Podenco Post

  • Podenco Spirit with Refugio Candela – surviving against the odds

    I didn’t realised it was so long ago – 2016 apparently. Readers may remember a podenco being rescued which had lost its lower jaw. I’ve searched before to find out how he got on and now I’m delighted to report below. I hope you can see this video of him, looking a little grey round the face now.

    ‘Sure we don’t even need to say his name because many of you will know who he is just by looking at that special look.

    Spirit is another super wrestler who has lived for years in the Santuario La Candela. In 2016 he was shot in the mouth causing him to lose the entire lower jaw and causing injuries and infections that almost ended his life.

    Spirit was the first dog in the world to have a jaw-drawn prosthesis integrated, it was in 2016 and in addition to the best veterinary professionals, human doctors were present in the operation.

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  • Justice for Podenco Mr Bones – a call for change

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    From Bev Farmer

    ‘This is a long but important post and it would be greatly appreciated if you can share it. Paws on Hearts/Aguiproan Animal Rescue And Rehoming

    As a rescuer, this is one of our greatest fears. Many rescues, including Paws on Hearts Animal Rescue and Rehoming, work tirelessly to ensure their dogs are safe, even after rehoming. A common practice is to dual-register microchips in both the adopter’s name and the rescue’s name. In theory, this system ensures that both parties must be consulted before a rescue dog is euthanised.

    But tragically, this safeguard failed Mr. Bones. He is not the first rescue dog to be euthanised without a rescue’s knowledge or consent — and heartbreakingly, he won’t be the last unless change is made.

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  • Rescue and Love Shelter destroyed in the floods

    This is a report from Akira Dog Sanctuary who are helping a shelter Rescue and Love destroyed in the recent floods. It;s an example of what so many of the shelters need to rebuild the kennels.

    From Rescue &Love – Dana has blown our shelter and although our dogs are ALL in foster homes, they are VERY temporary fosters and we need to reopen our facility ASAP. Unfortunately, for that we need your cooperation because we do not have enough money, we also appreciate cooperative labor, because it is impossible for us to face more debts.

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  • A day of celebrating dogs in Nepal

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    Read all about the celebration on this weblink.

  • SOS Podencos shelter update

    The update is that the kennels have received lots of food so now they really need help with erecting the new fencing, and then donations for beds, bedding, cleaning materials…

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    About SOS Podenco Rescue.

  • Rememberng the Animals in Conflict who have given their lives – over 16 million

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    Read the full article on the Animals in Conflict Timeline about the animals killed during all wars.

    Wear your purple poppy today in remembrance of them all.

    A horse’s story

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  • Cuidad Real, Spain, a hellhole for 78 animals, mostly hunting dogs

    From Plataforma NAC

    URGENT: 78 DOGS MOSTLY HUNTING SEIZED BY SEPRONA AND BY THE ORDER OF THE JUDGE FOR Huellas Puertollano
    Today they can tell us more about all they are doing and with the invaluable help of other protectors.

    Seprona and the Judge have managed to confiscate all the dogs, 78 dogs in total, (we already had 21) more chickens and rabbits, they are already closed forever the two filthy Zulus where they were, the horrible conditions in which they were living badly are over.

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  • November – Adopt a Senior Month

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  • Spainish floods – podencos trapped in cages drown – hunter rescued!

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    From Bev Farmer.

    Podencos -The Great forgotten locked in kennels they had no chance to escape ..

    I have not included photos of dead podencos but can be viewed on the report on the link below

    This is a report from www.animanaturalis.org

    Trapped and abandoned hunting dogs are some of the anonymous victims of the DANA. The effects of the DANA that recently hit Valencia have left a trail of devastation and lost lives, not only human but also animal. In Torrent, a group of volunteers from AnimaNaturalis and local organizations have found destroyed kennels and dogs with no way of escaping, exposing a painful reality: environmental tragedies deeply affect the most vulnerable and abandoned animals.

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  • Murcia – next to be hit with severe flooding warning

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    Friends, keep your fingers crossed and think of our partners and friends in the south of Spain, there is a terrible front coming for them. Our Mandy, our Diane from Ibizan Hound Rescue, Tina from GdS, all in the middle. Mandy wrote to me, that she received an official warning on her cell phone, from the government, the situation is serious.