Please join my campaign on Galgo News to protest about the ponies and lion in a terrible state in the circus. http://www.galgonews.com
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Podenco Puppy needs foster or adopting home…..
Just lifted this please from Help the Podencos on Facebook.
Hi Podencos!. Could you please help me out with this beautiful puppy girl??? She was found in the middle of the field with a big open scar… Right now she´s much better but she needs a home urgently. She´s only four month old loving, cute and playful… I cannot keep her because I am a shelter home for abandoned dogs and I got 4 already at home, and one of them is pregnant, due in two weeks and the mummy really needs all my attention. Please, I need your help!!!!
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/lucia.pinilla.diaz
If you’re not on FB, I’ve asked for her email address. She lives in Almoradi.
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Podenco Denzil – seeking forever – the perfect hound
Another plea for a forever home for Denzil, the perfect podenco. He’s in a foster home, goes to obedience classes and really desperately wants his forever family.
Poor Denzil was found wandering the streets hungry and dehydrated. Galgos del Sol spotted him and set out to rescue him. With the help of The Little Pod foundation we were able to catch him. We could see he had been badly treated and was in terrible condition. Denzil was lucky enough to find a lovely foster home but this has almost worked to his disadvantage.
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Proyeto Adopta – helping podencos in Southern Spain
Here’s news of another group of volunteers in an association, working to save the abandoned dogs of Spain, and especially the podencos. Here’s what they say.
‘Protecto Adopta was born from the passion of a very small group of people who want to offer decent lives to these animals History has confirmed they are the best “non-human” friends that we may have, but however, so many times we see them just in kennels, callejeando or even lying in a ditch. Our intention is to educate the people, as well as trying to get homes to all those dogs who have already suffered the cruelty of the human being.’
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TARA Podenco Pico – finds his forever home on Gran Canaria
Look at this fabulous photo. We all love a happy ending and here is one for Pico, one of the TARA Gran Canaria podencos. Here’s what Brian says.
‘This photo is of The Best Little Dog Shelter in Paradise’s beautiful Eva and her gorgeous new baby boy! Too cute for words!
Eva, The Vigilent Volunteer of the Year 2011, from the beginning was a wonderful foster mother for many of the little canine cuties from The Best Little Dog Shelter, and wisely swore never to fall head over heals in love with any of her wards, to keep her fostering efforts a pristine example of what grand fostering is all about — love and release!
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No Voice No Choice – 6th August 2011
Many thanks to Kim for organising my Galgo News/Podenco Post stand at the above event. The weather kept fine but unfortunately the crowds expected didn’t turn out in huge numbers – possibly some got stuck after a major accident on the M25 kept traffic stationery for 3 hours.
Thanks also to our supporters who turned up with their podencos and galgos to fly the flag for these fabulous hounds. Kim handed out lots of information about my weblogs and some of the rescue associations, so hopefully many more people will now become aware of the plight of the Spanish galgos and podencos.
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Ellen Dobson – running 11/09/2011 for the podencos – sponsor/donate
Ellen Dobson is fundraising for animal rescue. She’s just become a fan of podencos, which is great, as she is now including SOS Animals in the recipients of her efforts, who work with a Spanish shelter to rehome podencos in the UK.
Ellen will be running the Nottingham (UK) Half-Marathon on Sunday 11th Spetember 2011. If you would like to sponsor her for podencos, click here.
If anyone else can fundraise in this way for podencos, and thereby give them more publicity, please let me know.
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TARA – saving the animals on Gran Canaria – visit the shelter
Beloved TARA Friends & Animals
These are the guys searing in the scorching sun all these hot summer days. Give yourself a great self-esteem lift and mosey on down to the shelter for a WALK, TALK, TOUCH SESSION with this lovely lot! They will raise your spirits, and you will send theirs soaring! Human time and attention will greatly heal the hurt until a foster or adoption companion comes their way.
WALK, TALK, TOUCH SESSIONS are Monday, Wednesday, and Thursdays from 1715 hours (5:15p.m.); Fridays and Saturdays from 1100 hours (11 a.m.).
Come and enjoy our community playing to make Gran Canaria a Paradise for Animals too!
Happy Paws & Claws, Brian, TARA Volunteer
A note of horror – their facebook page says ‘Dogpound in north of Gran Canaria is getting 25 abandoned dogs EVERY day. Do not buy but adopt !!!’ That’s just on one small island in the Canaries!
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Podenco on the streets of Almeria, desperately needs saving
News from Carol Idoia: Podenquita on the street, a shelter is urgent needed! Location:Almería
This precious Podenca is in Almería, thrown on the street, she takes refuge in one of the parking places. People will kick her away , run over her with the car or the dog pound will catch her. Let’s save her life, finding her a home,!!! She is docile, little bit afraid of people ……….spread the news please. If you can help please contact: pilistrata@hotmail.com. (0034)646181962
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Podenco X Batman, finding forever in the UK
This is a lovely rehoming story about Batman, a podenco x german shepherd, who found his forever home in the UK with Catherine Morton.
‘I adopted Batman, a GSD x Podenco from SOS Animals (www.sos-animals.org.uk) on 8th December 2010. I saw his picture and appeal for a home on a sighthound forum and was totally smitten.
He had been in a Spanish Shelter (SOS Animals) for 6 years and was being given a chance at finding a home in the UK. He made the 48 hour journey, along with another 14 dogs who were fortunate enough to find homes in the UK and I travelled to finally meet him with 2 of my existing dogs. Luckily they got on like a house on fire so home he came.