(Poster by Bev Farmer, Podenco Friends.) A message to all the galgueros and cazadores. May you suffer as you make your hounds suffer.
Hey Galguero!
At first I was afraid
I was petrified
Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side
But then I spent so many nights
thinking how you did me wrong
And I grew strong
And I learned how to get along
From Bev Farmer, a podilicous pink nose – have you kissed yours today?!
Marchers in over 14 cities in Spain peacefully protested against the maltreatment and hunting with galgos, podencos, pointers and other hounds and the cruelty inflicted on them by the sub-species who handle them. In Mardrid there were over 2,000 marching. Here’s a video of the event. And remember, it’s the Spanish marching against the Spanish hunters.
You may remember back in February 2016 there was an appeal to help 78 podencos on Tenerife. Here is the news – best of all, all the dogs are clear of the filaria (heartworm). Final result PROJECT TIERRA BLANCA FILARIA FREE nearly 8,000€ worth in heartworm treatments received, thanks! Amazing!
‘So many things have happened since we started this wonderful project. Thanks to Podencoworld and dozens of supporters who donated the cost of the treatment for all these podencos.
We received the 78 filaria treatments that were needed and managed to have some extra treatments for the future as thanks to an auction carried out by volunteers of Podencoworld it was possible to create a piggy bank which we have already been using for new filaria positive arrivals.
When I was at the PAES conference in Murcia in October 2015, I met some lovely ladies from the Axarquia Animal Shelter in Malaga. They have several podencos amongst the dozens of hounds they have in their care. Please get in touch with them direct if you can offer a place in your home and heart for one of them.
Come visit the Celebration of Dogs Weekend at Blackpool Sands, Dartmouth this March. Building on last years success with an outdoor market, live entertainment and of course a fantastic dog show including agility demonstrations it is set to be the best year yet!
From jewellery to cakes, candles, cookware, cards, home furnishings and various handcrafted nik-naks we will have a wide variety of handmade and commercial items from the best local traders in the South West.
This will be a fun day out with plenty of wonderful stands to browse at Blackpool Sands.
Entertainment includes:
Lola is another Podenca on Lanzarote. This beautiful girl has come on in leaps and bounds! She had a lucky escape after being taken away from the same owner as Angelique. She has made incredible progress and is looking absolutely stunning. Probably experiencing the warmth of a loving home for the first time in her life thank you to her new family!
Podenco Alliance in the UK were planning on a peaceful protest at Windsor in March for the visit of the King and Queen of Spain to the British Royal Family. The visit has now been cancelled (probably because Spain has been without a government since December 2015 after national elections failed to produce a clear winner). So a new Peaceful Protest has been organised in London on 1st May 2016. Below are the details so far. Please put the date in your diary and join the peaceful protest if you can, especially with your podenco.
Our new date is May 1st – Day of the Podenco. Keep your photos and texts coming so we can make more photocards to hand in, and please join us with your dogs on the 1st in London or online.
Do you remember Angelique/Tata, the podenca in Lanzarote who was badly beaten about the head by her cazadore? Well, here’s the latest news.
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It won’t come as a surprise to many of you to learn that Natalie and Martin (foster Mummy and Daddy) have decided to officially adopt Angelique – she could not have wished for a better home! If you haven’t heard of Angelique’s story please have a look on this link. She was found after wandering the streets for 3 days in horrific condition, she had three fractures to the skull and lost both of her eyes.
There is a ‘discussion’ on facebook about Spain, expats, volunteers, on the subject of animal welfare and rescuing and rehoming dogs. I have copied the comment below by a Spanish lady, which I think sums up how most of us feel about the problem, especially at this time of year now hunting is finished and galgos and podencos are dumped and abandoned and killed in their hundreds of thousands.
Eva Crespo Corral
January 31 at 1:04pm
Spain is the land of contrasts. Being one of the worst countries in Europe when it comes to animal welfare, it is also the place where an army of private individuals work as hard as they can 24/7/365 to save the lives of the 150.000 abandoned animals every year.
