Podenco Post

  • Please sign and share widely for the Spanish hunting hounds

    Weblink to the petition, please sign and share widely, Twitter, Instagram, What;s App and so on!

  • Mogan podencos – Gran Canaria – fosters required for the oldies

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    From the association Adopta un Amico en Gran Canaria.

    ‘We need TEMPORARY HOUSES, for the 8 old podencos of the Case “90 Podencos of Mogan”.

    After a year and a half since being rescued and taken to the kennels, we have been given permission to remove them from the kennel and keep them in Casas de Foster until the end of the Court trial.

    Many have arthritis, blindness etc….. they don’t deserve to stay in a cage, now comes the cold, humidity etc..

    WE ARE LOOKING for people with patience, they are dogs with fears, phobias, they have never been in a house and they do not know what a caress is….. and much less what it is to sleep warm.

    We don’t know when the trial will end, of the 84 dogs that were removed from the hunter only these 8 had a chip…… the others (minus Siso, Bimbo and Ananda) are already adopted or on probation with families.

    Having a chip they have not been able to look for family or get out of the kennel so far.

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  • PACMA fighting for animal rights in Spain – blocked by the hunters!

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    The latest news from PACMA

    ‘In October 20231 the Ministry of Social Rights and the 2030 Agenda “presented” its preliminary draft of the Animal Protection Law at a public event. A month and a half later, the only thing that is published on its website is a draft of the preliminary project, and the hearing and public information process has not been opened.

    From the beginning we warned that this law left out most of the animals: the victims of livestock, hunting, experimentation laboratories, bullfighting … But also, at this rate, the legislature will end without the animals having a animal protection law at the state level, the false promise of Podemos at electoral time. Once again, animals are the most neglected, relegated to the background and vilified.

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  • Podenca Andaluz Rosely – our new arrival

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    Regular readers will know that since moving from France to the UK at the beginning of 2021 we sadly lost our last 3 Spanish hounds, galgos Polar and Bracken, and my little pocket rocket Podenca Bebe. It was a shock to lose them so quickly – Polar with lymphoma, Bracken with a bleeding tumour on his lungs, and Bebe at 18 years old had never lived on her own and just gave up on life. We took 2 months out to grieve and visit family and friends in the UK but, having both of us grown up with at least 1 dog in the house, we missed having a canine companion.

    Now our travelling days are over and this week Podenca Andaluz Rosely joined the family. She’s bigger than little Bebe, about 12 kgs, and 6 years old. Unusually for a rescued Spanish hound, her Pet Passport shows she was chipped and vaccinated from birth. Of all the hundreds of galgos and podencos I have helped the French rescue association bring back to France for foster and rehoming, there has never been one with such a vaccination record!

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  • PINS 2022 calendar

    They will sell for £12.50 including UK postage

    EU postage is £4, but that would cover up to 4 calendars as the weight limit is 750g

    Each page is A4 size and only printed on one side, so yes, space to write apointments in

    PayPal or Bank transfer please (Send us your quantity ordered, name, address and screenshot of donation to our Messenger Inbox)
    Pinscotland16@gmail.com
    If they are Christmas gifts then let us know, as we can include a PINS gift note as a thank you for supporting our dogs.

  • Saving a Gran Canaria Podenco – lucky Zoe hoping for a forever home

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    This photo is of Zoe when she was rescued. Here’s what Salvaunpodenco say about her now.

    ‘Introducing ZOE. WELCOME!

    We never say it, but every time an animal enters the shelter, we get very excited, because we think that it has already begun to change it’s life and we hope to be able to find it the best family we can.

    Zoe was found without a chip, wandering alone, very thin and malnourished. They picked her up and took her to the Ceta de Santa Lucia. The volunteers gave us the notice because it was a pity for them to see it like this. So since we had room for her…

    Thank you for not leaving her on the street.

    ZOE is 3 years old and she is such a sweetheart!

    If you want her to be part of your family for the rest of your life contact salvaunpodenco@gmail.com

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  • Save the Podencos – give them a future

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  • Akira Dog Sanctuary – Podenco Charlie hoping for a forever home

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    From Hayley O’Brien at Akira Dog Sanctuary

    Meet Charlie, D.O.B: 2 years old
    Sex: Male
    Size: large
    Breed: Podenco
    Castrated :tbc

    He walks well on a lead, is good with other dogs and children. He’s a little shy but his confidence is growing. Hoping for a forever home.

    See more pix of Charlie on this weblink

    Email akirashelter@aol.com

    Tel: 0034 657 689 567

    Www.akira-animals.com

  • Massive seizure of Podencos by Seprona on Lanzarote, Canary Islands

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    MASSIVE SEIZATION OF ANIMALS.

    SEPRONA AND TEGUISE LOCAL POLICE SEIZE SEVERAL ABUSED ANIMALS IN A AREA IN CENTER LA GRACIOSA.

    Two weeks ago, a LARGE OPERATION of SEPRONA, the local police of Teguise and technicians of the City Hall took place to seize more than a dozen animals.

    In an illegal depot with lots of dirt and garbage, rusted iron and animal carcasses, there were hunting dogs and livestock that had been kept in deplorable conditions and hidden from the eyes of tourists and neighbors for years.

    In an unprecedented action on the 8th, SEPRONA seized more than 10 dogs, many of whom suffered severe muscle loss because they were chained for years and unable to move in a 1m2 cabin.

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  • More unimaginable cruelty to a podenca

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    From Amores Peludos rescue.

    Ears and tail cut with scissors, literally, with a rusty chain around the neck, skeletal, full of shit and blood, with huge mamary glands. My friend Loli had managed to catch this precious podenca, dead scared and cold,in the street and that’s why she will carry her name, for not looking away. As much as the podencos suffer in this damn country, they are cousins of the Galgos and the suffering is terrible.

    My heart was broken when she came to us, but we have to fight one more time to return the dignity of an innocent angel. Welcome precious Loli to this great family of Furry Loves, your days of suffering are at their end, all your pain and suffering is already over, now you are a princess and it’s time to start writing the next chapter of your life, you have to be happy mi love. Thank you Loli for saving her life and thank you Anselmo for bringing her, you are amazing people.

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