Life in Spain and the Canary Islands is hell for the majority of podencos. Here’s a heart-rending situation some young Spanish volunteers have discovered and they desperately want help to help the dogs…chiefly to get them into shelters (which are mostly full to bursting) and fund some operations. Alejandra tells the story.

‘I’m writing you from Sagunto, a small town on the outskirts of Valencia, desperately asking for your help due to the situation we are living.

About a month ago some girls and I found a group of hounds and hound crossings living in a extreme situation,

We found right away around 25 adult dogs between 6 months and 2 years old. 3 of them had recently given birth, with a total of 18 puppies only a week old.

4 pupies a month old

1 pregnant female hound.

3 hounds with leg injuries

We asked for help in every possible way and we could rescue only a few, including one of the new moms and her puppies.

A friend is temporarily sheltering another mom and her 7 puppies.

Another Valencia shelter rescued another new mom plus puppies, one of the pregnant females and one of the injured dogs.

And last but not least, Maria Casares of SOS PODENCOS RESCUE took a young one.

That’s all we could do and there are still around 15 dogs waiting.

The town hall wanted to call the local dog pound to take them, but we asked them to give us time to rescue them all since the dogs are on private property. We could buy some time this way.

3 females are in their fertile period so the males fight each other when they get near.

We are running out of ideas, resources and time. I’ll send you photos of the scenario we have right now, any help to rescue them out of there is needed and welcomed.

Alejandra Escrig Rondan – 0034 628692151

NB I don’t have an email or paypal address yet