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  • SEPRONA rescue 11 abandoned Podencos from a semi-ruined house

    The Civil Guard has rescued eleven pods abandoned by their owner after an alert of citizen collaboration.
    The animals were locked up in a semi-ruined house, in severe unhealthy conditions and without food. The rescue was carried out by SEPRONA with the support of veterinarians from the Board of Castile and Leon.
    The dogs have been moved to a suitable facility at the Burgos Municipality – responsible for their custody from now on – where they receive the necessary care until their final adoption.

    News: https://goo.su/aVUL0w

    #NoAlaCaza

    #NoAlaCazaConPerros

    https://www.facebook.com/reel/1455352302803884

  • TAKE ACTION NOW FOR THE SPANISH HUNTING DOGS

    SIGN THE PETITION. THELIFELIKECHARLIE.COM
    HERE’S WHAT THE TRANSLATION OF THE PETITION IS IN ENGLISH. FEEL FREE TO USE THIS AN EMAIL TEMPLATE TOO. (THIS IS SUMMARISED SO IT CAN BE POSTED)

    I, [FULL NAME], holder of ID number [ID/PASSPORT NUMBER], submit this statement regarding the preliminary public consultation on the draft Royal Decree on traditional zoological centres to express my concern about its scope and consequences.
    I support the submissions of Fundación AnimaNaturalis Internacional (CIF G67350462) and highlight the following:
    – Definition of “traditional zoological centres”

    The current definition, based mainly on exclusions, creates legal uncertainty and allows overly broad interpretations. Clear, positive and restrictive criteria are essential to avoid including animals or establishments that should not fall under livestock health regulations.
    – Exclusion of hunting dogs and other non-productive dogs (more…)

  • Podenco Pepe – a work in progress after a lifetime of fear

    Bev Farmer of Podenco Friends writes about Pepe – a podenco whose life has been full of fear.

    I wanted to give some insight into why Pepe struggles to cope with so many everyday things.  Piecing together his history, it likely began before he was even born.

    Pepe was born to a very nervous Podenco living on the streets. During pregnancy, a highly stressed mother produces stress-related hormones, particularly cortisol, which can cross the placenta. This can affect the developing puppies’ brains and their stress-response systems, essentially setting their “stress threshold” much higher than normal. Puppies exposed to this are far more likely to grow up fearful, anxious, and easily overwhelmed. (more…)

  • PACMA – speaking up for the animals of Spain

    Thinking of all the Spanish rescue shelters in Andalucia during the terrible Storm Leonardo and praying none of them are flooded out or suffer damage. This from PACMA – Partido Animalista.

    We’re writing to you today at a particularly worrying time. Given the adverse weather forecast for Andalusia, we at PACMA have had to do what no other political force is doing: demand the activation of an emergency plan that includes animals.

    While the authorities are preparing (and rightly so) to protect people and infrastructure, animals remain absent from official protocols.

    Overcrowded shelters, volunteers without resources, animals dependent on humans completely exposed to the cold, heavy rain, or potential flooding. This is the reality that keeps repeating itself, and from which we never seem to learn. (more…)

  • 26 hunting dogs rescued

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    Podencos amongst the dogs rescued from horrendous conditions.

     

     

  • Protectora Scooby Medina shelter at risk of flood water

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    This is the current state of the river running by Scooby Medina shelter.  Many animals live out – horses, donkeys, sheep, goats.

  • 2 small podencos in Cadiz hoping for forever homes

    These 2 small podencos are with Refugio Kimba in Cadiz, hoping for forever homes.

    Contact Refugio Kimba to find more about them if you have room in your home and heart for one.

  • Podencos with SARA Protectora Lanzarote – hoping for their forever homes.

    ProntoLolaa (Lola)Freya (Fiera)

    Pronto is a 9 year old black Podenco x languishing in the SARA shelter on Lanzarote.  Lola in the middle above is 12 years old. It’s a very hard life for hunting dogs in the Canary Islands and their only hope of forever homes is on mainland Europe.  They are 2 of a dozen beautiful podencos who are the ‘invisible’ ones on Lanzarote, most only 2 or 3 years old.  Don’t let them spend all their lives in a shelter..  Click down this weblink to see them all.  Pictures below.

    f you would like to know more about Pronto or any of the other podencos, contact SARA Protectora direct,  please call the telephone number: +34 928 173 417 from 10:30 to 13:00. Thank you.

    *Each animal can evolve differently in their new home*. (more…)

  • Refugio Kimba, Cadiz – saving animals since 1872

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    Refugio Kimba is one of the oldest established animal rescue associations in Spain.  This is their message on Dia di Galgo.

    https://www.facebook.com/reel/1958249688383610

    Donate or volunteer on this weblink.

  • 1st February – marching for the hunting dogs of Spain

    As you’ll all be aware, there were marches all over the world this weekend to highlight the plight of the Galgos, Podencos and Spanish hunting dogs. In the UK, people marched in Glasgow, Manchester, Exeter and London. (more…)