

The story of Galgo Rescue International Network by Abby who founded the Association in 2006.

I adopted my first ex-racing greyhound in the United States in 1997. I was unaware of the situation with the Spanish galgos until a friend introduced me to their plight in the early 2000s. By that time I had several retired racers and was involved in greyhound rescue, but there was something about the galgos and the extreme nature of their struggle that motivated me to become involved. I began working to gather medical and practical supplies to take to Scooby for my first trip in October 2005. I am a veterinary emergency and critical care nurse, and engaged three of my coworkers to join me in my first trip to Scooby.

Animal lovers

News from Protectora Scooby Medina del Campo

Last year, Scooby rescued 579 dogs and homed 158 here in Spain and 296 overseas: Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Holland, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland, United Kingdom and USA. Scooby saved 77 cats and homed 65. So far this year we have saved 204 dogs and cats and we’ve homed 199 of them. These are high numbers for our small team of about 10 staff. We are blessed with some dedicated volunteers, for which we are very grateful.

All of our work carries a lot of administration, not only Scooby’s own activities but also the liaison with our partners and the vast array of government paperwork we need to complete to make our international adoptions happen. In the last newsletter
we told you about our computers cracking under the strain and our administrator burning the midnight oil as a result. Thanks to your generosity, our supporters rose to the occasion and we were able to buy new Samsung Galaxy computers for the Scooby office and they have made such a difference to our efficiency. Thank you all very much.

I-CAD, Europenet.com, Check a chip.com - microchipping is compulsory for dogs, cats, horses and ferrets

A new programme on UK TV is called 'Lost Dogs Live' which is about getting the watching public involved in tracing lost dogs. One of the startling pieces of information to come out of the programme was that in the UK there are 15 registered microchip companies. Besides the importance of microchipping your dog, it is also vitally important that up-to-date information is registered with the microchip company about the address at which your dog/cat lives.

It is commonplace to assume that once you register with a veterinary clinic and they record your pet's microchip, if the animal goes missing they will be able to trace if it turns up elsewhere, especially if it is suspected stolen.

Not the case!