For 8 years local people have been trying to rescue these podencos…trapped in their own filth by a bastard galguero. As always, so many of the officials in Spain are corrupt and couldn’t care less about animal welfare.
Read the full story here.
Author: Beryl Brennan
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Trapped podencos – 8 years of denuncias and town hall won’t help!
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Enter before 15 July – Hope for Podencos Dog Photo Show
Get all the details on this weblink, lots of categories.
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Podenca Alma – no longer useful for hunting or breeding
Introducing Alma…Rosemary Macdonald tells her story.Alma 6 year old female podenco. Alma is now safe in kennels being sponsored by Pam McLeod thank you Pam.
Alma has a sad story. I don’t know how these brave loving animals can be so forgiving of the human race. Alma was given by a hunter to another hunter to breed I would imagine, Anyway she was with pup but the puppies were found to be dead inside her so the hunter brought her to the vet to be put to sleep. Fortunately the vets refused and they agreed to sign her over to them.The vets could no longer keep her so we have got her sponsorship for kennels. This poor girl, no one wants her. Please help me to find her a home, not just any home. She needs a home where she will be loved, where she will have time to adjust and settle in, she will be nervous at first. Ideally a home in the caountrysideas she is not used to being in built up areas. Please everyone share this girl she needs your help.
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Babi – Portuguese Podengo looking for a forever home
Babi is 2 years old and hasd already lived in a home. All the information, more photos and video on this weblink. Contact Dogs of Portugal direct if you can give her a home. -
More concerns for Spanish rescues homing hounds in the UK
This is taken from Bev Farmer’s fb page Podenco Friends.
‘Changes to the entry of rescue dogs to the UK basically if the UK exit the EU with a deal or no deal the Euro tunnel will no longer be a designated Border Inspection Point for Dogs, Cats or Ferrets.. Some months ago the ferry companies stopped accepting transports with rescue dogs on and the only point of entry was the Tunnel. If this is correct the only means of transport will be by plane to the UK very few airlines fly dogs to the UK and the last one we flew over cost 600 pounds plus the cost of the crate paid by the adopter so will be beyond the affordability of most people .. I can not confirm if this is accurate information but
I am aware many agencies have been lobbying to stop the import of foreign rescues due to animals arriving sick and with incorrect paper work. If anyone has any information regarding these changes please let us kno. This is a statement copied from a post by the group below
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Podenco Friends – bringing about life changes to podencos
Bev Farmer tells Arion’s tale.‘Arion when he arrived and now, June 2019)… restored to the noble & majestic Podenco Ibicenco he was born to be.. Trapped in ditch by the roadside unable to get out and at the time of terrible storms and flooding. If he had not been found I doubt he would have survived.
Here at the finca it’s a safe haven where we stop the cycle of abuse and neglect. We are temporary guardians for these very special dogs. Their destiny is changed for ever and thanks to so many people around the world they are given a second chance and live the life they deserve.
The podencos – a breed abused neglected and abandoned in their thousands every year. For Arion, he is one of the lucky ones
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ACTIN to close
Regular readers will know of the amazing work done by Viv and her team of volunteers working to bring about improvements to animal welfare in Murcia and Spain in general. Especially to their credit is the first International Conference on Animal Welfare – PAES – in 2017 and a second one in 2018. This is a weblink to their newsletter with details of the closure.