German tourists found 12 podencos malnourished and in a critical condition in Los Realejos whilst walking between Palo Blanco and Las Llanadas
A new case of alleged animal abuse has jumped on the island, this time in Los Realejos. A group of German tourists who were on a walk between Palo Blanco and Las Llanadas found last week a dozen podencos in a critical situation. According to close sources, most of them had no water, some bleeding, and all were malnourished and completely skeletal.
Here’s a link to an independent Dog Food analysis.
You’ll note they are all natural mixes. I never buy from my vet or pet stores. Science Diet and Royal Canin are two which these places sell but that’s because they get commission on every sack, not because they are the best!
Also reviews of dog rood by brand.
I’m interested to know what you readers feed your canines – how many of you feed a raw diet or feed you have cooked yourself?
Please sign and share. The petition is to the Spanish Government demanding that anyone convicted of animal cruelty be banned from ever keeping an animal again.
Video of Reina out for a walk with her foster family. Amazing when you consider she could not walk a step 2 months ago when she was rescued. Yet again the Spanish vets work miracles.
For Jarisa. Three years ago you came into our care, you suffered so much yet had the most forgiving of hearts. We lost a beautiful angel who represented the true spirit of the podencos …. never to be forgotten. Podenco Friends.
2 songs by Val Petterson about podencos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYAemmohQqs&feature=em-subs_digest
Ever since I became involved in the plight of the podencos and galgos back in 2007, as a member of a French rescue association fostering many we brought out of Spain, I have been publicising the terrible suffering of the Podencos in the Canary Islands. Their only hope of a forever life other than across the Rainbow Bridge is to be adopted on mainland Europe. In recent years new associations have formed in the USA and Canada and now many of these deserving and loving dogs are finding their forever sofas there. Bev Farmer of Podenco Friends is helping Laura Johnson of TheKennelKlub and the Lanzarote Podencos.
Update from Manuela Cornejo on Reina, the little podenca badly injured on a road in Feria, Badajoz.
16/1/2017 – The latest news I have of Reina is that perhaps with the splint she has on her right leg, it has corrected the dislocation and the vet will not need to re-operate surgically.
The following is the Thank You from Manuela for everyone’s help in this case. If you donated to the vet fees, the thanks are to you too.
‘I can not be happier and grateful. Our Reina already, runs and besides a sponsor that will cover all the expenses of the total medical recovery, has found a human mother (Astrid Mulder) in Holland.
Yes, I’m excited and write this with a lump in my throat and with tears in my eyes. I do not know how to thank you, how to give back to everyone who, without knowing me personally, you have trusted me and with this appeal, you have saved the life of a wonderful being, our Reina.
The task facing Rescue and Animal Welfare Organisations in Spain is huge and relentless.
The constant flow of Animals needing rescue, care and re-homing is similar to seeing the tip of an Iceberg. As with an Iceberg we are seeing the impact of only a small proportion of the problem, the vast majority lies below the surface.
The unseen mass, is, among others, a compound failure of a clear understanding of the Law affecting Animal Welfare.
What are the responsibilities and accountabilities of the various agencies ,Municipal, Law Enforcement,
Veterinary and Legal in applying and reinforcing the Law?
Article about Adana, one of the many shelters along the Andalucia coast.
